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BobEdens

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August 12, 2010, 08:32:01 PM

This image was cropped from a full length shot at a performance. This is why I love to photograph dancers.

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Marian Murdoch

Reply #1 - August 13, 2010, 08:20:17 AM

Amazing! There's so much going on in this shot that the eye dances all over the image. I would put a little bit more space under her lower arm, though, so it doesn't look like it's resting on the edge of the frame.

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Ginnypenny

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Reply #2 - August 13, 2010, 09:03:52 AM

I think you over sharpened, and I hope it's just in the resized version.
However, the lighting is KILLER! So great. Love her eyes, her expression, the pose, everything!

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mathjak107

Reply #3 - August 13, 2010, 09:04:51 AM

OMG...just fabulious

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BobEdens

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Reply #4 - August 13, 2010, 09:16:18 AM

Thanks! She sent me an email last night wanting a print to hang in her studio. Since I had cropped it square 12x12 was as big as she could get a "stock" frame so I went back to the original and re-cropped it to 16x20. Ordered it on metal paper.

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Ginnypenny

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Reply #5 - August 13, 2010, 09:46:52 AM

Oh yeah, that second crop is way better.

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Marian Murdoch

Reply #6 - August 13, 2010, 10:24:48 AM

DEFINITELY better! It makes her waist look sooooo thin, which is every woman's dream!

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corfolio23

Reply #7 - August 13, 2010, 02:35:04 PM

Way better.
I liked the other one, but this makes it stand out.
Beautiful lines.

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BobEdens

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Reply #8 - August 13, 2010, 03:08:49 PM

Lacy has no problem "making" her waist look slim. She teaches dance/yoga five days a week and cuts hair (i.e. on her feet) four days a week.

this photo was taken late last year

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Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. -- Mae West

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Robert.Broadhead

Reply #9 - August 21, 2010, 10:15:03 PM

I am also a fan of the second one. It just seems to say more.

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