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Trail Break
Trail Break
jjusa


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Challenge: Natural Light Portrait (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Trails
Date: Jul 16, 2007
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400 sec.
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2007

 I went biking with my sister and decided it would be a good time to take a portrait for this challenge.

Post Processing: RAW conversion, painted all around the bike with black and on the face with white (softlight blend), painted in the corners with black and on the face again in white (softlight blend), heavy Gaussian Blur to both layers, clone drop of light of face, increase brightness/contrast, USM, resize, USM, border

Statistics
Place: 89 out of 366
Avg (all users): 5.8541
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.6484
Avg (non-participants): 5.9859
Views since voting: 941
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 233
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2007 12:04:57 PM
good composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2007 12:40:06 AM
I like the portrait- puts the person in their environment with what is important to them. I think that was a weakness to many of the shots in the challenge. Well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/23/2007 11:52:25 PM
I live the dappled sunlight but the face needs a little spot more light. maybe if he just removed his helmet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/22/2007 09:35:14 PM
great spot, like the lighting although would prefer a bit more light on her face
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Jack
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/22/2007 07:58:03 PM
Great sharpness and clarity. Love the composition and the slight vignetting around the shot. Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/20/2007 04:57:54 PM
A very good example of environmental portraiture. I admire everything about this, and may 'steal' your idea for a portrait of my daughter (she won't normally let me take her photo, but one with her beloved race bike might be on..)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/20/2007 12:50:06 PM
Wow! Great shot on location!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2007 04:55:47 AM
I feel the face is very much in the shade, between the hat and the trees around, maybe if it had been taken in more of an open place it would have been clearer, omo, good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2007 09:43:37 PM
The green tones really makes this a winner. Great job! *7*
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2007 02:40:36 PM
Nice environmental portrait. It might also be interesting to crop it vertically so that the entire bike is not showing.
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 07/18/2007 01:50:44 PM
Nice work. The sun shine there is great.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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