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.. a very elderly lady wandered off..but not before I got this shot which is heavily cropped.



Critique welcome as always.

Cheers
Sheila

Hi Sheila, Very nice subject matter and composition, but I find the treatment of hands is way too dark (burnt), looks a bit over the top.

Alex

The composition works.
Just an opinion but, when is black - too black in black and white ?
Prefer more shades of grey - unless the artist has a particular reason to make the image this way.
Perhaps it is part of a body of work ?

Sheila
Is she alive?

Nice composition.
But over pp for my taste.
Marty

Not sure I like the treatment and the shot looks a bit soft (could be the treatment) but it does have a deep emotional undertow to it, the hands are so expressive and it's almost like you can read her life story through the hands. For it's emotional content this strong is super strong and makes up for the apparent softness or unusal treatment (in my mind).
Well done.

Thanks all. Now here is the rest (or the top half) of the image, turned into sepia



I think I will look again at the hand treatment.

Cheers
Sheila

Ahhh - but a thousand words are said above.
Those hands deserve such a face - what a wonderful subject.

Here is a more conventional "treatment" of the lady's hands



Good, bad or indifferent!

Cheers
Sheila

Sheila,
the pp on the hands give her the appearence of a coloured lady, but looking at her face she isnt.
I like the treatment on the face, shows her age beautifully.
Do you let these people know you are taking their photos...???
Marty

Hi Sheila,
I like the 2nd image a lot better, not because of the PP (the first image was just fine in that respect) but because of the more loose cropping. I found the first image a bit too tight, the hand bag wasn't really obvious at first glance. The second one makes the "clutching the handbag" the main subject.

The original PP was fine by me, esp. since there was plenty of tonal range in the clothing, yet the hands were quite stark.

Cheers
Steffen.

D'oh, I was talking about the first and *third* image, of course...

Cheers
Steffen.

I REALLY like the composition, it's really warm, really really warm.

Shelia, I love the 2nd version,, what character this old dear has got in her face,

Well captured.

Suzanne

I thought I should join the two together Again, using an Optikvervelabs filter, here is the full image - well not exactly full as I cropped out some of the background.



As you all by now know, I do like filters! Although the original image was fairly good (shot RAW), I believe that turning to mono brings out the best in a somewhat ordinary image.

Cheers
Sheila

I do like that last image Sheila, a definitive pic of old age!

Bob.

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i must say that the first one is overburn, the last one is nice