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Challenge: Self-Portrait III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: My bed
Date: Feb 7, 2005
Aperture: F/2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/30 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 9, 2005

 Self portrait, obviously. Taken looking out a window, with the camera sitting on the window sill. For some ridiculous reason, I turned on the light for backlighting.. thus ruining the black background that I didn't realize I was going to want. Oh well. I was lying on my stomach with my face right up to the camera, chin resting on my hands, so the angle was peculiar. Unfortunately, it's far from perfect... but I liked something about it, so what the heck :) I've had a few decent scores lately, so I don't really care if this gets slammed. Nobody better tell me this is over NeatImaged, since I didn't even use NI!

Editing: Resized, cropped, curves, hue/saturation, blurring, adjustment levels, cloned out some stray hairs, dodging and burning, slight sharpening, selectively blurred and edited the curves of the background, then added a border.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 247
Avg (all users): 6.4817
Avg (commenters): 7.5185
Avg (participants): 6.2945
Avg (non-participants): 6.6667
Views since voting: 1804
Views during voting: 547
Votes: 328
Comments: 31
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 02/21/2005 04:37:22 AM
This is a perfect shot focus wise. Sometimes its best to keep it simple and this isa great selfportrait. The highlights are great, and your hair blends in nicely with the background. good detail on your skin and nice eyes...I originally gave you a 6. congrats on a top 25 finish !
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2005 10:56:06 PM
Hi Julia ;) Great self-portrait.
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 02/20/2005 09:34:58 PM
Sexy bedroom eyes....
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 02/20/2005 07:54:02 PM
A very gothic look, which I like a lot. The lighter areas in the background are a little distracting and could do to be edited out, but otherwise this is a very strong portrait.
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 02/20/2005 12:42:27 PM
Cool I take it you are semi-goth?
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 02/19/2005 11:56:37 PM
Very well done, I like it a lot. This would have looked great against a light background too. Interesting look, great tonality...all in all a very nice portrait.
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 02/19/2005 05:29:25 PM
would have been VERY strong with a blackbackround.

the contrast of the image would make it a very drastic stricking image-GL
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 02/19/2005 01:38:05 PM
Wow! Very well done! I love those eyes! I might have tried shining some light on the hair and leaving the background black, or maybe let both go all black. That gorgeous face really stands out nicely in this photo. Want to model for me?
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 02/18/2005 06:03:03 PM
So distracted by the fact that I saw the same face, same expression, same pose, same lighting in the Pain competition just days ago... It's nicely lit, exposed and photographed. And though I know it' s not the same because the macara is not smudged in this one, the similarity is too strikiing to ignore. So what? Well every photo has its novelty factor; every trick wows less the second time around.
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 02/18/2005 05:39:20 PM
Amazing eyes!
I'm not too crazy about that funny face you're doing, but I like the lights and the texture of the skin.
and the eyes... did I say they are amazing?
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 02/18/2005 05:09:58 PM
i like this a lot
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 02/18/2005 05:06:58 AM
Great portrait. I really the tones of this pic. 7
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 02/18/2005 04:46:09 AM
Great light and pose but seems like totally the wrong framing. Such a striking image would work well dead centre and perhaps also in portrait format. Excellent technicals, though. Very striking and attractive. 8
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 02/18/2005 03:28:23 AM
Dark and moody I like it, would have liked to see a clean backround though maybe :) - 8
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 02/18/2005 02:45:45 AM
nice pose... seems very natural and a little quirky? which is always a good thing... kinda sexy? might just be the subject though :o) either way, I like this one a lot.. great balance and light..
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 02/17/2005 10:21:16 PM
Hi, Mocabela (I assume). Nice pic ya got here. Looks like the tone is intentionally dark, but you did a good job holding the highlights. Given the title, I wish you were looking directly at the camera (looks like your eyes are focused a little above the lens).
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 02/17/2005 08:29:10 PM
Returning for comment. This is pretty intense--I really like the contrast here and the very sharp capture. I think it's great but I do have two suggestions for small improvements: I think both your hands should have been flush againt the cheek like the right, and then if it were just a bit more off center. I'd like to know a bit about your B&W conversion tecnique--I really like this. Bumping up.
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 02/16/2005 02:01:57 PM
Very dark and mysterious! Great eyes, and wonderful overall shot.9
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 02/16/2005 11:08:38 AM
Intriguing. well lit, well executed photograph, of course. Thevisibility of the background, or otherwise, confuses me a little - but that's probably the differences of viewing angle of a TFT screen. that single, differently placed finger really pulls the eye: don't know why you've done that, there doesn't seem to be anything there that warrants that draw. Fine photograph though.
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 02/16/2005 12:31:08 AM
Hi Julia :) Great portrait btw...
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 02/16/2005 12:03:24 AM
Very Elvira. Quite lovely. Bumping up.
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 02/15/2005 10:57:59 PM
Very haunting portrait, dare I say gothic... I love the treatment of this shot. It really adds to the mood of the photo. Well done.
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 02/15/2005 10:08:49 PM
Very gothic and very darkly appealing. Allowing the whites to show as much creates the classic look. A very good effort and of course, the make up is tops. Bumping up.
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 02/15/2005 08:00:50 PM
very demonic... beautiful image ...well done
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 02/15/2005 07:09:39 PM
I love this. One thing I may have done is cloned the catchlight from the eye on the left and put it on the eye on the right, so they match. Other than that, I really like this. Best of luck.
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 02/15/2005 12:45:14 PM
A touch more symmetry of the hands and a slight crop off the right edge would have been an improvement. 7
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 02/14/2005 07:03:09 PM
Nice. The ring you are wearing is a little distracting. Nice focus. 10
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 02/14/2005 02:00:56 PM
This is such a beautiful portrait! I wish your whole chin was in the shot, though. Otherwise, really great job with the framing, contrast, and everything else.
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 02/14/2005 10:23:33 AM
Very unique toning on this image... Kind of a vampire-esque look to it... I like that your background has things in it, but they are very well managed so as not to be a distraction. Interesting when such a dominant foreground subject isn't necessarily 100% of the shot, the background really feel like a significant part of the feel of this shot. Nice work.
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 02/14/2005 03:32:05 AM
Intense! I would probably have prefered to see this in portrait format, the room at the sides is taking away from the overall effect. Other than that, I really like this.
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 02/14/2005 02:18:59 AM
the contrast and clarity are great! i'm a little distracted by the ring though
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