[b.yoshka]

Thank you, Rob, for constructive criticism! The version you suggest definitely has its pluses:

but comparing all three variants now, I’d tend to prefer the “out-of-this-World” (the pale) one.

Thanks everyone for your time and help! Merry holidays and all the best for the new year and beyond!

[b.yoshka]

Hmm, again the external links does not show up 🙁

[b.yoshka]

Thanks a lot for your ideas! Everyone seems to agree on the background to be less intrusive and face brighter. I’ve made two versions:

I slightly favour the warm one, but the pale one also has sense

[b.yoshka]

And yes, it is misfortune that the pic here looks duller than in ps 🙁 A big nuisance for a forum dedicated to nuances in photography

[b.yoshka]

Thank you, Reyers and Falx for the comments! I do not think the flowers are competing, rather play together with the lips and eye shades. But I’ve made everything paler and the face brighter, this is what I am getting:

Anna-got2.jpg by b.yoshka on Light Stalking

[b.yoshka]

Does anyone see my post? I do not… (((
Trying once again:

Anna-goth.jpg by b.yoshka on Light Stalking

I feel that the potential of this image is much higher than this. It looks great in BW also, but what do you think should be done to make the character pop out?”

[b.yoshka]

Thank you, Andy! Yes, I know and use the curves technique. Here I altered the colour tone of the photo specifically. But maybe I’ve overdone it for clouds indeed. Thanks for pointing me this!

[b.yoshka]

Thank you, John – I followed your advice 🙂

[b.yoshka]

This is what I’ve got

Finisterra (edit 2) by b.yoshka on Light Stalking

Certainly more attractive – thanks for suggestions!

[b.yoshka]

Thanks for suggestions! Everyone seems to agree on making the sky more pronounced – I’ll certainly give it a try. All other options are available – I do not use Lightroom preferring CaptureOne instead, but I did try increasing details in Photoshop, in particular with OnOne Perfect Clarity plugin. The result was not satisfactory: disappearance of this a bit mystical misty look and too much focus on, in reality, not very important first plan boats. But I’ll try to darken the sky – thanks again!

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