Reach OUT...

[pethuel]

Hi, just wanted to seek critique for my photo...

Entitled "Reach OUT..."​

Taken at my cousin's wedding, with my nikon D80 and 50mm f/1.4

I'm wondering if its over photoshopped? and what do you think of the position of the title within the photo?

thanks!

 

[deklan]

i had some starring an tilting of heads before i could tell whats he or she is reaching out to... so yeah i think its over processed.

 

[nigel84]

imo, its too overly cluttered. i was staring at the legs before i realise that there is a hand reaching out. Had it been the title i would know had known wat this pic is about. And the highlights of the dropped flower petals seem too much.

 

[newlife]

this is a high contrast black and white pic and it set my heart thumping when i first saw it... cz its a pic of beautiful hands and legs of women:think: i am not a leg man or a hand man but i can imagine the women must be beautifully dressed for the happy occasion.... the unusual extra fore ground is really not doing much fr the rest of the pic:think:can be easily cropped.positioning of the title within the photo is perfect to me...

 

[pethuel]

this is a high contrast black and white pic and it set my heart thumping when i first saw it... cz its a pic of beautiful hands and legs of women:think: i am not a leg man or a hand man but i can imagine the women must be beautifully dressed for the happy occasion.... the unusual extra fore ground is really not doing much fr the rest of the pic:think:can be easily cropped.positioning of the title within the photo is perfect to me...

yeah, i got inspired by some of the high contrast b/w pictures that i've got to make one myself... i was wondering.. should i have added in some noise? or would it be better without any?


oh the extra foreground is actually quite a beautiful design actually... thought that it would lead people's eyes to the subject...

 

[night86mare]

it does not matter what processing you do, if the picture is not sound in the first place; the clutter is too overt; adding noise will not resolve this problem

concentrate on getting the shot right first and foremost, previsualise every picture you shoot, and it will eventually come naturally - your post processing will also become part of the flow, as you know very well what you want out of the frame when you have pressed the shutter button.