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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Date: Apr 13, 2006
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2 Second
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2006

A picture of Erin. Just used a simple light and shot this in my room.

*Editing Steps*

-Slight level adjusting
-Slight sponge tool to bring out facial color
-Slight dodge and burn, mainly on eyes.
-Slight USM
-Image resize

Statistics
Place: 87 out of 199
Avg (all users): 5.7175
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.8726
Views since voting: 1399
Views during voting: 410
Votes: 269
Comments: 7
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04/29/2006 01:07:17 PM
Hola! From the Critique Club!

Wassup Brian.

I think, for this challenge especially, that a tigher crop/composition were needed. The negative space here might seem artsy, but what people really wanted to see were faces, faces, and more of their faces. The top 9 were all tight crops, (#10 had other things distracting from the face) and 8 of the next 10 were tighter crops. That makes 17 of 20 at the top tight, mostly face crops in my estimation.

The negative space here is just a bit too much I think. The eyes are great, but, again, a tighter crop could have served to highlight them. He r face is turned a little too much away from the camera, and thus the viewer. Automatically takes a bit of the connection out of it. Turning her face down a bit and more toward the viewer, makes for a better pose.

The lighting is great, I like that, a bit more highlight on all the great hair would have done you well also.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/18/2006 03:06:19 PM
This is a little too dark IMO. I like the mood, but as I said, too dark.
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04/18/2006 01:29:48 PM
Nice lighting.
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04/18/2006 01:28:17 PM
I like the composition and the warm light. The shallow DOF works well.
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04/18/2006 08:47:21 AM
Really great image.....
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04/17/2006 09:56:19 PM
Very pretty, nice work
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04/17/2006 06:00:09 AM
Good composition and light
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