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Challenge: Free Study 2007-03 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: Mar 25, 2007
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Mar 31, 2007

 Yet another last minute entry. Yet another veil picture. My apologies.

I barely have time to shoot for the challenges these days. This is one taken during one of my workshops.

Thanks to Jason for flying all the way from the US for the workshop. And of course, how can I go wrong with Krystal.

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 561
Avg (all users): 6.6303
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 6.6240
Avg (non-participants): 6.6500
Views since voting: 2432
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 165
Comments: 20
Favorites: 10 (view)

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 04/14/2007 12:15:22 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

This is a wonderful photo, full of emotion and intrigue. The model is beautiful and her expression is perfect. The low key and warm colors set the mood. And the composition draws you in. This is much more than a snapshot; you are there, with the girl, feeling what she is feeling (even if you don't exactly know what that is!).

The composition is brilliant. The negative space on the right is essential, and is just the right size. And while plain blackness might have worked, the unfocused veil is a lot more interesting. The very subtle diagonal lines in the veil, the tilt of her head and the slightly upward direction of her gaze give this photo a lot of excitement. The earring plays a subtle but important role: it grounds the photo in reality by providing a true vertical reference (her head is really tilted; it wasn't just the camera) and, along with the whites of her eyes, a true white reference so the warm skin color can be accurately perceived.

I do have one complaint: The lighting on her left cheek is too bright. It washes out that part of the face and detracts from the low key feeling. Worse, it attracts attention and becomes an inappropriate focal point. The texture from the veil's shadow is great, but I wish it was more like that by her eye, darker and colored, rather than bright and white.

But even with that flaw, this is an outstanding photo. Nice work.
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 04/11/2007 04:50:27 PM

You've set such a high standard that as good is this is, about
half of your portfolio is even better!
And I do agree with others that this should have placed higher.
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 04/10/2007 12:16:59 AM
Manny, this should have been in the top 5. I LOVE the shadows on the face. I love the colours and composition...I didn't get to vote, but this would have a 10 from me

underrated to the max!
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 04/08/2007 12:43:31 AM
I'm amazed this didn't place higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/06/2007 11:36:22 AM
Composition is impeccable and I like how her headdress fills the right side of the frame. However, the image lacks punch. I think you could have brightened her eyes, espcially her right eye, her earring, and the sequence. This may have also required brigher, and more broad lighting.
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 04/06/2007 10:15:15 AM
Who ever you are, I love your presentation...
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 04/06/2007 07:32:34 AM
Wow how very elegant. Love the sparkle of color and the lighting on the face.
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 04/05/2007 04:53:55 PM
Lovely, lovely light.
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 04/04/2007 05:37:24 PM
Manny, I presume? I like this one, more than a lot of your images, because (a) she looks very natural even though she is made up, (b) the DOF is absolutely beautiful, and (c) the shadows on the face really pull the image together, the girl and the cloth. I also like the white earring popping up at the bottom left, it sort of offers a bit of an anchor to the image.
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 04/03/2007 09:12:28 PM
Nice light and colors.
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 04/03/2007 06:25:37 PM
stunning.
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 04/03/2007 02:45:56 AM
Well composed image
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 04/02/2007 07:45:16 PM
Different,nice effect...
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 04/02/2007 10:34:16 AM
Absolutely lovely.
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 04/02/2007 06:24:47 AM
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two now and I'm running late, sorry.

Heaps of beauty - 7
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 04/02/2007 03:44:51 AM
Early congrats, Manny.
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 04/01/2007 04:10:30 PM
beautiful composition, colors, and texture!
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 04/01/2007 03:28:50 PM
Interesting and quite alluring. Nice movement, shadow and light.
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 04/01/2007 02:25:19 PM
Wow I love this. Maybe this is Librodo??
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 04/01/2007 03:09:00 AM
Amazinh!
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