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Challenge: Duotones III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Botanical Gardens, Hervey Bay,Queensland,Australia
Date: Nov 11, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/3200
Galleries: Family, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Nov 11, 2007

 This lovely Lass Devi and her Husband Ben were in the gardens when we were there doing a photo shoot, and said we could take some of her new baby. The lighting is natural.
Thought a nice Duotone would look good, Hope you like it.

Tone map Raw file in Photmayix pro 2.35

PhotoShop

Grayscale
Duotone-Black, Pantone 144cvc Minor curve Adjustment
Sharpen Enhance Action
Spotheal
Crop
Brightness/Contrast
Minor Dodge
Ni
Final Sharpen
Border

Statistics
Place: 201 out of 295
Avg (all users): 5.3462
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 5.3592
Avg (non-participants): 5.3208
Views since voting: 830
Views during voting: 271
Votes: 156
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/19/2007 10:04:07 AM
This is absolutely stunning.

And, while others find the bra strap distracting - I like it. It's a nursing bra, which tells me she's nursing her child.
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 11/19/2007 09:57:39 AM
This is a nice composition, a beautiful baby, a loving expression on the mother, and very nice duotone. Unfortunately I find the bra strap distracting and a bit of a turnoff. I wish you could have gotten the shot without the bra (with just the baby covering the breast, or with the blanket draped up on the mother's shoulder.
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 11/19/2007 09:17:32 AM
This seems really underrated to me. I'm having trouble figuring out why this didn't score higher - maybe not quite enough contrast on the faces (a bit of dodging / burning or soft light layering might have brought them out a little more). Still, the interaction between the mother and child is lovely, and the DOF is perfect. I think you got robbed!
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 11/19/2007 04:59:57 AM
I very much like this. The composition is perfect in my opinion, and as I said, very much shows the joy and wonder of a new mother. I think this would also be lovely in straight black and white. Hopefully you can get a copy to her!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/17/2007 10:43:37 PM
How very sweet - a lovely capture of a mother's joy!
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 11/16/2007 08:22:27 PM
Nice tones and a wonderful portrait the familt would love.....
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 11/15/2007 03:31:17 PM
nice shot. a bit too orange, i think.
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 11/15/2007 12:45:51 AM
cute shot, I think that there is some noise or sharpening artifacts in the shadows around the nose and the arm/cleavage and babies head.
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 11/13/2007 01:41:30 PM
how sweet is that???
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 11/13/2007 09:29:23 AM
Perhaps the duotone hue is a little on the strong side. A darker border to match the could of the childs hair may have improved overall tonal balance. Nicely composed though
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 11/12/2007 11:19:24 PM
Beautiful candid. I think the NI was a bit strong, but otherwise a charming candid.
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