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Challenge: The Ribbon (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: Aug 15, 2009
Aperture: f/ 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Humorous, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2009

 Really tough to do this by myself...
Printed an ribbon, cutted a circle at the middle of it.
Taped the print on the glass door of my balcony. Camera on a tripod at one side and me at the other facing the ribbon and the camera with my remote shutter.
Lots of tries until i got something reasonable.
PP was: cropping, levels, some boost on blue saturation and a few adjusts on yellow and reds lightness. Cloned out a tiny rheum. Resize and USM. Border.

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 72
Avg (all users): 5.1926
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 4.8810
Avg (non-participants): 5.3333
Views since voting: 719
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 135
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/24/2009 04:06:20 PM
Greetings from Andi via the Critique Club

First Impression: ok, it wasn't going to ribbon but even before I read it was a sp I felt it deserved better than 5.1. And no, its not as easy as peeps might have thought.

Composition:I like the crop you used, just showing what you needed to in order to convey your message.

Subject: Well done on the creation and execution, its something I've wanted to try for a while but lost patience trying a sp so thanks! The stare and ribbons do 'reflect' obsession so everything ties in nicely.

Technical: Me? I'm happy the bridge of the nose is oof, no need for it to be in focus to me (though been dinged for submitting purposefully oof eyes more than once). The eyebrows could have been a little sharper to frame the eyes but think what really lowered your vote were the blown areas.

Final thoughts: IMHO this should be in B&W, slightly underexposed with some burning of the blown areas and a little dodging to bring back some detail then finaly erasing the B&W from the eyes to let the brown & blue pop. Hope this helps? let me know if uou'd like to discuss further?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/23/2009 11:02:10 AM
great job of getting the ribbon big enough
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 08/23/2009 01:07:41 AM
neat shot....
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 08/20/2009 12:06:08 AM
good expression on your models face. thats the look i had last night, just more angry lol
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 08/18/2009 10:45:40 PM
I think I share that same obsession.
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 08/18/2009 10:33:20 AM
This has been very successfully carried out. I like it a lot.
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 08/17/2009 12:49:59 AM
I think focus or motion blur has let you down a bit here. While the eyes that are obviously the focal point do seem sharp, the rest of the face isn't.

There are also some pretty harsh areas of lighting on the skin, in particular around the nose and left eye (right side of the shot).
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