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Sabrina at the Window
Sabrina at the Window
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Beauty (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: My Home Studio
Date: May 24, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Fashion, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 28, 2005

 This is from a test shoot with Sabrina, OMP#175833. It was taken by window light, with some fill from white cards and a silver reflector.

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 255
Avg (all users): 6.2452
Avg (commenters): 7.5333
Avg (participants): 6.0797
Avg (non-participants): 6.4309
Views since voting: 5277
Views during voting: 1044
Votes: 261
Comments: 19
Favorites: 16 (view)

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 06/07/2005 04:13:29 PM
Originally posted by subha:
my only gripe .. is her hair .. wish i could see more .. highlights. Perhaps you could use PS's dodge tool, or use layers and use screen overlay ... I do hope you have not ... saved the JPG


Not to worry, I still have the RAW file. I worked in PS layers to produce this from the RAW, but I did not make an effort to bring out her hair against the background. Another good trick, besides those you mentioned, is to produce an "overexposed" version of the image using the exposure controls in the RAW converter (I use Capture One Pro), and then selectively combine that version with the properly exposed version to bring out underexposed areas, effectively expanding the dynamic range. I agree with you that this is the weakness of this image, so I may invest the time to try to address it.
 06/07/2005 10:56:25 AM
my only gripe with this image, having worked with photoshop extensively is her hair is pretty much invisible against the black portion of the curtain. I wish i could see more of her hair highlights. She is a beautiful model indeed and very well shot. It has the essence of erotica and innocence. Perhaps you could use PS's dodge tool, or use layers and use screen overlay to bring her hair highlights.

I do hope you have not used contrast adjustment and saved the JPG, if so the image would be permanently destroyed of its original information.
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 06/06/2005 06:40:29 PM
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
I can't really see the beauty as much as I'd like to...


...wouldn't we all.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2005 06:20:41 AM
Beautifully done. Lighting is excellent. Skin tones well done. Attractive model. Very nice composition. Has to be right up there close to the top of the challenge.
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 06/04/2005 10:31:13 AM
Dayum. Beauty indeed. Jacko. 10
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 06/04/2005 02:12:11 AM
Hot she is, bumping up
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 06/02/2005 10:26:52 PM
Nice female form, nice choice of colors, soft light, good shadows.
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 06/02/2005 09:53:33 PM
beauty is about symmetry, wanted more ef her face showing, beautiful photo
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 06/01/2005 10:33:34 PM
The pose on this one looks a little forced - the left arm looks to be hanging a wee bit unnatually. More of a bend would have helped, perhaps with her hand on the fron of her hip or across her belly. The lighting on this is absolutely without a doubt gorgeous, and I love that she appears to be 'doing' instead of just 'posing'.
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 06/01/2005 08:22:34 AM
Excellent capture this and what a beauty! Great pose and very effective extremes of black and white framing her.
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 05/31/2005 03:35:17 PM
great pic!
its making things move!
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 05/31/2005 06:45:01 AM
an extremely beautiful model (please pass on my admiration) , but I would have like to have seen less of her. Yes, less. Cropped a little closer, into a square image, just above the waist, would have been a stronger image in my view. Its always bad to crop an image at a joint as you did here with her knees. I hope at some point you will be doing a close up of her face, as it is simply radiant. Would love to see those incredible blue eyes! <7>
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 05/31/2005 12:12:23 AM
If you've ever watched any horror movies, you would tell her not to go to the window! ;-)
Very beautiful and well done!
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 05/30/2005 09:53:50 PM
Very nice.
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 05/30/2005 09:22:28 PM
Nice photo. Lots of dark, yet, it's lit very well. Nice shadows.
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 05/30/2005 02:32:34 PM
hubba hubba :) what a pretty lady, looks like she has amazing eyes
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 05/30/2005 08:16:19 AM
I can't really see the beauty as much as I'd like to...she has a well toned body but the face is where the beauty is (specifically the eyes, which I just can't quite see). It's a neat idea, with the light pouring in from behind the curtain but it looks a bit too posed and unnatural for me.
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 05/30/2005 06:25:11 AM
Very attractive use of narural light - nice control of luminosity. Beautiful subject!
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 05/30/2005 05:26:53 AM
nicely composed
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