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Challenge: Self-Portrait III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A80
Location: Home, New York, NY
Date: Feb 13, 2005
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/6s
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2005

 This was the only pose that didn't seem ... posed

Natural lighting from my apartment window, in my bedroom on a Sunday afternoon.

Post processing
- USM
- Levels
- Hue/Saturation to mute colours and bring in duotone
- Brightness/Contrast to emphasize shadows
- Cloned out pixel artifact resulting from USM

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 247
Avg (all users): 5.5605
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.4595
Avg (non-participants): 5.6506
Views since voting: 906
Views during voting: 454
Votes: 314
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/18/2005 08:04:18 AM
Composition: 5
Technical: 6, I wish there were just a little more light on your face, but I like the angle you are looking in relation to the camera
Appeal: 6
Challenge: 7
Overall Calculated Average Score: 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/18/2005 03:24:28 AM
I really like the colors in this and the lighting is pretty nice a couple of hotspots though but its ok, nice composition too - 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/16/2005 04:16:57 PM
i don't know anything about portraiture, so i'm using your image as a guinnea pig as to what i think i would or wouldn't do in this situation, as well as what i notice and get out of your image.

great capture. i like the lighting, colors, and composition. there are a couple spots that look like they could be handled in editing, but nothing major. some may complain about an imbalance in the lighting, but i don't have any problem with it as is. really like how you seem to have caught the essence you were looking for.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2005 09:16:45 AM
Returning for comment:
A good casual pose but the lighting leaves a little to be desired. My criticism is not with the low key lighting of the face but rather the disparity created by comparing the light on the arm against the shadow and then this against the face. Outside of this I like the composition. Bumping to 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2005 07:34:39 PM
Nice portrait ... gotta couple of dead pixels though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2005 01:39:53 AM
It's hard enough to be original with an idea for an image, but when you steal my title.....:D - great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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