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Gordon


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Challenge: Self-Portrait III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-D60
Location: Austin, Tx
Date: Feb 9, 2005
Aperture: f 4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6s
Galleries: Cityscape, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Feb 10, 2005

 Long lens, shallow DoF, to get the background, from a tree with lights on it. Shot on a street in Austin, flash bounced off a near-by wall for some fill. Not much editing (honest!) lightened, removed a few blemishes and stray hair.

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 247
Avg (all users): 6.0157
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.8194
Avg (non-participants): 6.2025
Views since voting: 1554
Views during voting: 559
Votes: 318
Comments: 31
Favorites: 0

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 02/21/2005 01:45:22 PM
Your photos always make you look younger than you write : )

Great lighting for a night shot, I like the BG too.
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 02/21/2005 01:09:16 PM
Sorry!
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 02/21/2005 10:40:17 AM
Oh, one of my favourite faces of DPC. This is a really good photo of you. Lovet the background. Your face looks so peaceful.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2005 11:34:59 PM
The face looks familiar, but I just can't place it. ;-) Good job on the lighting, and a nice use of the recent challenge technique.
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 02/20/2005 09:44:30 PM
great shot, G!
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 02/20/2005 05:12:26 PM
Really nice. 10+
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 02/18/2005 09:19:49 PM
Is your dad John Edward (of 'Crossing Over' fame, do a google search, you'll see what I mean). Rather festive lighting in the background (some may think it distracting), photo well exposed and composed. Good job!
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 02/18/2005 07:32:15 PM
This would look so much better with a wider 1.3x crop. :)
You deserve that 1D Mk2, go get it! ;)

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 02/18/2005 07:07:19 PM
Nice bokeh, but the flat lighting... falls flat.
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 02/18/2005 11:33:56 AM
Great photo, the background really enhances your portrait.
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 02/18/2005 06:25:53 AM
Composition: 5
Technical: 6, Nice bokeh in the background. Good lighting on face
Appeal: 5, Nice border color
Challenge: 6
Overall Calculated Average Score: 6
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 02/18/2005 02:28:39 AM
what a self promotional title!!! lol .. I lovethe blurred lights in the background.. very nice!!!!!!.. but the light on your face looks too much like a flash.. it gives the face part of the photo a snap-shotish look...
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 02/17/2005 02:06:27 PM
This is so cute.. Gotta bump it to 8 :)
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 02/16/2005 09:26:12 PM
dare i say...nice bokeh! excellent work, gordon. the lighting is tops. you really have captured the full range of your face. honestly, i don't know enough about portraiture to really critique this, so i'm just going through, looking to see what seems to work and what doesn't. this pretty much seems to hit all the way around. good luck! 8 from me.
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 02/16/2005 01:00:34 PM
hey Gordo, you could not think of a better tittle lmao. Your back ground is quiet busy, what is it a x-mas tree lights??? I'm just teasing you. I know you are good and know plenty, so take it easy on us old farts. Now for your score....hmmm what you like??

I had fun with this... :-Þ-~~~~
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 02/15/2005 10:58:18 PM
Nice! the amount of background is a bit distracting but otherwise a nice photo
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 02/15/2005 03:57:45 PM
Nice job.
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 02/15/2005 03:53:24 PM
You missed the Bokeh challenge by a few weeks!! ;-)
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 02/15/2005 01:44:08 PM
Lovely shot Gordon!! I love the lights behind you. Great job! 8
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 02/15/2005 10:33:52 AM
Gordon tripping the bokeh- light fantastic! Great color and great detail with good head placement. Bumping up.
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 02/15/2005 06:08:15 AM
That is some of the coolest bokeh I have ever seen. The sad part is that the coolness of the background makes it seem like you have just pasted yourself on a background - looks really unnatural. 6.
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 02/14/2005 07:42:00 PM
nice bokeh effect in the background
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 02/14/2005 05:13:23 PM
A bokeh for Valentines day. Good capture Gordon, How did you get the sitter to to provide that expression.
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 02/14/2005 02:46:02 PM
Cool (9)
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 02/14/2005 07:13:23 AM
Interesting background bokeh. I have seen the other self-portraits that you have done and I like this one the least. (sorry!) I really liked the perspective shots of you with the camera on the end of the tripod (although the shot I saw was from your friends camera)
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 02/14/2005 04:54:04 AM
Your background is all out of focus, you should have centred your model and a better looking model would have helped! ;)
Seriously now. Really nice Bokeh effect, I like the catch lights in your eyes and great clarity particularly in the eyes where it really counts for a portrait. IMHO The red strip is a little distracting and the back of the neck where the collar sticks out a fraction. Very nice photo!
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 02/14/2005 01:59:46 AM
well, hello G. :) wonderful lighting on this portrait, and good choice on the background lights--very complimentary color.
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 02/14/2005 01:58:21 AM
Great bokeh!
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 02/14/2005 12:27:32 AM
So much for being anonymous, I guess =). Nice "bokeh" of the background.
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 02/14/2005 12:18:36 AM
It's Gordon!! Excellent shot, G. :o)
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 02/14/2005 12:08:08 AM
very nice, G :). I'll be interested to see what lens made that nice bokeh...9 elements? i can barely even see 'em. cooool.

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