DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Play
Play
gg3rd


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: In The Style Of: Heida (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Location: Toronto
Date: Sep 8, 2009
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Black and White, Children
Date Uploaded: Sep 8, 2009

This is a candid, and she was so absorbed playing with the plate, hence the title. This was a single moment she realized was being photographed, made the eye contact and went back to her thing.... :)

I'm taking a couple of risks for this challenge:

1. All of Heida's kids shots are not high key (found only one high key in her profile - a non-B&B SP)


2. The prop: it will either make it for the voters or kill it.

The image was a little too grannular, due to the ISO 800 and lighting, and the HK was easier to control that on PP.
Afterwards, I liked the final result anyway...


[Sep. 9th, 2009 01:30:41 PM]

Score is currently at ~5.52.
Comment by indicates one of my risks about high key.


[Sep. 15th, 2009 11:15:34 PM]

Score went as high as 5.65.
On the final strech, got many 4's and 5's, as the high-key doesn't reverberate with the voters.

Votes: 199
Views: 308
Avg Vote: 5.4271
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 09/15/09 11:11 pm

==================================
Post:

Thank you everyone for the votes and comments. I surely had lots of fun this week.
Sorry to make many of you scramble through Heida's portfolio looking for a hint of high-key there... ;~)

Statistics
Place: 65 out of 129
Avg (all users): 5.4724
Avg (commenters): 6.2857
Avg (participants): 5.4151
Avg (non-participants): 5.4932
Views since voting: 708
Views during voting: 311
Votes: 199
Comments: 9
Favorites: 2 (view)


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/15/2009 10:29:39 PM
I couldn't find any high-key photos by Heida. In fact they tend to be more toward low-key.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/13/2009 03:48:40 PM
Maybe a little too high key. I'm reminded of Poltergeist for some reason.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/11/2009 02:06:02 PM
I think that not "high key" but "low key" is Heida style
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/10/2009 05:48:04 AM
I really like the high-key effect, but the overall impression is dominated by the featureless white blob in the middle. Without that this would be a marvellous portrait.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/10/2009 02:02:41 AM
the brighter Heida style 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/09/2009 09:45:24 PM
Nice portrait..... Not sure what that thing is she's holding..... A Plate Maybe? 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/09/2009 05:31:41 PM
I don't know how you gut it that white without washing out so much detail, but you did it! One of my favorites from this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/09/2009 02:52:57 PM
High key portraits is nothing I combine with the Heida's style. That being said, it's a very good high key portrait.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/09/2009 03:23:52 AM
Heida hi-key??!! I think you'll be punished by the dnmc crowd.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/15/2025 07:47:25 PM EDT.