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Lily
Lily
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Öskjuhlíð, Iceland
Date: Jan 7, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2007

 This is Lilja, I decided to translate her name to english for the title so people wouldn´t immediately recognize her as Icelandic. First time taking pictures of her, actually I had never even met her before taking these photos. Henny couldn´t come along as we had babysitter trouble so Lilja did her own makeup.

Lighting is ambient + a silver reflector I held with my left hand, you can see it reflected in her eyes.

Post processing was setting contrast in raw processing, then cropped to a 5:4 frame, b/w conversion with channel mixer, a little healing brush, very slight dodging and finally sharpened after resizing.

I wanted this picture to be high key even though I have noticed that high key pictures don´t do as well as low key pictures here at DPC, hope voters prove me wrong this time :)

Oh and on a side note, this is my first picture in this photo a week project.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 491
Avg (all users): 6.3645
Avg (commenters): 7.6818
Avg (participants): 6.3308
Avg (non-participants): 6.3883
Views since voting: 4144
Views during voting: 606
Votes: 321
Comments: 33
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 01/17/2007 01:59:14 PM
Congratulations! It serves me right. I think I am simply too strict and often looking for a message, especially when it comes to black and white pictures.
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 01/17/2007 10:33:43 AM
Larus - looking at my comments on this photo - I meant to say stellar image AND processing. It is both! Even though you translated the title to English and used high key, I picked this out as yours right away. I really am surprised this did not end up in top 5 or top 10. Thanks for sharing another great image with us.
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 01/17/2007 09:04:29 AM
i'm shocked this isn't top 10.
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 01/17/2007 08:18:26 AM
Bro this shoulda been a def. top 10 spot. Maybe because of all the entries. Whatever the case, I love how you got a model that brought the best part out on a woman, Her lips....Beautiful lips, sharpness on her eyes is great. Composition is right on, thats where I think I messed up on my shot, and your DOF is right on also. Well done Larus, Top 10 in my book.
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 01/17/2007 03:18:28 AM
Originally posted by shoggy:
mmm .. mr.L?


eh eh i'm starting to recognize your style!! dear mr.Larus i really like it! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/16/2007 09:09:32 PM
great contrast, and framing. i love the eyes.
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 01/16/2007 12:15:27 PM
Yes! Very nice. Great clarity and details where it counts and soft focus elsewhere. Well lit. Not dark and gloomy. B/W tonal range covered completely. Job well done! Best of luck to you in the challenge.
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 01/16/2007 07:45:52 AM
gorgeous!!
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 01/14/2007 05:33:33 AM
to pale for the background..
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 01/13/2007 10:48:53 PM
good hair, smile, lips and eyes...very pretty
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 01/13/2007 10:10:19 AM
great shot! definitely one of the best in the challenge.
gave this a 9 but came back to give it a 10 after seeing half the other shots in the challenge
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 01/12/2007 09:35:38 PM
The background merges with her hair. Other than that great.
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 01/12/2007 12:52:45 PM
background works, at first a bit distracting, but i got over it...nice expression
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 01/12/2007 12:41:35 PM
I find the kilo of eye makeup very distracting.
 01/11/2007 10:13:27 PM
Pretty gal! I like the high key feel to this.
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 01/11/2007 09:55:48 PM
nice tones great focus on the eyes. well done
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 01/11/2007 06:08:06 PM
steller processing - great eyes and nice use of bokeh
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 01/11/2007 02:59:13 PM
My bet is this is Larus.
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 01/11/2007 02:36:42 PM
Good shot, nice expression. Should be a top 10 at least.
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 01/11/2007 10:01:54 AM
There seems to be something a bit odd about her right shoulder. Maybe something happened in PP. Beautiful eyes!
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 01/11/2007 10:01:33 AM
love the eyes, this is one of my favorits - 8
Hey, came back and raise you to 9
You´r my no. 2
Good luck in this challenge
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 01/11/2007 01:59:20 AM
Slightly too bright PP, appealing smile and eyes. 6
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 01/11/2007 12:46:03 AM
wow she is striking!
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 01/11/2007 12:16:56 AM
very pretty, love her eyes
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 01/10/2007 10:30:43 PM
Great focus and bokeh. I like the high contrast approach.
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 01/10/2007 09:18:50 PM
Expertly done. Probably ribbon. Nothing I would change. Tiny nitpick...I'd like to see a tad less eye makeup.
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 01/10/2007 04:50:37 PM
Man, she looks like Julia Roberts with blonde hair!
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 01/10/2007 04:21:00 PM
Ok, there is a raging debte about people's voting habits at the moment, so i will attempt to give a detailed comment with my vote:

Great focus on the eyes with the use of shallow DOF. nice bokeh on jacket and branches. The eyes seem to catch my attention and i dont wan to look away. That's a good sign. Nice contrast and the use of a tweed jacket (patterns). 8? is that fair?
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 01/10/2007 02:03:34 PM
ok but too classical. Pause is not natural enough
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 01/10/2007 08:34:14 AM
mmm .. mr.L?
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 01/10/2007 01:56:29 AM
I don't vote much but this deserves one. She is beautiful and this picture is beautiful. Nice job!
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 01/10/2007 01:46:05 AM
has to be a 10 from me...simply stunning face, beautifully captured and composed...this is where b and w shines...good luck with this 10
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 01/10/2007 12:31:40 AM
Beautiful shot. The eyes really make this stand out in the thumbnail but on the photo it almost seems like too much. I think it's because there is very little contrast in her skin and then the eyes have a ton of contrast. Perhaps adding some darker parts like in the creases of the mouht would have helped balance it?

Other than that this is a lovely photo. Beautiful model, love the blurred background and choice of a darker coat.
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