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Somewhere Up There
Somewhere Up There
amjlt


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
Location: Mansfield TX
Date: Jan 8, 2007
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: .7
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2007

In the living room near dusk, with the front door open for natural light. He was kind enough to pose and sit still for me long enough to get a couple of shots.

Converted to B&W
cropped
upped the contrast and darkened a little
sharpened and gaussian blur whole image
dodged and blurred a few minor facial blemishes
and saved for web




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Place: 337 out of 491
Avg (all users): 4.8854
Avg (commenters): 5.1667
Avg (participants): 4.7333
Avg (non-participants): 4.9940
Views since voting: 791
Views during voting: 394
Votes: 288
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/14/2007 12:25:10 AM
This is funny. Looks like he still has some serious bed head going on. :D As for the technical qualities, this is a bit too soft and the lighting seems a little harsh. JMO of course. Good luck in the challenge.
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01/13/2007 07:00:38 PM
this reminds me of Houdini for some reason. 7
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01/11/2007 05:41:05 PM
fun
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01/11/2007 03:55:14 PM
Made me smile!
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01/11/2007 04:51:15 AM
Bad framming.
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01/10/2007 06:47:34 PM
lighting too bright on the right - i do like the effect you were going for
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01/10/2007 04:33:17 PM
I like the expression and light, however the crop on the bottom-I'm not sure...
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