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Challenge: Shadows II (Classic Editing)
Collection: challenge entries
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Johanna's studio - Nottuln, Germany
Date: Oct 24, 2003
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 24, 2003

 The story behind this photo is that she just had an argument with her boyfriend, a pointless and silly argument which made her boyfriend leave the house. As he went out the door she feels guilty and sees how wrong she was in the harsh words she said to him. She knows she has hurt him with what she said. And now she is standing at the window as he is backing out of the drive way in his car. His lights are shining on the window and through the blinds onto her face. But she is too proud to go running out to the car to get him back although she really wants to. The look on her face is one of many emotions all at once. Pride, anger, and sadness.

This is the first shooting with my new Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens.

The model's name is Nicole, 16 years old and a real sweetie :-) I did this shot in a studio with some blinds hanging on two tripods. In the background I hung my black jacket on a clothes rack so that the tripod couldn't be seen in the back corner. I had 3 strobes set up with the main strobe blasting through the blinds, and two stobes on the right, set real low, bouncing off the ceiling.

Post processing: Not cropped at all, this is how it came from the camera. Changed to grayscale per channel mixer, adjusted the levels manually, boosted the blacks a little with a selective color adjustment layer, resized and sharpened.


Statistics
Place: 12 out of 126
Avg (all users): 6.3264
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.2250
Avg (non-participants): 6.4531
Views since voting: 3224
Votes: 144
Comments: 22
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 02/20/2005 04:43:40 AM
The iridescent iris grabs me in this one, being the point in the photo that has the most crisp focus and the most contrasty detail. I love the bokeh, the strong lighting, and the fact that the eye in question is in the dead center of the photograph. I must compliment you on finding expressive models and making them look their best.
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 04/04/2004 10:21:21 AM
Originally posted by dsidwell:
Hey I hadn't seen this one. Cool. I guess I unwittingly copied you (my shot in the portrait challenge uses blinds like this)! Sorry!


:) Don't have to be sorry David, anyway this kind of "blinds" effect is used very often. It wasn't my idea either, I just remember seeing a blinds shadow effect once before and thought it looked kewl.
 04/04/2004 03:09:28 AM
Hey I hadn't seen this one. Cool. I guess I unwittingly copied you (my shot in the portrait challenge uses blinds like this)! Sorry!
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 11/05/2003 08:05:21 AM
Nice shot, Kiwi! Good lighting and a gorgeous model :o)

Keep the good work up, you're an inspiration!
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 11/04/2003 09:39:29 AM
Another amazing shot... I need to study from you!
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 11/03/2003 03:25:37 AM
Another amazing shot from kiwiness, congrats! :-) I simply can't shut down my IE, I am sitting on a boring informatics lesson and I am letting this shot have the effect on me. I think everything was said before me - I love the lights and shadows, B&W, her face and the beautyful shine in her eyes are really talking -, I love the shot and the story, too. :-)
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 11/03/2003 12:14:13 AM
Wow, all the work for this shot! Amazing!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/01/2003 03:24:51 PM
stunning portrait. crisp clean lines and super focus. just a hair to much light on the shoulder for me...still wonderful image 9.
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 11/01/2003 04:09:04 AM
Excellent picture. I''ll find it again in top ten somewhere.
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 10/31/2003 08:30:33 PM
Nice portrait shot. Black and white was a good choice for this one. Good positioning of subject. I like the lighting and shadow effect. 9.
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 10/31/2003 08:15:56 AM
Beautiful. Lovely lighting.
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 10/31/2003 01:21:19 AM
Lovely model - and a nice treatment of the shadpws...
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 10/29/2003 10:31:20 PM
Beautiful, nice lines, nice shadow effect in this photo
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 10/29/2003 07:25:25 PM
Nice shadow effect from the blinds.
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 10/29/2003 07:02:24 PM
This is wonderful, the lines, the contrasts it all works so well together, a 10
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 10/29/2003 05:06:04 PM
A beautiful portrait - the lines of the blind and the light and shadow lines on the model really add interest. The pool of light around her left eye and the highlight within it are particularly good.
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 10/28/2003 07:28:51 PM
9. Stunning. Very nice shoulder.
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 10/28/2003 11:09:41 AM
Nice photo, but I don't like the title... it forces a translation to it. I would have cropped the top off a little, the eyes in the center makes her seem short.
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 10/28/2003 09:44:24 AM
I had the same idea in mind but couldn't produce it... nicely done!
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 10/28/2003 09:17:37 AM
Excellent portrate. Shadows and sharpness are right on. Great job.
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 10/27/2003 09:49:52 AM
Pretty, love the lighting on her eyes and face. This was really a good composition and nicely done in b&w. Very good.
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 10/27/2003 12:22:41 AM
Beautiful photo (of a beautiful model) and excellent use of the shadows. Congratulations, I'd love to be able to produce a shot like that :)
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