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Portrait/Blur/Rule of Thirds... her name is Amber
Portrait/Blur/Rule of Thirds... her name is Amber
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Three Techniques (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Location: Santa Maria, CA
Date: Oct 24, 2009
Galleries: Fashion, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 25, 2009
And, she's my baby sister... She's a starving artist that came to visit for my sons birthday.. She really is this gorgeous.. And sweet, and talented..

Linky to some of her art for sale:
AmberLynnAnderson

[Oct. 26th, 2009 10:07:26 PM]

BTW, the blur was done in post and I didn't read the challenge very carefully.. It's not meant to blend... it's meant to be abrupt and off... she likes things to be different, so I went with it.. It was done very intentional and although most if not all will disagree with it, when it's printed with a texture over it as it will be, it has a total different effect... Oh, and I also didn't read the fact that the techniques needed to be done "in camera"... lol... this was a big oopsy on my part...

Statistics
Place: 63 out of 140
Avg (all users): 5.8451
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 5.6607
Avg (non-participants): 5.9651
Views since voting: 1145
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 142
Comments: 10
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/31/2009 09:28:05 PM
well done
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 10/30/2009 04:24:46 PM
Lovely model. I may be wrong, but the blur appears to have been created, or accentuated, in post, as there appears to be incongruencies of in and out of focus areas. If I'm wrong, strong work with the shallow DOF!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/30/2009 03:43:30 PM
Good photo. I love the necklace
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2009 01:02:49 PM
This is terrific. Love the focus on the eye and the necklace. Love the almost all the way blurred shoulders. The dark frame of the mirror in the background detracts from what otherwise is near perfect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/28/2009 07:33:11 PM
I would have made the necklace a bit softer - it competes with her lovely eyes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/27/2009 03:58:10 PM
Alright, this is a wonderful shot...but you blew the title...(luck for you, I don't take off for that)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/27/2009 07:09:19 AM
Lovely portrait.....7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/27/2009 12:02:24 AM
over processed in my opinion
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/26/2009 09:52:03 PM
This photo is suffering from over edit. I don't think you blended your blur very well...especially at the part where it gets into her hair. It had the potential to be a top photo in the challenge. The skin is nice and smooth just the blur should mesh better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/26/2009 05:44:14 AM
A portrait with a wow factor! I just love the shiny colors and detail in the medallion. I also like the selective sharpness, although it shows that they're not naturally out of focus area's but manually blurred in PS.
The effect and impact of an image is what counts for me, not the way it is achieved. Welldone!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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