the girl and the swan

Posted by Maria Koutala on Sat, 04/10/10 09:47
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Comments by Maria Salvador on Sat, 04/10/10 10:20

Beautiful, loving everything about it!


Comments by Pietro Cecchi on Sat, 04/10/10 12:48

A genius of grace in photography you are, Maria... :)
I like this photo incredibly.


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sat, 04/10/10 13:01

I like the sense of peacefulness that is evoked by the lady with the umbrella and the inclusion of the solitary swan... one feels as if they have stepped into a cathedral and find themselves having to whisper in the setting.


Comments by Jeff Dye on Sat, 04/10/10 13:40

Lots of good things going on, like the swan and umbrella sharing backlight and the ripple
patterns around the LLHC. I scrolled it a couple of times to see how it would look without
the distant background. Arguable. Looks good both ways.


Comments by Sandi MacDonald on Sat, 04/10/10 15:23

Agree with everybody...wonderful image.


Comments by Jonathan Lange on Sat, 04/10/10 18:06

It's lovely! Great shot.

My favorite of yours:
http://www.photocritique.net/g/s?zzPG6n-pMARIA+KOUTALA


Comments by MONIQUE STAP on Sat, 04/10/10 18:16

Now I know why I love swans, this one is like a ballerina. Tres beautiful!

groetjes,
Monique
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Comments by Alias on Sat, 04/10/10 19:12

Of your recent work this is one of my favorites.

I like it very much as posted, but , as with many good images there are many other fine
possibilities.
I can see Jeff's suggestion, but my first thought was a crop of the bottom to just include
the shadow of the seat of the bench.
Another is to include the shadows of the feet only and crop the right to, here, wait, I'll
show you ...

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Comments by Alias on Sat, 04/10/10 19:13

I like this very much EXACTLY as you chose to present it,
but I guess it is natural to see other options within an image I admire.


Comments by Maria Koutala on Sun, 04/11/10 14:57

Thank you all very-very much!!
Alias I also like yor option!


Comments by Linda Frey on Sun, 04/11/10 15:08

A lovely peaceful scene, with gorgeous light!


Comments by les perry on Sun, 04/11/10 17:37

Love the backlighting on the swan, ditto above comments overall.

Sometimes the feel and mood generated pushes technical stuff to the side and for me it would finish it off if the tilt to the left was removed as do not see it lending any artistic atributes to its overall comp,feel


Comments by Ruth Rittichier on Sun, 04/11/10 19:41

The centered composition works here, with the balancing swan and taller trees on the right, but I do like the crop.


Comments by kathrn on Sun, 04/11/10 22:24

What stands out for me is the position of the legs of the woman, it works very well.


Comments by Leah S. Palmer on Fri, 04/16/10 06:45

I love the original print with it's vast background. I don't like the crop as much. I agree with what everyone else said about the lighting, etc. It's just a wonderful photo.


Comments by Sal Santostefano on Fri, 04/16/10 22:07

Ditto Ruth.


Comments by Maria Koutala on Tue, 04/20/10 06:47

Thank you all once again for your comments!