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Challenge: Environmental Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Reykjavik
Date: May 14, 2006
Aperture: F/16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2006

 I used a single Bowens 500W with a softbox.

Statistics
Place: 47 out of 190
Avg (all users): 6.1346
Avg (commenters): 6.7368
Avg (participants): 5.8382
Avg (non-participants): 6.2786
Views since voting: 1217
Views during voting: 339
Votes: 208
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/27/2006 09:18:00 PM
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Coy and cute.

Composition:
Very centred ... less of the fence on the left side would not have reduced this picture at all .. and would have allowed you to make him slightly larger and give more impact.

Subject:
meets the challenge and edoes so with flare.

Technical (Colour and light):
This is one area I didn't mind the post processing ... is a little too much like a painting for me .. but still works as a photo ...

To grow its vote?:
looking at the winners of this challenge .. cropping him differntly would have worked wonders ... e.g. inclue the hammer and lower hand .. out past the post slightly so you know that hes building ... and slightly closer to the top of his head.

Summary:
Great work .. keep it up .. you are definately going places.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/21/2006 07:00:56 AM
He needs to be looking at that nail, rather than the camera, surely, or his next portrait will be in x-ray form. It's also a bizarre way to hold a hammer in the first place. Like the details, but not the processing.
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 05/20/2006 06:18:58 PM
I love this guy's coy expression and the melodramatic post processing. 8.
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 05/18/2006 07:53:58 PM
What can I say, this is wicked good.
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 05/18/2006 11:02:40 AM
great shot! love the treatment! (9)
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 05/18/2006 08:18:12 AM
Post processing a bit too dark for my taste - not sure the spooky feel works with this subject. Still a good effort
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 05/18/2006 07:02:09 AM
For me, the subject of this image is the post processing. It draws attention away from the man and the environment.
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 05/17/2006 02:07:13 PM
Very nice wotk. I love the expression.
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 05/17/2006 02:01:08 PM
Great shot. Wish he wasnt looking at the camera. Makes it look a little posed.
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 05/16/2006 10:25:48 PM
The heavy processing adds an intriguing element. Takes a straight shot somewhere different.
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 05/16/2006 12:51:04 PM
Nice shot!!! Great Environmental portrait!
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 05/16/2006 07:56:23 AM
Good picture and colors. A little old fashion look, which I like very much... (subject a little centered, but!!) good luck.
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 05/15/2006 11:02:33 PM
I love his expression.
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 05/15/2006 09:30:38 PM
I'm not a big fan of the b/w effect here (to dark and gloomy), but the portrait is nice.
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 05/15/2006 11:03:18 AM
Watch those thumbs.
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 05/15/2006 09:27:18 AM
a little harsh on the sepia effect, otherwise good shot
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 05/15/2006 08:46:42 AM
I bed you are good cook, but dont over cook picture :)
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 05/15/2006 05:44:30 AM
great editing, suits the shot...well done
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 05/15/2006 02:54:20 AM
He glows in the dark! Maybe a little overdone and too posed. But I like the setup anyway - 7 from me.
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 05/15/2006 12:46:45 AM
Cute. He has a certain smirk about him. Love the post editing. 8
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