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Eyes: The Ultimate Partners... Perfectly Synchronized
Eyes: The Ultimate Partners... Perfectly Synchronized
choltmeier


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Challenge: Partners (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Minneapolis, MN USA
Date: Jun 1, 2008
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 1, 2008

 I struggled with this week's theme. I couldn't come up with a two-person partnership in my surroundings that would make for an interesting photo, so I decided to think differently about it. I came up with several types of partners that weren't two people and decided on 'eyes'. I've been wanting to find the right occasion for a wide angle face closeup. I was voting on the Female Portrait challenge and LOVED this image luminous and was inspired by it (I don't know the artist yet but THANK YOU for the inspiration... I love your image!). Anyway, I'm guessing people won't go for my interpretation of 'Partners' but I'm happy with the image.

Post Processing:
Crop
Camera Raw - levels, fill light, contrast
Vignette
Multiple rounds of selective noise reduction and sharpening
Curves
Gaussian blur on all but face
Cloned out some stray hairs
Dodge and burn
B&W Conversion
Add border
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 106 out of 155
Avg (all users): 5.1493
Avg (commenters): 6.7857
Avg (participants): 4.5918
Avg (non-participants): 5.3289
Views since voting: 902
Views during voting: 300
Votes: 201
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 07/27/2008 02:00:31 AM
chris,
Im so pleased and honoured that you even chose to interpret my work! its such a cool thing to see how others look at your work and say, "hey, i want to show that in my way!"

back to your photo, i love it. The eyes are perfect, they dont overpower the image, but are strong enough to make the statement.
sepia is awesome, its my second favorite tone to use besides black and white, they just bring so much more emotion to an image.
The softness you made the skin is so nice and cream-like, really nice.

all in all, extremely well done, people sometimes dont stretch their minds far enough in challenges and consider anything that isnt suggested in the title, "shoehorn"

keep up the awesome work, thanks for the comment!
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 06/18/2008 06:33:41 PM
Another nice photo from your folio. I rather prefer this shot to the one that inspired you.
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 06/12/2008 08:50:25 PM
I suppose this would have worked better in another challenge, but this really is a superb image. The eyes really jump out and grab your attention... which is of course perfect, with the subject being the eyes. Mesmerizing photo.

Message edited by author 2008-06-12 20:52:40.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/10/2008 11:42:57 PM
Cute little girl.
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 06/09/2008 11:22:08 PM
Interesting take on the challenge. Excellent photo as well! Good luck!
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 06/09/2008 07:43:03 PM
I'm not sure I can make the leap to consider eyes being partners - while they certainly work together, they also never see, touch or interact with one another. This is a nice capture and would've done well in the female portrait challenge.
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 06/08/2008 11:01:43 PM
I dont know if I buy the partner thing... but i really like the picture! 7
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 06/07/2008 06:35:33 PM
Very striking image! good composition.
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 06/07/2008 07:29:28 AM
Good sharp focus on the eyes, however, the wide angle lens has distorted the face a little. Well done for not centralising the subject in the frame.
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 06/06/2008 05:35:39 PM
shoehorned
beautiful face though
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 06/05/2008 10:00:40 AM
great close up wouldve been a little better in color maybe
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 06/05/2008 09:48:28 AM
The details stand out in this picture, but it should have been left in color. Something should have been done to make the eyes stand out more, such as leaving them in color.
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 06/05/2008 09:17:37 AM
A single subject doesn't work for the partners theme for me. Nice picture though.
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 06/04/2008 02:51:35 PM
Striking. I wonder about meeting the challenge. The more I think about it the more it seems to.
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 06/04/2008 02:20:39 PM
Lovely photo, but I think it's a stretch for the category.
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 06/04/2008 11:54:54 AM
I do like how the rest was desaturated and the eyes were not. Adds to the overall effect of the shot.
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 06/04/2008 09:36:10 AM
Good shot i really like the eyes and the cropping
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 06/04/2008 09:29:51 AM
i like the shade difference between the eys and the background. very original nice job
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 06/04/2008 09:21:40 AM
You definitley put a huge emphasis on your subject, fantastic.
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