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Madison County Iowa
Madison County Iowa
pncowley


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Female Portrait (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Cedar Bridge, Madison County Iowa
Date: May 26, 2008
Aperture: f7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Rural
Date Uploaded: May 26, 2008

 Portrait of my wife on the famed Cedar Bridge in Madison County Iowa. I preferred the black/white to color, and my wife and I both liked the border. Uncropped from the camera. Adjusted histograms to bring out a bit more of the shadows around my wife's face, desaturated, bumped up contrast a bit, resized, sharpened, added border by increasing canvas size.

Hope you like it as much as I do.

Statistics
Place: 131 out of 176
Avg (all users): 4.8239
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.2836
Avg (non-participants): 4.9786
Views since voting: 970
Views during voting: 453
Votes: 301
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/03/2008 09:41:04 PM
hate the graffitti, but the pose is nice, and the tones are good
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 06/03/2008 06:33:32 AM
I really liked this. Black and White made it interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2008 05:09:06 PM
I like the concept, but unfortunatly she is too much in the shadows to get s good look at her
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2008 01:12:07 PM
you could crop it a lot more.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2008 09:16:41 PM
Nice pose, and a great setting.
She has a real pretty face, it hard to see though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2008 04:24:18 AM
Needs a bit more light on her face. Maybe shoot from the other side of the bridge?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2008 12:52:36 AM
background overwhelms the portrait style
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 05/29/2008 09:39:40 PM
Nice location. I have been to Madison County and visited the bridges. It is a great idea. I like the pose, but the shadow hides the model's face. You might have been able to use a reflector or some fill flash to light her face. I have a real nitpick... the leaves in the background look over sharpened. In fact, with the multiple pass image loading made the bright spots very evident, but that wouldn't be the case with a print.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/29/2008 12:27:15 AM
This is a very well composed portrait. I would have like to have seen just a bit more light on her face to help me be able to see her a bit better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/28/2008 11:51:01 PM
could be zoomed or cropped in more subject seems to be squinting in the light 5
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 05/28/2008 09:50:14 AM
her face is lost in shadow
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