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Vacation Dreams...
Vacation Dreams...
Beach_mel


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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Cocoa Beach, FL
Date: Aug 12, 2006
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Emotive, Water
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2006

A friend who is working on her modeling portfolio.

Shot just after dark, flash off to the side and above, I couldn't choose between this shot and another. This one won.

PP, RAW editer, pretty close to as shot, slight contrast/shadow adjustment to not lose the waves in the background. Sharpening, healing bruise on her leg, slight dodging of the background waves, her eye and hair, sharpen again, resize for web.

Hope you like it.

Statistics
Place: 98 out of 684
Avg (all users): 6.1866
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.1415
Avg (non-participants): 6.3571
Views since voting: 1766
Views during voting: 638
Votes: 268
Comments: 24
Favorites: 3 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 09:32:39 PM
Nice cute portrait, would like to see her moved back a touch. Everything else seems to work well. Maybe get rid of the burn above her eye. just tone it down a touch. But a very nice image.
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09/07/2006 09:13:08 PM
Superb lighting, but a little smile would have gone a long way...
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09/07/2006 03:25:03 PM
Very nice composition and pose. The lighting borderlines on being almost too bright in relation to the backdrop.
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09/07/2006 01:14:47 PM
Her stern expression looks anything but dreamy! Just kidding, well composed and lit.
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09/05/2006 11:11:47 PM
awesome shot, the expression and pose...and technically is great! love it! 10
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09/05/2006 07:58:59 PM
Beautiful...

... and the photo is quite nice as well :)
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09/05/2006 10:50:54 AM
Lovely model. I like the lighting and her pose.
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09/05/2006 07:48:46 AM
i would love to see this same shot taken in the daylight.
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09/04/2006 05:37:04 PM
Love the lighting and composition. Nicely done.
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09/04/2006 02:25:07 PM
Flawless beauty!
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09/04/2006 05:58:30 AM
Shame there wasn't just a slight bit of light left in the sky for an amazing back drop, great shot, works for me.
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09/04/2006 12:19:06 AM
-Wow, a very unigue and beautiful model
-I like the naturalness of this photo
-LOVE her dress
-Great lighting
-Score: 8
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09/03/2006 08:16:25 PM
Looks like young Kirsten Dunst
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09/03/2006 02:58:51 PM
Gorgeous light (pretty woman too, even if she does look a little irritated). I'm looking forward to seeing your photog comments afterwards to see how you got the light on her so beautifully, but not on the sea in the background.
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09/03/2006 12:04:09 PM
This is a beautiful shot, so well composed, of course with her legs it would be hard to take a bad picture, great contrast of the whites against dark sky. One of my picks for top 10. 10:)
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09/03/2006 11:23:03 AM
Good lighting, nice shot.
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09/03/2006 02:16:38 AM
Very nice tones and use of lighting without eliminating the background.
My only negative comment about this is that she is not smiling.
A woman's smile is perhaps one of her finest features in my opinion.
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09/02/2006 07:22:26 AM
nice lighting. the position of her eyeball is odd but the rest of it is breathtaking. composition, color. etc. is all great. 9
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09/02/2006 12:39:34 AM
nice effect, can't put my finger on it but is lacking wow,
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09/01/2006 09:26:27 PM
There is something very uncomfortable about this photo.
09/01/2006 05:55:26 PM
pose is pretty good but I wich i could see her other eye. Lighting seems pretty good to me for the time of day but does seems to have some hot spots.
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09/01/2006 05:21:10 PM
vacation dreams? can she come :-P

kidding...beautiful model, she looks very enticing. the lighting is great, i love the dark background. as the title suggests, it is very dream like. 8
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09/01/2006 01:42:31 AM
I love the lighting and the setting for this...wow, stunning and beautiful
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09/01/2006 01:33:33 AM
this picture is hot. seems a little dark for a dream, stormy weather?
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