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Gold Dust Woman
Gold Dust Woman
Kelli


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Gold (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S9000
Location: NJ
Date: Jul 23, 2006
Aperture: f/3.8
ISO: 80
Shutter: 0.017s
Galleries: Humorous, Snapshot
Date Uploaded: Jul 23, 2006

 Reference to the Fleetwood Mac song. I just couldn\'t come up with anything else. This is my daughter, face covered in gold dust used for cake decorating. I had to wet her face a bit with liquid makeup to make it stick. Then it clumped. So I let it dry and then used a big makeup brush to brush it around. By then I lost the daylight. Not much done, resized, sharpened, a little hue/saturation. USM, saved for web. Oh, and she was quite the unwilling model as you can tell by the expression.

Statistics
Place: 294 out of 296
Avg (all users): 3.6599
Avg (commenters): 3.4000
Avg (participants): 3.6500
Avg (non-participants): 3.6753
Views since voting: 1082
Views during voting: 301
Votes: 197
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/03/2006 12:04:48 PM
Trading POst - Tough go of it in this challenge (at least you didnt brown right?) After reading your desription I see what you were looking for but the execution is pretty poor. Just one of those entries to look back on and see where you came up from. Hang in there and put out more pics along the lines of the jellies. You have a 6 shot in you and I feel it will be coming out soon.
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 07/31/2006 07:45:06 PM
Trading Post comment

Not one of your best, but kudos to your daughter for being a good sport about it! Kinda looks more fake-tannish than gold, and you lose the hair in the background. She really is a very pretty model, though!
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 07/31/2006 03:00:25 AM
Trading post Comment

I've read your "Perils of Pauline" explanation of this shot. I'm not sure I blame your daughter...she's a saint. When voting I didn't think the gold was working (now I know why), but I thought your daughter's expression was cute...so I didn't vote too harshly. 5. (Next time use her in a photo that won't cover her face...she'll probably appreciate it and you'll probably score higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/28/2006 12:02:29 PM
This fits the challenge but lacks in quality.
Keep trying...
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 07/24/2006 05:56:26 PM
Her smile is intriguing. But she's not in focus, the gold color's too splotchy, and the bright light makes her hair vanish into the background.
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 07/24/2006 04:11:33 PM
I think it's the uneven layer of gold on her face that I don't like the most. It seems splotchy. Her eyes aren't in focus and I'm not sure I like the lipstick. Nice try though.
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 07/24/2006 10:18:03 AM
Not a photo I'd hang on my wall and in my opinion doesn't fit the challenge very well.
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 07/24/2006 08:03:17 AM
Interesting subject matter.
I think I'd have liked to see more focus on the dust itself then the person. I lose the subject (being gold) against the contrast of her upper body. More reminiscent of a bad tanning gel, imo
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 07/24/2006 12:37:54 AM
Great Job!
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