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EssAreDubya


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Challenge: Pet Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Scarsdale, NY
Date: Dec 11, 2006
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Interior, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 12, 2006

 CS2 PP
Cropped
Brightness+20
Contrast+25
Hue+9
Sat+5
Lightness-3
Adjusted Curves
Reduced Noise
USM
Saved For Web

Statistics
Place: 126 out of 378
Avg (all users): 5.8359
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.6746
Avg (non-participants): 5.9923
Views since voting: 1100
Views during voting: 356
Votes: 256
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/18/2006 03:40:35 PM
what a beautiful dog
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 12/17/2006 09:38:08 PM
Lighting is very good on this Collie portrait - a nice soft lighting that plays softly on the colors of the dog and waves in it's long hair. I really like just off to the side frontal portrait pose of the Collie. It really shows off the beauty of this dog's features and colors. Not a big fan of grey borders that has faded lines (thought I am not going to dock you for that because it is minor). I think this could have done with a sharp line, high contrast border (thin line of white bordered by a thick black border or vice versa) for a clean, polished look. Last little critique is the top portion that shows the corner wall of a room could be cropped out without effecting the portrait negatively. It would in fact help it for that top portion does nothing to enhance the image. Yes, a closer crop would trim some of the ears but it would not be too noticable because the closer crop would keep the attention focused tightly on the facial features of the dog's face, and it is a beautiful face at that, so you should play it up and keep the eyes attention focused there.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2006 11:24:23 AM
I see royal eyes. Great pic, love the lighting and composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/16/2006 09:51:53 PM
5 - Like to have seen the eyes a little sharper and better control of the whites, or 'using' the blown areas more overall. Not sure on the frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/14/2006 06:55:15 PM
Nice set up, it is somewhat soft focus. There was a time when that was prefered. The eyes are a little blue? Over all good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/13/2006 11:08:37 PM
Nice pose and crop. Lighting is mostly good; it looks like you blew out a good chunk of the white on the left side of the dog's chest but that might be on purpose. I would darken the pupils (they have a bluish cast) and maybe color the background stuff to be the same color as the floor (or clone it out or something) so it doesn't draw the eye away from the dog.
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