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Style in High Key
Style in High Key
JuliBoc


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Masters' Free Study II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Lauderhill, FL
Date: Nov 15, 2008
Aperture: F/1.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 16, 2008

[Dec. 7th, 2008 06:12:28 PM]

Well, it looks like a brown ribbon is in the bag for this one.

Everyone wants to see her nose. I love the shape of her face, and that is what I was trying to feature with this image. The nose didn't add anything to the image, in fact, it distracted from the lines of her face, hair, and cap. I felt there was enough of the mouth to give a feel for her expression, and to me, the shadow under the nose is enough to indicate it's existence.

Some comments (e.g. too much dark in the image) seem to indicate that high key can only be for white chicks with pale blond hair against white backgrounds. I disagree, and I like the contrast of the dark hair against the blown out skin.

I agree that it would be better with sharper eyes. But other than that, I am very happy with this image.

Statistics
Place: 166 out of 170
Avg (all users): 4.5482
Avg (commenters): 4.8000
Avg (participants): 4.4674
Avg (non-participants): 4.5792
Views since voting: 1084
Views during voting: 556
Votes: 332
Comments: 28
Favorites: 0

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 12/22/2008 06:05:08 PM
I like the high-key Juli. Well done and a nice entry for the challenge.
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 12/15/2008 08:08:19 PM
To me this is art. Tell me again why you are on a suck team :)
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 12/11/2008 07:13:44 AM
I thought that I made a comment on this one but must of missed it. I voted a 9 and thought it was great, whether it fits the high-key genre or not is irrelevant to me as is the need to see a noseâ€Â¦who cares if you can’t see a nose thats more important to the technical perfectionist.
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 12/08/2008 07:00:46 PM
Very well done high key. People judge high keys very differently but this is a very good attempt at it and shouldn't have gotten such a low score. Her nose comments are laughable, we see enough of it to imagine the rest. Remember Monroe's line about the head being cut off in a close up? 'People know he has one...' I think it applies here.

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 12/08/2008 12:52:28 AM
I really liked it -- especially the level of contrast you have achieved. Nice work, despite what your score/placement says!
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 12/08/2008 12:32:29 AM
Julianne, your entry and your comments show you truly to be a master of suck. And you know, coming from me, that's a high compliment! :)
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 12/08/2008 12:27:59 AM
I think this image has a lot going for it, but IMO what hurt the score was the implication that you were going for high key. I'm getting more blown out spots than high key. The hair certainly works for this type of image, as does your crop and composition. What I do to get these images to work (at least in my mind) is to convert to B&W, add a layer in screen, then another in soft light on top of that, and fade the screen layer as needed. You get a great high contrast black and white that is mostly high key.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2008 11:04:21 PM
Nice shot, 7.
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 12/07/2008 10:42:20 PM
not really high key as much as blown highlights. good composition with the angle of the head.
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 12/07/2008 07:29:25 PM
The high key kinda knocks out some of the detail in her expression. I don't need all the detail but a bit more would help me to know her a little better.
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 12/07/2008 04:44:13 PM
This could be a really strong shot. I am not a fan of the washed out highlights. Bring more details out in the nose and month to pull it together.
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 12/06/2008 10:25:59 PM
Despite the high key affect, I wish there was more detail visible in the lips and nose... I do really like seeing one eye in shadow from the hat though.
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 12/06/2008 02:03:33 PM
cool model, cool hair, cool pose. I don't care for the over exposure effect here as I think you have lost too many of her interesting features. I get that it was intentional, but I think it is overdone here.
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 12/06/2008 09:47:57 AM
To me this is not high key, but overexposed. High key to me is an image with nearly only highlights but still with all the detail remaining in the highlights. Also an high key image has a certain light atmosphere to it. Your image contains too much dark tones in my view, is missing the atmosphere of a highlight picture and the highlights are overexposed and without any detail.
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 12/05/2008 07:29:47 PM
I think it is realy blown out but is neat.5
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 12/05/2008 07:15:21 PM
I am fine with the high key feel, but the soft / OOF in the eyes does not do it for me.
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 12/04/2008 09:16:45 AM
Photo feels way to over exposed for me.
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 12/04/2008 08:58:55 AM
Sorry but to me this is overexposed and not high key.
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 12/03/2008 07:00:42 PM
This is wayyyy too bright for my taste. However, your focus is good. I prefer high key images that are a bit more toned down so they retain texture and detail. Good luck :)
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 12/03/2008 02:24:59 PM
She looks like she doesn't have a nose.
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 12/03/2008 02:33:04 AM
Nice pose, but too high key wiping out facial features almost entirely.
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 12/02/2008 05:52:01 PM
The editing is perhaps a little too much for me, but I find it interesting how there are little patches of fuzzy detail among the blurred sections. neat.
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 12/02/2008 07:42:11 AM
I feel that 60's flavour, I was beaten hard for my attempt at a 60's feel, hope you are getting treated better than I did.
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 12/02/2008 12:23:31 AM
Very stylish...
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 12/01/2008 11:47:01 AM
I love high-key shots.
And this is great, just wish it was a tad sharper in the eyes.
Nice use of contrast tho, the dreadlock dark hair works well with this.
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 12/01/2008 02:14:00 AM
Its more over exposed to me
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 12/01/2008 12:33:09 AM
Wow. Unless it's my monitor, her nose is gone. A bit too high key for me for that reason. 5
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 12/01/2008 12:14:10 AM
interesting photo, i enjoy it in a weird sort of way-7
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