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By the way, I think I could do a better job if I knew what these shapes actually were. Are they curtains? I'm not really sure what I'm looking at.
Rich54 ...just go through the motions for uploading an image but select the psd file instead.....it'll embed it into your post as a link.I do have the PSD file, but I'm not sure how to attach a PSD file to this thread. It's not one of the allowable choices for file uploads.
ALB68 and IamSam, thank you for your patience! I had tried those before, but the result I was looking for was Rich54's. That looks awesome. If you saved it, Rich54, could I study your .psd file? You are my hero for the day.
Thanks again ヾ(@⌒ー⌒@)ノ
@musashi - I am not familiar with that ballet / production, but considering the image completely on its own terms, by itself, independently of the context / story behind it, just from the point of view of classical photographic composition, I think that leaving the hot spots remain in the photo actually strengthens the composition of the image. This is because there already is a strong diagonal formed by the dancer's arms. However, without the hot spots (as can be best seen in Rich's version), the arm diagonal immediately leads your eye right up and out the top of the frame. On the other hand, leaving the hot spots in forces your eye to switch from the strong ascending diagonal to the descending and weakening diagonal formed by the hot spots. (See attached GIF animation.)
If it were my image, I would make a few other changes to this image. This suggestion may be in opposition to the story line, or perhaps, a soft feeling that you want to convey, but purely from the point of view of the dynamics of this one image, I would brighten it up, crop it tighter (to work with the diagonals), and clean up the litter, scuff marks, and other odds and ends ("stand-here" cross formed by tape) on the floor.
Musashi,
For now, I'm attaching a PSD file where I reduced the image size. I'll experiment with a zip file later on and see if i can get that to work on the full-size file.