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Lexie
Lexie
BeckyT


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Challenge: Pet Portrait III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: Entrance way
Date: Feb 24, 2008
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 24, 2008

 I have been wanting to take a really good portrait of our Shih Tzu for a while now. I know it is not creative but I love how the photo came out. Very seldom do I get her to stay somewhat sitting up long enough to take a photo. She usually will just lie down and go to sleep.
Set up everything in my entrance way so I could take advantage of the ambient light coming through the glass. Used a brown throw as the background.
Shot in raw
levels
noise ninja
selective color
dodge and burn the bottom part of the throw
cloned out a piece of lint
usm
resized
usm
saved for web

Statistics
Place: 67 out of 261
Avg (all users): 6.0537
Avg (commenters): 7.5455
Avg (participants): 5.8482
Avg (non-participants): 6.3011
Views since voting: 1186
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 205
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/01/2008 01:12:23 PM
Nice studio shot, you could fill a bit more right eye is a bit too dark. Althow I think owner will love the photo.
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 03/01/2008 10:30:17 AM
Excellent!!.
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 02/28/2008 09:17:49 PM
Nice, elegant pose and a regal expression to boot. Very sweet little doggie.
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 02/27/2008 11:26:01 PM
Lexie looks regal and beautiful. The pose is classic and shows her curiosity and intelligence. The black background brings out her soft fur and the lighting is natural and soft. A very appealing pet portrait.
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 02/27/2008 08:32:44 PM
a little more light in the eye on the left would have made this from good to really good! Otherwse very nice.
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 02/27/2008 05:28:03 PM
Lexie is a blue-blood isn't she?
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 02/27/2008 09:22:11 AM
Oh how regal she is looking, the softness works so well here, well done 9
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 02/26/2008 07:14:55 PM
slightly OOF, good portrait though
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 02/26/2008 10:54:38 AM
Wonderful pose, and nice lighting to get catchlights in her eyes. Either Lexie has extremely soft fur, or some detail was washed out with noise reduction?

Well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/26/2008 12:33:52 AM
How cute.
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 02/25/2008 10:37:01 PM
Very professional
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 02/25/2008 08:50:36 PM
Feels very much like a studio portrait. Well done.
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 02/25/2008 10:35:46 AM
Perfect portrait.
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 02/25/2008 12:04:56 AM
I'm Baaaack!!!

A tighter crop would have been better. Lighting is nice
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