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the eyes, the eyes give it all away
the eyes, the eyes give it all away
DTrenkner


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Self Portrait V (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
Location: the living room of my apartment
Date: Nov 4, 2006
Aperture: F/5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Black and White, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2006

 Reflection off of a water spot covered mirror. The blurry spots in the image were captured through the lens and not added in during post-processing.

Post-processing was fairly basic and involved the following steps: duplicate layer, layer mask, channel mixer, levels, crop, USM, resize.

Statistics
Place: 115 out of 193
Avg (all users): 5.4638
Avg (commenters): 5.8182
Avg (participants): 5.2105
Avg (non-participants): 5.6420
Views since voting: 644
Views during voting: 407
Votes: 276
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/12/2006 01:38:03 AM
Thank you for all the comments. This was my first entry ever so I am very pleased with the rating. There were several reasons, both creative and technical, for the somewhat unconvential crop and after several revision settled on this one. I knew this would get mixed reactions but I'm glad some people liked it. I would have like to make some changes to the lighting and positioning of my face but unfortunately I couldn't devote all day to this image so I had to go with the best one I had at the time. My setup was rather crude which made attempting to make fine adjustments an exercise in patience. Thanks again everyone!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/11/2006 11:43:56 PM
Only if you let them...
 11/11/2006 04:23:48 PM
true! coming back for a comment, and I like this one better now. I had to get used to the different crop I think. Nice bokeh!
 11/10/2006 01:31:04 PM
A very nice capture with good use of desat. Bump.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/08/2006 08:35:54 PM
i do love those eyes!! nice comp!!
 11/08/2006 02:14:42 PM
I really think you can tell a lot about someone from what you see in their eyes. I like this photo, and your title, however, I think the lighting should have been done a little different (just my opinion). I would have liked to see this photo with the shadow above your right eye, either gone or covering everything but your eyes. It kind of distracts me from what the main focus is, which is your eyes. I also would have liked to see a little more of your left eye. I mean, everyone is going to have their own opinions or feelings about photos, so stick to what your feeling is. Overall, I like this photo though!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2006 07:35:28 PM
The lighting is nice. Not sure about the selective coloring, or pana format.
 11/06/2006 07:53:54 PM
And beautiful eyes they are, too.
 11/06/2006 03:05:36 PM
Neat, cool format.
 11/05/2006 04:10:57 PM
Very cool comp.
 11/05/2006 02:18:00 AM
interesting presentation. too bad we can't have the photo a bit larger on here to do it justice.
 11/05/2006 12:51:29 AM
the crop is too tight imo


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