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This picture was taken on Salt Spring island this weekend of my girlfriend. We took a short walk on the rocky beach as the sun was setting.
![[Image: DSCF0231e.jpg]](http://www.ditchmond.com/gallery/albums/userpics/DSCF0231e.jpg)
However i'm not ENTIRELY happy with the image. Before I do print it however (she LOVES this shot) I wanted to work on cropping it somewhat, but I don't know where to start. I personally think there is too much sky (cloud) above, and there is too much of a gap on her LEFT side. Feedback is grealy appreciated!
edit notes: RAW Image, unsharpen mask, neat image, border stroke.
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Actually now that I looked at the original more, I noticed in the JPEG conversion that a LOT of color was lost. In the RAW image when opened in PS, the sky has a LOT of orange in it, which is totally lost in this image. I'll work with PS more to get a more representation of what the sky really looked like.
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I love it, I can see why your g/f wants it printed. I love the colour of the water, its beautiful.
Personally, I would crop something like this (hope you don't mind, I can take this down if you want)
![[Image: DSCF0231e.jpg]](http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/images/upload/DSCF0231e.jpg)
but thats just me...
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I like it... admiring the admirer who's admiring the view. 
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I do think there is a little to much sky, but on the flip side I think remocing any of it will destroy the composition.
If you can rework the sky and get some of the orange back into it I think you will not notice so much of the negative space.
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Nice image Amish. 
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hi
the problem is that the models head is on the same lavel to the horizon.
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hi
uuhmm maybe something like this? sorry do not have my own monitor so I can say if the colours are wrigh?
![[Image: 14_DSCF0231e%5B4%5D.jpg]](http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/images/upload/14_DSCF0231e%5B4%5D.jpg)
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The picture now looks unnatural... Attack of the 50 foot woman anyone?
Prefer the original even with the merging of head and horizon.
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Thanks everyone for their comments and input!
byrt_001: I wish she had those long legs  But yes I see what you mean about head and the horizon! I'll keep that in mind for next time.
I've really gotta play with the image in photoshop. I find that when I save it, there is color loss in the JPG. How do I stop this from happening? Is there a specific way I should be saving it as in PS? The original RAW looks amazing, because of the color of the sky, it is almost all gone in this image.
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The color looks processed (that's not a bad thing). Did you use curves to invert brightness?
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