urban yoga

[MikeS]

I thought this was the "show your photo" and not the critique section?
ps...interesting shots dude!

[Marko]

I thought this was the "show your photo" and not the critique section?
ps...interesting shots dude!

That's true BUT the OP asked us what we thought.
Even so, for my own critique, I held back because it's the show forum...

Thx
M

[tegan]

I thought this was the "show your photo" and not the critique section?
ps...interesting shots dude!

FYI, True critique involves a full technical and compositional evaluation of the shot, that can take several paragraphs.

General comments should be expected in "Show your photo".

Tegan

[pslove]

lol. thanks for the comments and mikeS and tirediron, thanks for the compliment. the mini critiques were helpful for my next photo shoot. i'll try and remember not to cut off body parts with scenery

it's funny, but the busy background is actually what i like most about the photos. my attempt was to more use the "models" in the first two photos as more of an accent to compliment the scene. i liked the contrast of the green organics against the unatural graffiti'd wall and i thought the yoga poses added a kind of indie grrrly zen quality to it and fit.

the original photos without processing are actually not as contrasty or saturated. i spent time dodging and burning the wall and leaves to create the slightly unnatural vibrancy. the overexposure is caused by my curves adjustment too with an overlay of desaturation layered at 30 percent. i have to say though, i looked at these on my work computer and i think i may have overdone the post processing a little. i think i need to calibrate my monitor. i still love 'em, though, and the client did too. thanks for letting me know what you think. it's helpful advise for when i go out and shoot in the future.