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Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: The rose garden in Portland, OR
Date: Sep 2, 2006
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Family, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2006

this is my daughter coming to her wedding rehearsal, she was totally focused.

cropped, burned highlight on forehead and cloned out some background on the left side of image.
levels, contrast, highlight/shadow, smart sharpen, resize, add border and save for web

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Place: 555 out of 615
Avg (all users): 4.7568
Avg (commenters): 3.9091
Avg (participants): 4.6552
Avg (non-participants): 5.1250
Views since voting: 851
Views during voting: 317
Votes: 185
Comments: 14
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10/25/2006 06:10:03 AM
Originally posted by BradP:

The smile.
There's always something about a smile that just light up a shot like this.
With some more post-processing to bring details out of the shadows, this would be awesome.
Let me know if you want me to help out on a slightly different edit.

Hi Rick,
As I mentioned during the challenge, (and nearly forgot),
I went ahead and did an edit of your daughter's pic:
From this --to this-->

Obviously having a full-sized original would be better, but for web viewing, this size is ok.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2006 09:07:53 PM
Having her forehead highlighted doesn't do her justice, it just seems a little off
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10/07/2006 09:43:34 AM
Nice shallow DOF; I would have her remove her sunglasses. Work with the lighting also - the bright sunlight on her forehead is distracting
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10/06/2006 06:08:29 PM
Wonderfu, casual moment, but the lighting is distracting. I think some fill flash to even out the lighting would be nice
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10/05/2006 02:16:14 PM
Attractive subject, but the lighting is off.
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10/04/2006 07:28:11 AM
the shadows kill this.. she is gorgeous and the lighting on her should be too!
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10/03/2006 09:49:07 AM
The garden location and the bright clear day must have been lovely - an inspiration. I think the model needs a little bit of help with a pose. Perhaps to look more in profile away from the camera.
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10/02/2006 09:52:21 PM
Really need to play with the lighting and shadows to get something more interesting. Also, due to the models position, she is squinting (one eye more than the other) from the sun... try re-positioning the subject so as to avoid this.
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10/02/2006 07:55:37 AM
Very nice! She photographs very well!
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10/01/2006 08:12:16 PM
Pretty lady, nice background blur, but serious lighting issues. Gotta watch the spotty lighting when dealing with natural shade.
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10/01/2006 05:13:37 PM
cute model, but this light is unfavorable
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10/01/2006 05:12:05 PM
The smile.
There's always something about a smile that just light up a shot like this.
With some more post-processing to bring details out of the shadows, this would be awesome.
Let me know if you want me to help out on a slightly different edit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/01/2006 02:16:11 PM
Good capture of the skin tones in the model, could benefit from light in the eyes.
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10/01/2006 01:08:52 PM
I find the mix of shadows and light on her face somewhat distracting.
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