{"id":62982,"date":"2015-11-07T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=62982"},"modified":"2016-04-04T17:16:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:16:28","slug":"photo-appraisal-girl-in-the-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/photo_appraisals\/photo-appraisal-girl-in-the-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Appraisal: Girl in the Window"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Before-<\/a>\n

Photo: Girl in the window<\/h2>\n

Taken by: Jorge Gon\u00e7alves Silva<\/h2>\n

Nikon D90, 18-200mm, 1\/250sec at f\/8, ISO 400<\/strong><\/p>\n

This picture\u2019s clever composition relies on there being a pattern and that pattern being broken by the element of the picture we\u2019re supposed to look at first. In a frame full of squares and hard angles, the roundness of the girl\u2019s head stands out \u2013 helped by the dark background behind her naturally lit face.<\/p>\n

There are a couple of things that Jorge could have done differently, though. Everything isn\u2019t quite straight \u2013 he wasn\u2019t 100% square on to the window, and his zoom lens has introduced enough pincushion distortion to take away some of the power from the hard square angles. I\u2019ve fixed that using the Transform tool. I\u2019d also have tried to shoot it a little bit wide to give room to polish the straightening process in software, and made more use of helpful in-camera levels.<\/p>\n

The second thing is the colour. The blues of the stone and the girl\u2019s clothes work well together, but they\u2019re quite strong and my eye goes to them before it goes to the girl\u2019s face. They need to be desaturated or removed. I\u2019ve gone for the removal option, but then added some warmth via a duotone. This simplifies the image, and helps us get to the real subject a little more quickly.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\"After-JGS\"<\/a>\t\t\t

After: By removing distracting colour tones, we can enjoy the real subject more quickly.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

For all that, this is a great shot, Jorge, and you\u2019re a worthy winner of picture of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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