Nadia Trevan  


Practising by Nadia Trevan

August 2022 - Practising

August 2022 - Nadia Trevan

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About the Image(s)

Practising. This is another of the images from a club photoshoot with an ex-ballet dancer. I was
thinking of the many hours these artists dedicate to performing and the isolation that it creates to
perfect their moves consequently, practising in an isolated area. I chose this photo because of the
expression on her face. All constructed with different images. I used Topaz filters to blend colours.


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7 comments posted




This is lovely, Nadia.
A fun thought popped out while I was looking at it (so please excuse my silly humour if it's a bit over-the-top). How about if the seagull was perching on her upturned ballet slipper and another bird was perching on her outstretched hand? Also, I wondered if some wafty smoke might swathe around her to soften her look and drift her more into the eery background?
I like your imagination, here.
  Posted: 08/06/2022 15:46:12
Nadia Trevan   Nadia Trevan
Hi Julie, I like your ideas, that would be fun with the birds one on her foot and one on her outstreached arm. I also like the idea of some fog. That didn't occur to me. That certainly would give it a different dimension. Great help. Thank you.   Posted: 08/09/2022 06:13:44



Brad Becker   Brad Becker
Nadia, This is a very powerful image. I love your handling of the tone, lighting and contrast. It has a wonderful magical realist look. A few suggestions to take or leave. The seated bird feels distracting. the shadows of the lamps feel a little too heavy and might work better if they were reduced some. The cropping of the image is effective for centralizing the figure. An alternative cropping might create a very different feel. I've taken the liberty of doing a crude rendering of how I might take the image just for consideration.   Posted: 08/07/2022 12:21:43
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Nadia Trevan   Nadia Trevan
Hi Brad, I do like your crop and it does give it a different perspective altogether. I'll go back to see if I didn't delete the pixels when I cropped. I'm going through a phase of square crops! Having a look at the shadows, yes they are a bit heavy. Easily fixed.   Posted: 08/09/2022 06:18:05



Henry Roberts   Henry Roberts
(Group 40)
Nadia, wonderful composting using the exquisite ex-ballet dancer as the nexus of the image. Now, as a different artistic placement, I would move the dancer higher so that her feet were closer to the horizontal line. This might also entail lengthening the right light pole higher. Then I might try to move the left light pole and that side further to the left. Possible to do? Well, I don't know. The gulls are a wonderful accent.   Posted: 08/22/2022 14:35:46
Nadia Trevan   Nadia Trevan
Hi Henry, thanks for your comments and observations. To be honest to do what you have suggested, I would need to almost start from scratch.   Posted: 08/25/2022 05:06:21



Lisa Cuchara   Lisa Cuchara
what a wonderful composite.
The color palette is pleasing and dramatic.
The lamp posts ground her (I like Brad's version too)

Improvement...
for the model, if it bends, bend it, her straight arm needs a slight bend at the elbow.
I am not sure about the one bird, is it needed, but if it is, the current placement looks like she kicked it, lol. I like the birds you added to the sky   Posted: 08/27/2022 04:21:40