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Challenge: Dappled Light III (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Sony Alpha a6700
Lens: Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
Date: Feb 13, 2025
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/10
Date Uploaded: Feb 12, 2025

 Only lit by a very small LED torch behind the screen with holes.

The screen with holes and a thin sheet of wood behind me, both attached to tripods and the rest covered by black cloth to avoid further light leakage into the room.

Processing:
- exposure and contrast adjustment
- rotate and crop
- convert to black and white, colorize tea color
- clone out some unwanted light spots
- add vignette



[Feb. 19th, 2025 08:51:57 AM]

Wow, this entry has been going strong all week, hovering between 7.4 to 7.5, curious to see how it will end.

Initially I had an image where I was turned towards the camera (so 90' turn), but it struck me that this was illogical. It also created a much more messy image of lines of light. The current one is much more clean, showing the body lines.

I paid extra attention to the fingers. Real clasped/folded "prayer" hands looked like a bunch of chopped off carrots. This again is more clean.

Other attention details were head position and just enough of distinction between head and background. Details matter to me.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 19
Avg (all users): 7.3214
Avg (participants): 7.3077
Avg (non-participants): 7.3333
Views since voting: 112
Views during voting: 50
Votes: 28
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 02/23/2025 04:11:28 PM
Congratulations, This is an outrageously stunning image for any challenge. I was your top score and this deserved many more.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2025 10:30:03 AM
absolutely a stunner. so well deserved great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/21/2025 10:26:10 AM
Congratulations! Nice shot, it was my top pick
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/21/2025 09:53:29 AM
Congratulations, Willem. Truly beautifully done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/21/2025 03:44:06 AM
Thank you all for your appreciation. Despite the strong drop in the last 5 votes (from 7.52 to 7.32) still almost a PB.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/15/2025 03:44:13 PM
Now this was a good choice for this contest. My highest vote
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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