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Challenge: Self Portrait IV (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A75
Location: Basement
Date: May 18, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Black and White, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2006

 Lit with a desk lamp from the side to get the strong shadows. I used a pinned up blanket as a makeshift background.

I had trouble with noise, especially since I had to raise the ISO to 100 to maintain a fast enough shutter speed. I hope the noise/artifacts isn't too distracting.

This is one of my first real self-portraits and I'm quite happy with how it turned out. I wanted the strongest elements in the photo to be my expression and the dynamic lighting.

Converted to B/W, levels, sharpened, noise reduction, sharpened, cloned and blurred selectively, resized, sharpened for web, added border. All done in GIMP.

Last minute shot, just finished editing about 15 minutes before the deadline. Editing took over an hour to complete.

Statistics
Place: 222 out of 236
Avg (all users): 4.6871
Avg (commenters): 4.1250
Avg (participants): 4.5145
Avg (non-participants): 4.8571
Views since voting: 681
Views during voting: 401
Votes: 278
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 06/01/2006 09:32:17 PM


Critique Club

Lighting IMO is ok. Perhaps too dark on the left side of your face. And the straight line shadow on your shoulder should go also. However it seems to me that you oversharpened a little too much. all your detail is lost and there is no detail left to see in the hair or eyes which is where you want detail in portrait work. The crop is great. You have a close up view which is what you also go for in portrait work. Nothing cropped out or cut off that shouldn't be. The background is good also for a quick makeshift one. I really like the fact that you left the wrinkles there. If you would have made the background flat then I believe you woud have lost all the depth to this photo. The border was a nice choice.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2006 10:42:37 PM
This shot really needs sharper focus. The lighting looks good.
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 05/24/2006 04:22:55 PM
Looks like natural lighting which is always a nice way to go. But for me, it is very difficult to read and connect with a portrait without some catch light in the eyes. Also, the focus feels a bit soft on this image.
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 05/23/2006 02:29:53 AM
Kind of overdid it with PS, I think.
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 05/21/2006 07:02:53 PM
This would work a lot better without the watercolor treatment (or whatever you did use). It looks like you have good lighting and good expression.
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 05/20/2006 02:17:20 PM
The lighting is pretty cool here. Don't think the filter (?) you've used adds anything though.
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 05/19/2006 12:46:17 PM
Just a tad too overprocessed maybe, or over-filtered. But a great portait in terms of lighting, which is very cool and adds drama, and composition. Background could be more out of focus, but it does add interest overall I think. Great photograph nonetheless.
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 05/19/2006 10:51:33 AM
Sorry but I dislike the filter you used on this to give it that smudgy look, definately not my cup of tea. Just explaining my low vote on this.
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 05/19/2006 10:23:43 AM
too processed buddy...sorry
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 05/19/2006 08:26:17 AM
very pixelated
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