A fine young lady from Beijing

[HuntingSand]

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[Louis]

Beautiful.👏👍
But I am not very sure about the frame! 🧐

Edited April 20, 2020 by Louis

[HuntingSand]

vor 1 Stunde schrieb Louis:

Beautiful.👏👍
But I am not very sure about the frame! 🧐

Louis, thank you. Re the frame, I used an old design from pre-WWII playing cards for this particular image. Not sure either if it fits, but I thought I'd try.

[fotografr]

I agree with Louis, Beautiful image, but the frame detracts. In my opinion, lightness around the edges of an image pull the viewers attention away from the subject. Darkness around the edges does the opposite.

 

[stuny]

Lovely

[HuntingSand]

Am 20.4.2020 um 07:36 schrieb fotografr:

I agree with Louis, Beautiful image, but the frame detracts. In my opinion, lightness around the edges of an image pull the viewers attention away from the subject. Darkness around the edges does the opposite.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I have another version without the white vignetting (added a medium grey frame) which looks good enough to me.

[peterm1_Leica]

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That is a beautiful image. Though every time I read you title for this thread I think you are about to tell a risque limerick. 😀

And if you do not have a limerick, let me know. I am sure with my weird sense of humor I can make one up.  😆

Edited April 22, 2020 by peterm1_Leica

[robert_parker]

This is a lovely image - personally I think the vignette is fine and is consistent with the look and subject of the image with its subtle and soft colours and content that could come from any time in several hundred years of history - it's the abruptness of the black frame which clashes here, not the vignette.

Edited April 23, 2020 by robert_parker

[HuntingSand]

vor 21 Stunden schrieb robert_parker:

This is a lovely image - personally I think the vignette is fine and is consistent with the look and subject of the image with its subtle and soft colours and content that could come from any time in several hundred years of history - it's the abruptness of the black frame which clashes here, not the vignette.

Thank you. Re the vignette, maybe the black square-ish form is at odds with the soft, rounded white shape. Anyway, It is easily adjusted, the black frame was a bit of a lazy choice in the end.

[HuntingSand]

Am 21.4.2020 um 23:23 schrieb peterm1_Leica:

That is a beautiful image. Though every time I read you title for this thread I think you are about to tell a risque limerick. 😀

And if you do not have a limerick, let me know. I am sure with my weird sense of humor I can make one up.  😆

Well, now, especially in this day and age, I am always on the lookout for a risque limerick, so let's have it 😄

[peterm1_Leica]

2 minutes ago, HuntingSand said:

Well, now, especially in this day and age, I am always on the lookout for a risque limerick, so let's have it 😄

OK you asked for it...............

A fine young lady from Beijing,

Had an overly sensitive "thing",

Her knickers were frilly,

Which made her quite silly,

That sensitive girl from Beijing!

😄 😄

[peterm1_Leica]

Oh by the way Hunting Sand I too often use both vignettes and borders. But I use a traditional dark vignette most times (not always) and will frequently use the "image borders" option from Nik Color Efex and Nik Analog Efex as my means of putting the border on the image.  Usually the border I like is something relatively subdued unless as you were, I am going for an older image style - which I do now and then. I also imported some borders into Corel Paintshop Pro which has a filter for applying borders. I did not like their stock standard borders much so I downloaded some from somewhere (Deviant Art, I think) and worked out how to import theminto the same folder as Paintshop Pro's standard ones.  Of course applying a border can be done using Layers too for those photo editors that support Layers but it is often convenient to have a "one click" ability. Never the less I should add that I like your image very much and appreciate the style you were going for - I think her costume suits that era/style 

An example of how I have been using vignettes and borders (applied under Lightroom using Nik plugins). This one has a thin white line around the thin black line - which is only just visible but the white border is invisible when displayed here as it is the same tone as the background of this page. If you open the image inside Flickr you should be able to see it better) :

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Edited April 23, 2020 by peterm1_Leica

[HuntingSand]

vor 4 Stunden schrieb peterm1_Leica:

OK you asked for it...............

A fine young lady from Beijing,

Had an overly sensitive "thing",

Her knickers were frilly,

Which made her quite silly,

That sensitive girl from Beijing!

😄 😄

Appreciate this...everything rhymes very well. I haven't had an encounter with the word "frilly" in a great while (knickers, yes) 😊

[HuntingSand]

vor 4 Stunden schrieb peterm1_Leica:

Oh by the way Hunting Sand I too often use both vignettes and borders. But I use a traditional dark vignette most times (not always) and will frequently use the "image borders" option from Nik Color Efex and Nik Analog Efex as my means of putting the border on the image.  Usually the border I like is something relatively subdued unless as you were, I am going for an older image style - which I do now and then. I also imported some borders into Corel Paintshop Pro which has a filter for applying borders. I did not like their stock standard borders much so I downloaded some from somewhere (Deviant Art, I think) and worked out how to import theminto the same folder as Paintshop Pro's standard ones.  Of course applying a border can be done using Layers too for those photo editors that support Layers but it is often convenient to have a "one click" ability. Never the less I should add that I like your image very much and appreciate the style you were going for - I think her costume suits that era/style 

An example of how I have been using vignettes and borders (applied under Lightroom using Nik plugins). This one has a thin white line around the thin black line - which is only just visible but the white border is invisible when displayed here as it is the same tone as the background of this page. If you open the image inside Flickr you should be able to see it better) :

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Mysterious stuff, thanks for posting, she has character. You like to look at the world thru a light veil it seem. Probably the best way to view it, especially these days.  Re borders and vignettes, it's an ancient art form, replicated (with quite a bit of success and care and precision) in modern apps and programs. I use the NIK suite, too, which often suits my needs (adjusted to taste and mood).