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Sun Kissed Body
Sun Kissed Body
difarnecio

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Challenge: June Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Miami
Date: Jun 12, 2004
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 125
Galleries: Black and White, Nude
Date Uploaded: Jun 21, 2004

 I'm pretty certain this kind of image won't do well on this site. I just have to satiate my curiosity. This photo was posted on another site and was very well received. So I’m curious about a different perspective.

Photo was taken in available light. Questions and comments have come up about the models hands. They are in fact the models hands and not a man’s hands. The reason why the hands appear as “rough” as they do is due to too much unsharp mask. I tried to bring out the detail in the body but it affected the hands in the forefront. Also, the model has very thin hands that make the veins more salient. This characteristic was slightly exacerbated by the use of USM. So I tried to address this with some cloning. I think it just made the hands look bad. The models hands do not look rough and are not man looking in any way. Also, some will invariably make comments about the piece of shirt left over the right breast. It was left for reason. First, cropping it would lead to cropping the entire left breast. Second, most of the cropping is in camera. The shirt was made visible to further enforce that nudity is implied. The image should reflect and almost spontaneous quality. I think that covers all the main points. We’ll see what we see.

Workflow
• Unsharp Mask
• Levels
• Channel Mixer
• Hue/Saturation – sepia tone
• Cloning in the hands
• Canvas resize for border
• Very slight cropping

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 384
Avg (all users): 6.6293
Avg (commenters): 7.5714
Avg (participants): 6.5817
Avg (non-participants): 6.7692
Views since voting: 11013
Views during voting: 511
Votes: 205
Comments: 31
Favorites: 39 (view)

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 09/05/2007 11:27:35 PM
Bummer about the hands, because the rest of it is wonderful.
 07/16/2004 08:26:28 AM
You CLONED in the hands???!!!!??!?! WOOOOOOW You can't even begin to understand how impressed i am by that. WOW!

The photo is just beautifull, sensual romatic, all in one. Love it.
 07/11/2004 10:59:59 PM
Again, I thank you guys for the great comments. Yes, i have only entered twice and I have done okay. My dissapointment with the site is not so much with my placement but rather with the placement of other photos. It seems that too many of the same ideas get voted highly. I hate to generalize b/c there have been some truly great winners. I just get tired of seeing some fantastic photographs get low votes b/c the subject is not a flower, sunset, or lightning. Again, I do appreciate all the great comments. Perhaps all I need is a break from photo review sites. I will return when my spirits and perspective are out of the slums. Thank you.
 07/11/2004 01:14:14 PM
Actually, I like the model's hands.
The incidental emphasis (on them) you, apparently, would have preferred to avoid, speaks to me more profoundly and delicately than the more obvious sensuality of the larger part of the image.

To have both, IMHO, expands the emotional range of the photo.
 07/11/2004 10:51:29 AM
Originally posted by difarnecio:
I have to say that i am done with this site. The photos that continue to place high are just so. . . too long to explain. It's been fun. Again, thank you all for the great comments.

Don't leave us... We have to learn more from you!
 07/11/2004 07:41:05 AM
Absolutely wonderful; I think you use of light is fantastic, plus, the subject could't be any better really.
 07/10/2004 10:25:11 AM
Done with this site? You've only entered two challenges, placed in the top 5% on both, and you're unhappy? Placement is a consensus of several hundred opinions, not just a panel of photography judges. You should be proud! :-)
 07/08/2004 10:37:58 PM
Thank you all for your comments. DrJones, honestly your comment is a great compliment considering your work. I have to say that i am done with this site. The photos that continue to place high are just so. . . too long to explain. It's been fun. Again, thank you all for the great comments.
 07/08/2004 04:51:30 PM
Okay so we scored it right after all! It really is a great shot. The whole shot can be looked at and taken apart piece by piece even though thats not what your supposed to do! The imagination runs wild wondering what she looks like. the curves and tones and sharp focus are great. Really really nice work. could have placed top 10 easy.
 07/08/2004 10:30:15 AM
I think I've seen an image like this before. Where did you post it?
 07/08/2004 08:23:47 AM
This is gorgeous. Just enough shown to make it incrediably sexy. Sorry I missed the chance to vote on it.
 07/08/2004 07:12:54 AM
This is a great shot. You should be proud of it!! Awsome!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2004 11:13:24 PM
Really like the tone of this shot. Nice use of what looks to be natural light. Good composition as well.
 07/07/2004 11:54:49 AM
wonderfull body and color lines
 07/06/2004 10:03:27 PM
This is my 350th vote on this challenge. I can't bring myself to like the piercing. It bothers me a lot! (Are those her hands or is this a two-fer?)
 07/06/2004 07:40:12 PM
the shirt or bra on the left breast is kind of distracting. Other than that, very nice.
 07/05/2004 05:47:06 PM
It's a beautiful shot. Lighting is great but I am not sure about her hands. Looks a bit rough and out of balance to me. But that's only slightly. Overall, it's a wonderful photograph.
 07/05/2004 01:18:03 PM
Very nice composition and tones to this shot. Sensual without being in your face.
 07/04/2004 04:18:39 PM
Nice lighting and good composition/ cropping.
 07/03/2004 04:27:48 PM
GORGEOUS! Perfect use of lighting and sepia on this semi-nude theme. Excellent crop. I wish I had done this shot. :-) 9
 07/03/2004 10:23:37 AM
absolutely gorgeous! *jealous*
 07/03/2004 05:36:09 AM
Beautifully exposed and composed. Provocative image that shows excellent form through great use of available light. The only picky thing that I would dare suggest is that the small area of clothing (?) over the right breast is distracting. If, by removing it, the pic was too revealing then maybe just a slight crop would rectify it. Still an awesome image - well done (10)
 07/03/2004 05:04:01 AM
Nice curves with great soft light flowing across them. The hands seem a bit harsh, reducing the softness of the whole image. The shirt (?) covering her right breast is distracting in my opinion.
 07/02/2004 07:36:59 PM
hot 'n steamy..
 07/01/2004 10:50:19 PM
Very sensual! Excellent lighting and composition, overall a superb shot. Only nitpicky detail is that there are some compression artifacts (around the left hand for example) - 9
 07/01/2004 04:57:59 PM
Beautiful lighting on a beautiful body. This is very tastefully done and emphasizes her perfect shape.
 07/01/2004 03:57:43 PM
im speechless - 9 -
 07/01/2004 07:33:12 AM
Great soft picture
good luck
i think this will be up there at the top
 07/01/2004 07:26:32 AM
Good crop.
 07/01/2004 04:45:39 AM
The lighting here is perfectl, it casts just the right amount of shadow to make an already amazing shape body absolutely sensational. I love the cope as well, the whole thing simply works. My favourite of the challenge. 10+
 07/01/2004 01:17:39 AM
Stunning duotone. The light and contours are wonderful


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