[Irma]

When I was in Mexico last year I took a series of 5 pictures of these nuns.... The street was crowded and I think this is the best of all... However the picture didn't tell much... Looking at the white wall they were passing by, I thought about using it to place a contrasting idea... this is what I got..

Any advice is very welcome...

[Don Schaeffer]

Wonderful shot!

[jericho]

Love it Irma! The contrast couldn't be more obvious.

Jerry

[Irma]

Thanks Don, Jerry for your comment...

[Toad]

I love this shot. I think that it is fresh, funny, and irreverent without being offensive.

Because this is the critiques section, I am going to make a suggestion.

Crop this photo to a perfect square - it has as much vertical as horizontal. I would cut the trailing nun out completely, and center the cut somewhere in the middle of the tree. Its a wonderful shot and the square format is all about presentation.

[Irma]

Thanks Toad for your comment...

I got rid of one nun at the left and I was wondering about the one at the right as the pictures developes in the center...Here is the square crop... I see it more focused in what is happening. I don't think I am missing anything of what I have cropped...



Thanks for the advice...

[Toad]

Excellent - I think this crop has superior focus as well...

[Toad]

Tell me about the Tattoo image. You imply that you added it. It is very skillfully done as the wall and paint textures are over top of the image.

[Irma]

Thanks for the complement, Toad...

I think I was lucky to have a white wall where the nuns were walking so I masked the wall, then some modification to the selection to cut the white halo around the nuns and pasted my tatoo image I had already cleaned with the lasso tool... I had to resize and work my perspective to match the wall... The sign had its own texture so I left as it was... My picture was meant to be color but I was not sure about the colors... they were too saturated... I worked my bw and I everything worked perfect....

Here is the tattoo image... original composition in this picture was to work some kind of repetition, but I think both together work much better ...

[Toad]

Great PhotoShopping, Irma!

[Irma]

Thanks...

[Wedding Shooter]

Great work Irma - I am really liking what you have done here.