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Challenge: Body Parts II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Lounge
Date: Apr 4, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125 second
Galleries: Family, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2008

 My wife is expecting our second child in 8 weeks. This challenge seemed like the perfect excuse to start working on "bump photos". I had a flash off to the left with a tissue over it.

Editing Steps:
Convert from RAW
* Exposure +0.55
* Fill light +10
* Shadow Contrast +31
Despeckle
Clone out some "imperfections" from the belly
Apply Imagenomic Portraiture filter
Clone out some "imperfections" on upper hand
Contrast +17
Curves with slight lift on hilights
A little burning at the right
Flatten
Crop
Resize
USM
Add border
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 156
Avg (all users): 6.0821
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9194
Avg (non-participants): 6.1579
Views since voting: 1601
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 195
Comments: 3
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 04/20/2008 03:03:03 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Its been a while since I have done one of these so bear with me. ;)

First off - congrats on the upcoming addition!

I think this shot easily meets the challenge. Nice simple composition leaving no distracting elements to the shot works well. The lighting seems a bit harsh on her belly compared to the drop off shadows on the right side. I wish it was just in general a bit softer. Other than that the editing is clean and there really isnt a whole lot that comes to mind that is bad about the image. I see you scored a 6 which is a decent score. Overall it probably lacks the wow power needed to get the higher scores - but I am sure you with your DPC experience you are aware of that.

At the same time though, being someone who specializes in shooting his own family, I can feel pretty comfortable in saying that this shot is a family keeper. Whats cool about these challenges is that it allows us to document moments in our lives in ways that we probably would not have done without DPC. Work like this stands above any score that can ever be given to it.

Congrats again!

Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/10/2008 08:05:01 PM
I look just like this after on of those new Taco Bell beefy cheesy melts.

I think that a more diffused light might have made the highlights a little bit less harsh. But that is my only critisim and I am not sure if it would even work.
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 04/09/2008 11:09:51 PM
Nice image - Lighting seems a tad harsh for such a soft image.
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