DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Broken
Broken
trnqlty


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-09 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
Location: Boone, NC
Date: Sep 23, 2007
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2007

 Was back in boone to visit and decided to do a photo shoot with the lovely julie, a good friend of mine as well as a small running theme in my portfolio. I was trying to think of something cool for the soft focus challenge and a window light portrait came to mind. I then thought of the idea of having her sad next to it and so came the crying shot. It was quite dark where I was so I'm lucky to have this sharp. The reflection ended up being even more than I orginally anticipated. I used a reflector directly off subject to the left to fill in where the window could not. We put a little mascara in a water bottle and a tad bit of water, shook it up, and dripped it from the side of her eye to create the tear. Editing, lots of cloning out small imperfections, a little burning to accentuate the tears, dodging the eyes, sharpen and a probably a bunch of other stuff I now forgot about. I didn't like it for soft focus, I am really pleased in general.

Statistics
Place: 340 out of 503
Avg (all users): 5.5354
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.4167
Avg (non-participants): 5.9032
Views since voting: 953
Views during voting: 191
Votes: 127
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2007 08:31:04 PM
Love the idea of the photo. wish the girls make-up wasn't so over done. it takes from the shot. otherwise, I like it alot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/07/2007 06:37:04 PM
The strangeness of this photo sneaks up on you. I keep wondering if there were other things you could have done to make the reflection seem a little out of wack. Still, much enjoyed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/06/2007 02:53:59 PM
I like the use of the mirror here a lot and the makeup. I'm not so sure about the b/w conversion, though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/05/2007 10:42:04 PM
very nice...love the concept...just great work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/04/2007 08:43:54 PM
Very emotive shot. Nicely done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/04/2007 02:41:20 AM
avg vote, the makeup and lighting gives the sense of broken heart but her eyes looking up sort of deters from that... would have liked to see her eyes looking down towards the rose.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/03/2007 09:41:01 PM
A good emotive image. Nice reflection. I like the shape made by the negative space along the neck. The use of black & white also works well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2007 09:22:42 PM
Effective conveyance of the title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2007 05:49:23 PM
Beautiful portrait. The reflexion is well done. I like the contrast and levels too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2007 08:15:02 AM
Nice concept and good acting from the model - the image does lack a bit of sharpness though and I think the rose might be a bit too clichéd for some.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/03/2025 09:15:46 AM EDT.