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34 May 17 Reply The people who come to the Goth weekends are a photographer's dream. They come wanting to make a statement (although sometimes it's hard to work out what it is!) and they're always keen to have their photographs taken. Some of them come as groups - there are many different genres - and they all enjoy the concerts (a relatively laid back one on the Friday night and a distinctly heavy one on Saturday) but they all come to enjoy themselves at a venue where almost anything goes. They're generally really nice people, despite some of their looks. I grab the shots when I can (great for street photography) but many are happy to pose - I leave them with a card, or they give me their e-mails for me to send the finished images. I've made quite a few regular friends along the way. Roll on October! May 8th
34 May 17 Reply Thanks Jan
I'll ask for different eye positions next time. This last event wasn't quite as good - mainly because of the strong Northerly wind and rain. Hopefully October will be better!		 May 8th
34 May 17 Comment An excellent job. Well done.
I agree with Phil about losing the portrait, to a degree - mainly because her mouth now seems to have a sneer. It would be better if the shape of her mouth had been retained.
I'd maybe have brightened the whole image too.
Adding the border under the gradient layer is a good idea.
Thanks for the instruction.		 May 8th
34 May 17 Comment Well done Helen. It works well.
I agree with Phil's crop suggestion, as I feel there's too much black background - so I've cropped it.
I also burned a small shadow below the dancer - you can see where it would land from the ground below the dancer.
These are minor alterations - what you've done is excellent. Well done.		 May 8th
34 May 17 Comment I too like the B&W version, but why not do a mix?
I added a B&W adjustment layer with light purple tint above the B&W version, in Lighten color mode. I then placed original 2 on top of the stack in color mode at 25% opacity, then Nik vivesa to increase the saturation and structure.
Now there's some of both versions.		 May 8th
34 May 17 Comment You've made an excellent job of this Candy. I particularly like what you did to the wall.
My personal preference would be to have it a little brighter, for the digital display (especially with a black background), so I've increased the brightness using Nik Vivesa. For a print it will be fine! Well done.		 May 8th
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