looking out to sea

so the back story here. this is my mother looking out at the ocean where we scattered my father's ashes aroind a year ago , this was a candid shot of her looking out at sea alone with her thoughts. any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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i like it like this

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great edit, thanks man

rockabilly808 wrote in post #13184899
great edit, thanks man

dont thank me thank photoshop all i did was auto tone (shift apple L )

I actually like the first better given the subject. I think the dark tone goes along with a person having just spread their spouses ashes. Just my 2cents

I like the original better too, although it might benefit from a little increase in contrast. You can tell by the shadows that it was taken early or late in the day and the overall lighting should be a little subdued.

I went ahead and increased the contrast so you could see how it would look.

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bob_r wrote in post #13186650
I like the original better too. You can tell by the shadows that it was taken early or late in the day and the overall lighting should be a little subdued.

Agree.

I like the original too. More of a mood. Nice shot.
It's interesting....when I first looked at the picture I had not read your explanation of what it was. Having read that, there is now a tremendous amount of emotion in the image.

saea501 wrote in post #13188702
I like the original too. More of a mood. Nice shot.
It's interesting....when I first looked at the picture I had not read your explanation of what it was. Having read that, there is now a tremendous amount of emotion in the image.

thanks very much, it struck me when i took this shot and uploaded it the amount of emotion in what really is a very simple plain photo, but I suppose thats the beauty of photography, you can say so much while saying nothing at all