Rehearsing A Dream (Test)

[draymorton]

In progress. Just messing about.

[Greg McCary]

Nice shot Seth my only issues would be a little more space on the left and for some reason her left leg has a strange color cast/shadow to it I think it needed hit with some light.

[draymorton]

Thanks, Greg. Yeah, I need to either add texture to one leg or take it out of the other. I could add some dark, blank space to the left.

[LeeIs]

hmm. love the concept. I was trying to figure out what was happening until it dawned on me, that she's swinging from a vine. really nice. Though I wish that was more apparent somehow. I can imagine this kind of shot maybe under a tree against some great just grass and big blue skies with small scattered clouds.

i like the happiness in it, the darkness though adds mystery that I really don't like.

And the wall behind her makes this shot flatter as it is very close to her.

hmm, I don't know. i think u got a real nice concept here. maybe this application didn't do it justice.

still a nice image and I think the potential of this image to what it is right now, there is a huge gap between them. Not because this image is bad but because the potential is so great. I hope i explained my self properly!

[draymorton]

Thanks for the comments, LIban! Appreciate your bucking the trend.

It was a situation wherein I had little time and few options. I just wanted to see if I could do certain things that I hadn't done before. Hence (Test).

But I definitely agree with just about everything you've said. The one thing is that I actually wanted darkness and mystery here, as I didn't necessarily see the situation as happy or carefree.

The wall - I have another version where I blurred out the bg for more depth. Not sure if it's any better.

[gahspidy]

Funny...if Brooke posted this it might have a few hundred favs...

I think you have the "floating in air" look pretty good here. I feel like we need a lot more neg space around her. If she were much smaller floating or swinging about in a much larger space of darkness and/or texture it would lend mood and some further context.

i think you did well here to start and like Liban said there is much potential here already.

Looking forward to more.

[draymorton]

Funny...if Brooke posted this it might have a few hundred favs...

I think you have the "floating in air" look pretty good here. I feel like we need a lot more neg space around her. If she were much smaller floating or swinging about in a much larger space of darkness and/or texture it would lend mood and some further context.

i think you did well here to start and like Liban said there is much potential here already.

Looking forward to more.

Haha... if Brooke posted it, it would've been a much better image.

Okay, so more negative space. I think I can do that. As far as the wall goes, if I got rid of it, the vines, etc., would that work better? Or maybe if I put in a stone wall or something?

This was just an experiment, but I would like to make it as good as it can be.

Thanks as always for the comments, G.

[gahspidy]

I like what i see in the bg around her chest area. tha lighter, somewhat textured "wall"? is good by me. . .wish there were more of that around her as opposed to the "meaningless" darkness.
Her pose and shape is pretty good here, but I'm sure with more progressions into this concept you will have different poses to work with as well. i'm feeling like her arm hanging down would be more intense and affective.
Nit piks on this thing though. I don't feel as though this is supposed to be joyous or happy, but rather mysterious/creepy and ethereal/beautiful combined somehow, and i get that direction from this

[draymorton]

I feel ya on most of those points. I wish there had been more backdrop. That's the reason this is cropped in so tightly. It would be much better if I had had more room.

I'm not sure about the arm hanging down, though. She's holding onto a swing.

I'm thinking about using this pose and concept again for something else. Hopefully it will be more refined next time.

Alternate version for laughs:

[armando_m]

beautiful shot

I like the color of the dress in #1

I like #2 better because:
+ we can see her face,
+ the blurriness of the background,
+ additional space
& do not like the lower leg being blurry

[jetrim]

I really like the second shot, and the darkness, and the extra space! One nitpick, and this is purely personal preference, is that I'd like to see the single vine she's swinging from extend all the way out of the frame (on top of the vignette)

[gahspidy]

Yep, second one looking really good. i like the additional space, the view of her face and agree with Jim about extending the vine up out of the frame.
i do like the color of the first though,

[LeeIs]

On the right track.

2nd one is definitely much better than the first. More of a dreamland than the first. Looking back, I think the first was kind of stuck in reality. This one pushes it to I think the feel that you were going for. :thumbsup:

[timwaters77]

love this...

[draymorton]

Thanks guys. Tried to address most of the issues this time (trying to decide whether or not I like the leg blurred... I think it looks too grounded in reality without the blur). Also brought the blacks up (a very Brooke thing to do), added a little grain, and brought out some of the leaves...

[draymorton]

Yet another version:

[LeeIs]

I prefer the colour of the top one. I mean top of the last two. Blurring those vines in the BG really gives these version some nice depth.

[shootme]

GREAT SHOT BY ITSELF, THE ADDITION OF THE CREEPER PROP IS A GREAT IDEA AND I LOVE THE COLOUR CHOICE FOR THE GOWN. TO GIVE A GREATER SENSE OF MOVEMENT FROM AN ACTION PERSPECTIVE I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE IT FRAMED IN A SQUARE, BUT CROP SOME OFF THE TOP AND BOTTOM TO GIVE THE SHOT A FEEL OF WIDTH, TO COINCIDE WITH THE SWING MOTION. Why did this all come out in caps, damn.. but I won't bother retyping.