Seeing Red

[Mistyisle]

Greetings, I am proposing to enter this into a competition topic – “Seeing Red”, so please be tough Sharkers!

[ElinL]

Nice shot Jim. I cleaned it up a bit and brightened with curves. Removed a knee, an arm and half a face, plus debris on the ground. See if you like it better. Best of luck !

[Patrick]

Looks much better after your tweaks Elin 🙂

[Mistyisle]

Thanks Elin, I was conscious of those parts on the edge and you have prompted me to have a go at removing, which was much easier than I had feared.  Got rid of the sign, etc and additionally the wording “Tower”.  The curves, even with very small movements seemed to me to produce quite a big change (far more than what I usually see), so the movement is quite subtle – it appears that you did the same.

I do have a concern that the overall scene is very busy, but not much can be done about that, although right from the start I have slightly blurred the background, including the onlookers.

Thanks also for your kind remark, Patrick.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Hi Jim, I like the image after the cleaned up edit. Yes the background seems a bit busy. You have mentioned that you slightly blurred the background – maybe try to blur a bit more to see if it looks natural. The red really stands out. Beautiful 🙂

[Federico Alegria]

Great shot! In photography, one simple can’t go wrong with red!

[Lenny Wollitz]

Nice shot!  I seem to recall that someone did some research about red in contests and it won more that half the time.  I would darken, desat a touch and blur the background but not touch the spectators with their genuine smiles.  In fact lifting the shadows on their faces a tad might work.  It’s nice to see a photo with people!

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

Honestly took my eyes a few moments to adjust to what I was actually looking at – lol.

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