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Challenge: Hair (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FX9
Location: my house
Date: Apr 12, 2007
Galleries: Portraiture, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Apr 12, 2007

self portrait with big hair.

Statistics
Place: 168 out of 170
Avg (all users): 4.1004
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 3.9844
Avg (non-participants): 4.1385
Views since voting: 848
Views during voting: 366
Votes: 259
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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04/24/2007 06:13:21 AM
At first I didn't think much of this shot...then I looked at it. I like that although the hair is pretty much in focus... so is the model's face. Your entry most definitely fits the challenge, and, what I like more is that although the hair would have been great all by itself... the face is actually framed by the hair making the complete picture. Good job!
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04/23/2007 09:49:00 PM
The picture is out of focus in parts. Seeing part of the face clearly would be really neat.
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04/21/2007 01:53:26 AM
It took me some time to see the face in this mess of hair. I don't like the composition.
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04/20/2007 12:13:21 PM
This is kind of a cool idea! Here's my two cents on what might help this photo out a little. :)
From what I can make out, it LOOKs like you focused on the face, instead of the hair. This is very good! But since there is so much unfocused hair in front of the focused face, it's hard to tell, and it looks like the whole picture is out of focus. :( It might be really cool if you had moved some of the hair away so there was no hair in front of the eye.
Secondly, the lighting is rather harsh. Many of the highlights look blown out and too white. I'm guessing that you used a flash? I don't know all that much about using the flash, but I think that if you use it too close, things get too bright and washed out, like in this shot.

Well, I hope that was helpful. Keep shooting! :)
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04/19/2007 10:20:21 PM
You have the subject here, would have liked to see diffeent lighting. Great image otherwise. 5
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04/19/2007 01:16:51 PM
This is a good concept and I hope you'll consider taking it again but with a light on your subject from behind and a more diffuse light from 3/4 rather than directly in front. As it is, the light from the front causes your subjects hair to be so bright it obscures her face. Lighting from behind and 3/4 should reduce that.

Again, I really do hope you shoot this again and play with the lighting a bit. I think You'd have a really nice image.
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04/18/2007 11:52:18 PM
Interesting effect
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04/18/2007 08:53:50 PM
The image says "hair"...
04/18/2007 10:06:16 AM
Your flash/lighting is too harsh, sorry.
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