dancing on dublins streets

[Owen Clarke]

http://www.owenclarkephotography.com/CRW_2098.jpg

what do u think?

[LightHunter]

My first reaction was "This is a beautifull picture !!!"

BUT

When I looked a bit longer I saw what you did in postprocessing.

I would have applied both a motion and normal blur touching the dancers. Now the sharp parts surrounding the dancers makes it look artificial :(

[Owen Clarke]

without any processing except tweaking sharpness and colour
which do u prefer
http://www.owenclarkephotography.com/CRW_2098-1.jpg

[LightHunter]

This is what I mean. Hope you don't mind.

http://homepage.mac.com/ffack1/.Pictures/Forums/2004-06-06-Owen%20Clarke.jpg

[Meerkat17]

Excellent work LightHunter. You have turned a good shot into a perfect shot IMO.

David

[Jewel]

I love it and I like the blur in the first shot. I especially like the expression on the dancer's faces. They look very attracted to each other and really into what they are doing. It really pulls you in.

Jewel

[stopbath]

I like the unprocessed image the best. The cool "I could do better" look of the youngster in the background is priceless. The other onlookers also add to the image nicely (without taking away too much from the dancers)
The background adds so much to the "on Dublins Streets" rather than taking away from the "Dancing" part...

[arogop]

I personally like it best with the people blured out the most, however it is less distracting the way lighthunter has done it.