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Lydia


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Challenge: Steampunk (Expert Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-6D
Date: Feb 9, 2015
Date Uploaded: Feb 9, 2015

 Dang! THIS was a bunch of work!

I'd imagined a much more elaborate scene, but after my Photoshop crashed my computer a couple of times and I lost all of my edits since last save... I do try to be diligent about saving pretty often, but... crash! Arg.

Anyway, I think this will do well enough to suit my sweet model's efforts into the project. She's a very willing model. Dream! At least she got a free boob job. *grin*

I need to remember that Gyaban's Expert Editing images are almost all very darkly lit. There's a reason for that.

I started off with no lantern light... all brightly lit.

Darkness is your expert editing friend. :D

And yeah... I know that the necklace looks fake. I can't fix it ... no matter how much I've tried. *sigh*

Still... I'm happy with it... over all. :D


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Statistics
Place: 5 out of 28
Avg (all users): 7.1290
Avg (commenters): 8.4444
Avg (participants): 6.5000
Avg (non-participants): 7.2597
Views since voting: 2033
Views during voting: 369
Votes: 93
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 02/23/2015 12:10:35 PM
Love the colours and pose, well done. Congratulations on your HM.
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 02/23/2015 08:45:42 AM
Beautiful work. The model is gorgeous, and the choice of delicate pastel tones suits the scene perfectly. Regarding the editing steps, in fact, I almost always start with a relatively bright scene: it is easier to darken parts (essentially to grab the viewer's attention to the remaining brighter areas) than to bring out details from an already dark photo. Of course it is not a rule, and great results can be obtained other ways, as you demonstrated here. Congrats on the top 5!
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 02/21/2015 02:15:44 PM
Not quite my top three hope for you, but still pretty darn good. Congrats on the HM, my friend.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/21/2015 11:18:35 AM
Well done, Lydia! Congrats!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/21/2015 08:58:25 AM
This is soooo good! Would love to know your processing details.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/20/2015 08:32:32 AM
Awesome shot. One of my favorites!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/20/2015 02:11:28 AM
very cool
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 02/20/2015 12:23:22 AM
Terrific work, Lydia
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 02/20/2015 12:17:44 AM
Smoke. Smoke is also your expert editing friend. ;)

Good job. I liked this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/19/2015 11:58:58 AM
Very beautiful! Hope for top three for you.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/19/2015 11:30:10 AM
A lovely image.
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 02/19/2015 06:03:31 AM
Gosh this is good! Love the colours, the composition with the negative space. It is all just so perfect. I think this will be neck and neck with the masters creation. 10 from me.
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 02/18/2015 07:14:56 PM
10 and blue ribbon, best in show
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 02/16/2015 05:32:04 PM
excellent processing
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 02/16/2015 11:55:01 AM
I like the model and that, but not sure if its enough.7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2015 10:59:03 PM
Great outfit and model, very classy, The simple background works with her, I think if you had anything else it would take away the look of your model. Nice work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2015 11:09:48 PM
Very nice. The background goes very well with this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2015 12:23:51 PM
Lovely portrait. I love the cotton candy tones, but not wild about the overly liquified body. I also think some vignetting on the right would have created a bit more mystery.
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 02/13/2015 05:42:49 AM
Good proposal, maybe with less exposition it would be more "steampunk" but remains, for me, one of the best in this contest
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