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Challenge: Free Study 2007-10 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Dublin CA
Date: Oct 21, 2007
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2007

 my friend Jaimee Lee

:::After Challenge:::

Ok, so this is from my first payed photoshoot. Since I don't have a studio, lenses, or even a tripod right now (can't find it) I decided to go the park where there would be ample light. Most of the shots are pretty normal, but this one just looked so different and pretty. My friend said it looked like one of those Skyy Vodka ads and I have to agree. About the grass in the middle, I didn't want to risk cloning it out in the little time had to edit but I really didn't think it was THAT distracting because it gave the illusion that the plants were growing around her because she had been sleeping for so long. I also thinks it anchors her and I tried cropping it out, but she looked odd and detached, so I left it in. Anyway, I did an advanced editing version and I do prefer it without the middle grass, but I think the grass on the left and right has to stay.


Statistics
Place: 195 out of 521
Avg (all users): 5.8636
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 5.8588
Avg (non-participants): 5.8800
Views since voting: 1134
Views during voting: 180
Votes: 110
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 11/08/2007 06:33:02 AM
very nice indeed. the grass makes it, the anchor, the support.
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 11/08/2007 03:15:33 AM
What can I say ?? How could this possibly have ended up with a sub 6 score and in 196th place ?

I honestly think that in big challenges lot's of photo's simply get 'lost'

and presumably your last commentator meant to give a 10 and missed the '1' off ??
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 11/08/2007 02:39:50 AM
She looks so peaceful, lying in the grass, calm, I love the grass here, otherwise she would be floating, unreal, unattached, fake, but here she is anchored, holding tight to this place we can only escape not with magic, but with science. We can't really levitate, we can't really fly, and you've not tried to tell us she is doing either, she's just lying there, happy, blue sky overhead, eyes closed, content. That's the biggest word that comes to mind for me here; content. Lovely image lovingly presented.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2007 10:08:01 PM
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 11/07/2007 01:20:33 PM
Strikingly different. Love the crop and the clear crispness of the shot.
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 11/06/2007 06:53:16 AM
great composition
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 11/01/2007 11:08:50 AM
I really wish you had cropped out the grass
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 11/01/2007 11:02:41 AM
The perspective gives this an interesting sense of scale - like Gulliver - I almost expect little mini ropes to be tying her down.
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 11/01/2007 03:23:38 AM
nice detail...not sure about the grass, but I do like the shot 8
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 11/01/2007 01:56:38 AM
Great image. Interesting decision to leave the grass in. I would have not, particularly along the middle front, quite distracting. Lovely light, and skin treatment.
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