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3: SImply Me
3: SImply Me
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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: North Hollywood, Ca
Date: Jan 10, 2007
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Emotive, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2007

Viewed: 1901
Comments: 31
Favorites: 5 (view)

This is Day 3!

Day 1


Day 2



Day 4




So this one had a loott... a loot of editing. I don't have real lights so the set up was 2 of the brightest light bulbs covered with paper (a suggestion I saw in the forum).

So here were the steps...

- Boosted the Cyan and Blues
- Removed Blemishes
- Desaturated the reds a bit
- Unsharpen Mask
- Autolevels 65% Opacity over my color edit
- Neat image
- Added a mostly desturated Guassian Blur on Soft light
- Final tweak of the eyes
- Removed background and replaced with a slight cream gradient, added speckles then blurred them
- Blueish vignette added


The title is ironic to me considering the amount of editing I went through... ok.

This is hard but I'm going to post the original... blemishes and all. Cus I just looked at THIS last night so I'm feeling it's neccesary...




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06/13/2008 11:37:10 PM
You are quite a beautiful young lady. what are you doing with that psych degree of yours?
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04/16/2008 08:28:40 AM
this is definitely the simplest and the most beautiful of your SPs.
btw you should flaunt your jaw line a bit more (with the use of lighting and camera angle) in your SPs :)
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05/15/2007 09:11:33 AM
Simply Lovely!
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05/02/2007 07:32:19 PM
Monica,

Your celebrity looks, your humor, your eye for detail, and your intelligence will more than likely take your far.

Keep going.

Adding you to my fav list.
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02/15/2007 12:35:41 AM
Wish I had such a beautiful model to shoot any time I wanted.... :-)

You do good work, in front of, behind the camera, and in Post. Well done!
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01/22/2007 07:26:48 AM
Beautiful portrait!!!
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01/14/2007 08:54:58 PM
ohhh very beautiful
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01/13/2007 07:46:07 AM
Excellent job with the post-processing, though I'd have to say the pre-processing is pretty darn good.

The only minor fault is, from what I've learned, that the focus should be on the eye closest to the camera.
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01/11/2007 09:26:38 PM
To me this shot says Mysterious, Gorgeous and Dangerous!

VERY well executed.
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01/11/2007 03:00:34 PM
The pose, the expression, the composition and the editing - all top notch! Very well done on both sides of the lense!
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01/11/2007 02:49:00 PM
Yikes, well your case is not so serious as you are both young and beauty.

Great PP and sexy pose very appealing indeed
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01/11/2007 01:59:52 PM
Your hard work paid off! This is a captivating photo!
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01/11/2007 01:29:51 PM
Awesome work. The pose and the bare shoulders and back with that stare are oozing sensuality. A tad over proccesed on the but good job getting the fashion magazine look.
You look great (in the original!!)
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01/11/2007 01:11:19 PM
LOVE the eye contact. you are beautiful in both photos btw.
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01/11/2007 12:21:30 PM
Simply sexy.

The original looks fine, but you did a terrific editing job and turned it into something from a fashion magazine. I particularly like how you changed the background to be brighter in the center, drawing my eyes there.
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01/11/2007 09:13:59 AM
this is just fantastic ... really nice job with the processing ... you've got a great 'come hither' look on your face ...
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01/11/2007 01:29:18 AM
The processing is amazing! And I like the look you are giving as well.
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01/11/2007 12:31:50 AM
Wow!
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01/11/2007 12:27:23 AM
I like your expression in this one!
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01/10/2007 11:52:40 PM
simply beautiful in all aspects
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01/10/2007 09:32:46 PM
Both are simply stunning. Very well processed. Great job using the lights to "throw some color" on your hair.
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01/10/2007 09:31:14 PM
I LOOOOOOOOVE this one! Brilliant colours and gradient. Nice expression.
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01/10/2007 09:09:18 PM
It looks really good! AND, MIA, glad you posted the before shot!
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01/10/2007 09:03:03 PM
Very good lighting and pose.
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01/10/2007 08:38:21 PM
Fantastic job with basic lighting! Lovin' the dark eyes and your moody expression. Top job on the PP. Thanks for sharing all the info too! : )
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01/10/2007 08:26:30 PM
Wonderful! Great SP and killer post! Me likey ...

:-)
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01/10/2007 08:25:04 PM
GREAT lighting! Great pose too. It's a little odd to me that the focus is actually stronger on the further eye, but it's a lovely portrait any way you slice it. Nice...
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01/10/2007 08:19:59 PM
very angelic!
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01/10/2007 08:17:47 PM
you are too darn good! this is wonderful!
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01/10/2007 08:14:07 PM
Beautiful girl!!!! :) Light too.. an all around lovely portrait, really well done. Those little catchlights are perfect.
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01/10/2007 08:05:38 PM
Beautiful light!!!!
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