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Melanie
Melanie
Jessi


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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Taylor University
Date: Feb 5, 2009
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

 Auuuuuuuuuuuugh I sooooo hope this does well...!!! there are so flippin many entries.

It was an outtake for the Feb. free study...

Statistics
Place: 635 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.4662
Avg (commenters): 6.3778
Avg (participants): 5.4647
Avg (non-participants): 5.4744
Views since voting: 693
Views during voting: 702
Votes: 517
Comments: 51
Favorites: 0

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 03/18/2009 05:36:42 PM
I like the grain. I also think you did a great job editing it. I can't explain why it didn't score better; I don't understand voters...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:22:45 PM
Love the eye!
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 03/17/2009 07:26:57 PM
Good sharp eye! The noise elsewhere is distracting to me...

Not voting.
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 03/17/2009 07:23:53 PM
Really nice, I've just come to bump this to a 7. It would be higher if it weren't for the strange noise on the out of focus areas and some strange marks on the white areas by the cheek on the left. The crop, focus, exposure, toning and expression are all really good.
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 03/17/2009 06:25:31 PM
I like the exposure on this, her eye really pops.
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 03/17/2009 05:33:32 PM
Very unusual portraiture. Interesting! 7
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 03/17/2009 04:49:25 PM
Great attention to detail. I like black and white to draw us in.
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 03/17/2009 04:49:13 PM
could use a little more focus maybe.
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 03/16/2009 10:57:54 PM
Go Midwest USA! It looks great in dpchallenge!
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 03/16/2009 04:22:30 PM
Nice side-angle portrait shot with focus really drawing me to her left eye.
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 03/16/2009 03:45:51 PM
Nice DOF, good processing
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 03/16/2009 03:09:02 PM
I like what you've done with her eye, but I wish her eyebrow was less sharp, like the other one. It just looks a wee bit odd to me. Otherwise I think this is really neat.
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 03/16/2009 12:54:21 PM
oh i love it! great choice in the editing, this will do awesome!! yay! ah crap i cant vote on it, that sucks. well i would give you a 9 if i could
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 03/16/2009 04:09:43 AM
like the B/W
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 03/16/2009 03:29:25 AM
Well captured and presented.
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 03/15/2009 08:18:44 PM
Nice sharp detail and good use of DOF.
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 03/15/2009 03:36:54 PM
Lovely high key portrait. She has beautiful eyes. 7
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 03/15/2009 03:34:59 PM
Nice DOF that really separates the left side of the face from the right.
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 03/15/2009 02:41:31 PM
the high key is good, focal point stands out, but I think a little more information in the image would have helped, lacks definition in areas but there's so much in other, the balance feels off to me jmo
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 03/15/2009 01:31:47 PM
Nice job. I love these type of shots.
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 03/15/2009 11:59:57 AM
I like her gaze and her eye, nice high key photo.
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 03/15/2009 10:47:36 AM
Great DOF like the detail in the eye
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 03/15/2009 05:52:58 AM
Beautiful portrait. I love the catch lights in the sharp eye
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 03/15/2009 05:25:22 AM
I like this despite the grain
6
brano
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 03/14/2009 02:44:29 PM
Though the hair, eye and eyebrow in the foreground are incredible, the dof is just too shallow and makes the subject look very odd. Perhaps there is also a little "fisheye-ing".
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 03/14/2009 04:37:15 AM
Nice portrait with strong contrasts. I like the narrow DoF.
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 03/14/2009 04:30:15 AM
I would like to have seen some detail in the lower face.
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 03/13/2009 11:11:22 PM
she is very pretty. I love the angle she turned her head, its more interesting than straight-on. Great portrait.
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 03/13/2009 11:11:03 PM
at least your brows are tweezed...clear focus...interesting DOF
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 03/13/2009 10:36:31 PM
Great depth of field use.
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 03/13/2009 07:20:38 PM
Just the eye being in focus gives it an odd look- the eye really looks big. was that what you were after?
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 03/13/2009 06:53:42 PM
I like the high key treatment, and you have really good focus on her eye.
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 03/13/2009 06:09:46 PM
love the catch lights in her eyes ... great job on the b/w conversion ... 8
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 03/13/2009 12:49:28 PM
Nice portrait, however using a lens at its lower focal distance and being that close to your subject, distortion will occur. I'm not sure if this was your purpose, but I prefer taking a distance from the subject and zooming in to maintain a more natural look.
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 03/13/2009 12:20:48 PM
great lighting and DOF, I really like the post processing on this
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 03/13/2009 11:28:08 AM
unique potrait IMO, I like it though, 7
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 03/13/2009 04:23:49 AM
nice pose and great focus on her eye
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 03/12/2009 11:23:05 PM
this is a lovely simple portait 10
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 03/12/2009 09:54:56 PM
Fun shot. DOF is good for the expression.
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 03/12/2009 09:35:10 PM
The combination of the high key treatment and the shallow DOF makes her ey into a magnet that sucks my gaze to it. Perhaps pimped a tad heavy, but it connects well.
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 03/12/2009 01:01:56 PM
Nice detail on the eye. Great in black and white and a different perspective is nice to see.
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 03/12/2009 12:26:12 PM
got to love those f1.2 lens
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 03/12/2009 09:56:17 AM
ok high key portrait
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 03/12/2009 12:12:24 AM
Beautiful capture of the personality thru the eyes, some aspects look a little blown though......
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 03/11/2009 10:34:04 PM
Love it. Great high contrast. Perfect focus on the eyes - and a nice dof that softens the lips and shirt...I even like the grain.
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 03/11/2009 08:32:22 PM
Like your point of focus on just her eye. Some say the eye is a window to our soul. It's interesting because I tend too see that here. Really nice image.
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 03/11/2009 04:17:44 PM
Good selective focus
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 03/11/2009 12:16:17 PM
nice portrait
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 03/11/2009 07:51:28 AM
I found the eye and eyebrow to be overdone. The hair on her forehead is just right IMHO.
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 03/11/2009 03:30:44 AM
nice detail of the eye
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 03/11/2009 01:22:26 AM
She glanced and tilted her head and gave him that grin that told him one thing, and one thing only.

Did he really want to continue this 'discussion'? Well, did he?

He gazed at her and saw the look in her eye just then and decided.

No, he really didn't.
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