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Privately Shy
Privately Shy
robinssong


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Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date: Jan 7, 2007
Aperture: 2.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50s
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2007

 Most probably think I am outgoing, but I am really shy down deep. Hated doing this because it's a self portrait. Many struggle with this, I am sure.

Maybe I'll get a model someday that doesn't have fur or feathers. :)

I was itching to try portrait photography. Hope to learn from this if I am lucky enough to get comments in this large challenge.

Set up a black background near a window for light on one side and set up a regular floor lamp on the other side pointing down at me.

Don't expect this to do very well with all the beauties out there with portrait experience.

PP: Adjusted contrast, dodged and burned, cloned out small imperfections, sharpened, then blurred a tiny bit. Used the channel mixer method to get to black and white. Ran Noise Ninja.

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OK I really suck at portraits. After I stop beating myself up about it I may try it again someday.

Thanks for the constructive and nice comments that a few of you left. I did learn about focus.


Statistics
Place: 345 out of 491
Avg (all users): 4.8571
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 4.6967
Avg (non-participants): 4.9758
Views since voting: 1011
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 287
Comments: 11
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 11/15/2010 11:18:56 PM
You know, for someone who is shy, the focus is exactly right for this.
 09/08/2007 09:41:49 AM
Very good portrait. Nice focus on the eye. Lighting isn't to harsh either.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/16/2007 07:02:32 AM
I like the composition on this shot.
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 01/16/2007 12:42:26 AM
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 01/12/2007 11:11:28 AM
DOF is too shallow in my opinion ... the left eye is in focus but the right eye isn't
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 01/11/2007 02:59:17 PM
Shy......almost out of the camera range????? *wink* The focus is really off on the side and perhaps, what you were going for in the first place, but just doesn't give this shot its just dues by the blurring.
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 01/10/2007 06:49:25 PM
I dislike seeing the focus on the hair in sted of the eyes. But nicely composed.
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 01/10/2007 03:21:21 PM
I like how the hair being in focus and the face not so much in focus kind of reflects the "shy" aspect.
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 01/10/2007 02:15:54 PM
like the use of 1/3's and the pose, but I am not crazy about the focus
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 01/10/2007 11:11:02 AM
This is an absolutely wonderful B/W photo. I love the fact it is not the typical beautiful woman with flawless skin and it is not a really weathered face. You are somewhere in between which is a pleasant change. The composition is very nice and I like how the hair frames your face. You do look shy so the title is perfect. The focus on the one eye is a nice crisp focus. Probably should have the other eye/face in focus too but it is not distracting and does not take away from the photo. As for the lighting WOW! It really makes your hair stand out from the black background. Great job and I hope you do well.
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 01/10/2007 04:50:36 AM
dof is too shallow for my liking the soft/out of focus area of her makes one eye too strongly in focus. if it was a blur you applyed to the photo an all over soft look would have appealed to me more. well done on the lighting and a good portrait.7
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