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Katie, 4th of July 2014
Katie, 4th of July 2014
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 4th of July Celebrations (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Location: Allendale, New Jersey
Date: Jul 4, 2014
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Jul 7, 2014

I photographed my cousin while she was playing around with the sparklers. It was beginning to get dark out, so I had to pump up my ISO a touch.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 58
Avg (all users): 5.8226
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.9500
Avg (non-participants): 5.7619
Views since voting: 327
Views during voting: 169
Votes: 62
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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01/08/2016 06:59:47 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a lovely image, it looks like it should be in a fashion magazine. Your cousin is lovely and the warm tones of her hair and skin offset the coolness of the bg perfectly. The fact that you can't see her eyes adds some mystique. If the sparkler had been doing its thing (those things are impossible to get going at times) this could have been on the front page.

Onto the technicals. Lighting is decent and although high ISOs are not Nikon's thing, the image isn't noisy. The vignette here looks more like an exposure matter than done in post. Composition is straightforward but for an image like this you don't need to get fancy. You just need to get it, and you did. Wish this image had scored higher but that's life here on DPC.

Hope this has been helpful, please continue shooting and entering!

Susan
07/15/2014 02:28:31 PM
I like the documentary feel of this.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/13/2014 10:35:42 AM
This works. Hopefully she doesn't accidentally start the stash in her pocket.
07/12/2014 11:49:44 AM
Certainly one of the finer images.
07/12/2014 11:11:35 AM
Hummm don't look like me, but.... looks like something I do! (I probably would've lit the one in the mouth first!)
07/09/2014 02:56:14 PM
man, i always had a hard time lighting these and it looks like she is too. she's been holding the lighter on that one for about 3 minutes now and it still hasn't started doing anything. i keep waiting to see something happen......the suspense is killing me!!

a 7 from me.
i like the tones and the expression here :)
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07/08/2014 08:09:25 PM
well thisa lovely little portrait, I think you have caught the mood well 7
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