Response to Dramatic Portrait (Response #170)

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ArneG said 891 days ago:

Sweet image - although I'm not sure many other will be able to appriciate it. I do.

CaptureThis said 891 days ago:

Maybe your monitor settings need calibrating or something, but I really cannot even phathom a guess as to what this is supposed to be. I am really sorry, but I just don't quite understand this one.

KevinG said 891 days ago:

I really like this. It's a more interpretive portrait.

Everyone can improve the other photographers images though :) For me, I find the bright band on the left and the upper right a little distracting. I wonder what it would look like if it was burned in a bit?

On my monitor there is just the hint of detail in the face -- or where I think the face is -- it really keeps me searching and focussed on the blurred form.

LynnR said 891 days ago:

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what this is an image of. .... ??

realspear said 891 days ago:

It's a woman in traditional Muslim clothing.

zorilla said 891 days ago:

I've seen this before in a dictionary. It was used to illustrate the expression "pretentious twaddle".

edmo said 891 days ago:

nice

phototext said 891 days ago:

Very mysterious.

I quite like the addition of the noise, although the noise has noise. hmmm, that makes no sense. There's a few larger noise "lumps" that I personally find a little distracting. It's something I find happens when I add noise in PS and then end up trying to touch up so it's an even spray of noise.

Interesting image, I quite like it but still think it needs some work although I must admit I'm not quite sure what, which probably doesn't help at all.

phototext said 891 days ago:

Zorilla, that seems a bit harsh.

realspear said 891 days ago:

The "noise" is scanned film grain.

My monitor is just fine.

CaptureThis said 890 days ago:

Ok...I see it now. My kids told me they thought it was a person with really long hair either being blown, or swinging their head around. But now that you mentioned traditional Muslim clothing, I guess that it's a Burkha, I think I can see that.

Were any of her facial features visible? I only ask because I have a brand new monitor that I got just one week ago. I calibrated it, but someone here commented that they can make out facial features which I cannot and now I am questioning my monitor.

phototext said 890 days ago:

My mistake. :-)

lbstone said 890 days ago:

This is really interesting... It leaves a lot to the imagination. I find myself trying to look for some kind of face in the darkness.

I like the ambiguity, but I'm not sure that most people will really respond to it as a portrait. This seems more appropriate for a "ghost" type of theme.

I'm interested to see what the 12 other comments say. :)

lbstone said 890 days ago:

Zorilla, what's with the insult? Seriously... take that somewhere else.

bsukmana said 889 days ago:

portrait or not...this one has an incredible impact for me

Ana said 889 days ago:

What is this? Definetly not clear enough for me to see what is going on here. I wish I could see it better! It's intriguing for sure!

Flatline said 888 days ago:

It's too abstract in my mind - I can't see a person, so it's not really a portrait. I also can't infer any story or event, so there is no inherent drama - it does not seem part of a story. It is somewhat ghostly, but only in a visual sense. I am neither spooked, or mystified, nor enchanted.

Flatline said 888 days ago:

Zorilla, please leave constructive comments.

tenebrophilia said 888 days ago:

This is a great photo. I'm not sure how well it fits the portrait part of the theme since you can't see the person's face but it's certainly dramatic. I hope They don't rate it low for quality because of the film grain, grain is good and it really adds to the effect.

GPakiam said 887 days ago:

where's the portrait?

GPakiam said 887 days ago:

ah, ok. this is a pic that really begs for a caption...it's too abstract for me otherwise.

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