Posted by Oksana on Mon, 08/21/06 20:36
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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Mon, 08/21/06 21:00 A wonderful sense of joy caught in the face of the young lady and I, for one, would have been very tempted to crop out much of the image to her right and left just to give her prominence within the picture. Of course in so doing I would have lost the sense of being at the beach and the summer time and so I say leave the picture the same without cropping. Comments by Jeff K. on Mon, 08/21/06 21:20 I like the composition. And personally I would have taken it even further by cropping some of the left and the top. Great moment. Comments by Rory Hudson on Tue, 08/22/06 02:26 When I saw it I immediately thought, what a lovely shot! I would not crop at all from the left or right, I think it has a good balance as it is, and the beach in background is a good setting for the mood. Perhaps a small crop of the sky might assist. Comments by Dave Lavash on Tue, 08/22/06 03:01 This shows evidence of being thought out, with the main subject off-centre so that the environment and other epeople can be seen blurred in the background. Very effective. Comments by Ruth Rittichier on Tue, 08/22/06 05:26 Ditto Dave. Great smile that communicates the joy of walking the beach. I'm glad you included all of her beautiful hair. Comments by Dan Rubin on Tue, 08/22/06 06:36 Perfectly captured moment. Comments by Vladimir Vorobeychik on Tue, 08/22/06 11:47 I like this work. It attracted the attention to other your pictures. I can say that I couldn't find any bad one, all of them are really well done. Comments by Bahman Farzad on Tue, 08/22/06 11:58 nicely composed and exposed...well done. Comments by Rick Longworth on Tue, 08/22/06 12:40 Joyful colors in the distance suggest a happy world. Comments by Alias on Tue, 08/22/06 13:56 Great beach shot ! Wonderful smile. Wouldn't mind a crop of the left to just remove that distant bright spot. . Comments by Thom Brommerich on Thu, 08/24/06 00:07 Don't change a thing for my taste... I love the fact you have captured HER. That is so missing in the world of perfect auto everything, except a model's sperit. Comments by les perry on Thu, 08/24/06 01:45 Nice informal casual feel with a lovely expression conveying a happy carefree moment. I quite like it in b/w as well which lessens the colourful distractions in the bg. The other small nit would be the horizon running through the eye line, but the blurred bg does reduce its impact. Comments by Jeff Dye on Thu, 08/24/06 14:48 IMO if a subject can stand alone without interference from other objects, subjects, etc. then leave out distractions. This is a beautiful, casual portrait with good timing and doesn't need anything else such as the couple on the right. Let the viewer stay with the subject. Comments by photo_fred on Thu, 08/24/06 18:13 Excellent photo of a beautiful lady.I don't know why you didn't get rid of the couple though.Something like this.I don't think you need to crop though. Comments by Oksana on Thu, 08/24/06 19:27 photo_fred: I like your version too :)) Comments by Julia G on Fri, 08/25/06 14:22 spontaneous and fun - I love the version without the people in the b/g... Comments by Bahman Farzad on Sat, 08/26/06 12:43 http://nikonimaging.com/global/activity/npci/npci2006-2007/index.htm I like the Alias's version perhaps with a little less from the top. "Smile, smile, smile" is the theme for this year's Nikon international contest. I think the image is good enough to enter. Good luck Bahman