Doors

Thanks for your help, Gary.

http://www.sebastiand.com/blogimages/ellie3.jpg

Excellent!

Thanks Frog... :D

That's lovely.
The light fall-off giving a dark background, the doors as a frame, highlight detail in the dress, it's all there.
But then I expect you to do that :)

It great! I would have liked to see a little more space below her feet (but it might not work as well).

mbb

Simply stunning........

Thanks everyone! :blush2:

About the crop on the bottom...I had to balance the space around the dress and the white bar that is the carpeting. I found the white bar to be distracting, so I cut off as much as I could stomach. I rationalize it because the main focus is on the face/highlight on the door. What do you guys think, does it work?

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Thanks everyone! :blush2:

About the crop on the bottom...I had to balance the space around the dress and the white bar that is the carpeting. I found the white bar to be distracting, so I cut off as much as I could stomach. I rationalize it because the main focus is on the face/highlight on the door. What do you guys think, does it work?

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Yeah, that is one of those things that you see when you work on the file -- we just see the finished piece. :thumbsup:

mbb

Another example of your eye for composition and wonderful sense of tonal value. Exceptional work Seb.

I don't think it would lose balance with a bit more of the carpet...about the width of the border but then I might change my mind when I saw it.

Here's what happens when you have a beautiful bride and a skilled photographer . . .

Thanks for the kind words everyone...

Well, IMO the shot has it all: nice tonality, composition balance, subject posing, and good detail from white to black.

Quite the parlour print...

Personally, I have the darndest time creating b&w from digital. This image is definitely a successful one...

Thanks Steve.

The B&W is actually pretty easy to pull off. I just do a straight greyscale conversion and then massage it using levels and S-curves.

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I just do a straight greyscale conversion and then massage it...

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Hmmm. Does her husband know about this? :D

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Thanks Steve.

The B&W is actually pretty easy to pull off. I just do a straight greyscale conversion and then massage it using levels and S-curves.

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That is one way to do it. I think a better way would be to do it as a four color picture. You have a wider range of options that way. Using layers you can create an infinite range of tonal variations.

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That is one way to do it. I think a better way would be to do it as a four color picture. You have a wider range of options that way. Using layers you can create an infinite range of tonal variations.

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I'm well aware of that. I never found any of those methods to give me anything better than what I get using my method, and the extra work was irritating.