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Belly of Love
Belly of Love
stanmoore


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Challenge: Pieces of the Human Form (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: In my computer room.
Date: Jan 31, 2010
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Family, Maternity
Date Uploaded: Jan 31, 2010

 This is from my expecting wife. We are expecting our first child this April. We are excited :) So I figured I can take some pictures of her and one for this weeks dpchallenge. :)

This was lit with 2 AB units. One in a beautydish from above and one diffused from the bottom.

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 109
Avg (all users): 5.3600
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.1864
Avg (non-participants): 5.4483
Views since voting: 1079
Views during voting: 315
Votes: 175
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 02/11/2010 08:28:08 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Interestingly enough, my dad was an OB/GYN, so funny that I end up with this shot to critique!

My main reaction to this shot is great concept but lacking in execution. The hands forming a heart are great, the composition certainly fills the frame (please don't tell your wife that! :-) The rings at almost perfect 1/3s towards lower right are wonderful. Your settings look like you're erring on the side of caution. Low ISO is good, shutter fast enough, plenty of dof. Maybe too much so? I feel here that the voters voted mostly on sentiment, because the photo is in focus and not too bad otherwise.

But I feel what killed this shot is the lighting. It looks harsh, almost fluorescent. My dad used to get all the medical journals and though the photos were very informative, iI know now that they were very lacking in photographic terms! Any light that casts a bluish cast on human skin, regardless of ethnicitiy, just doesn't look right.

FWIW, I would have tried to shoot either in natural daylight or with incandescents, then run a little bit of warming filter over the shot to give it a more natural glow.

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan
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 02/08/2010 02:08:48 AM
Congrats on your first child! Not sure why this wasn't received better - photographically it is very good. Still a keeper for the family album! Best wishes to you & your wife.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/04/2010 12:57:31 PM
so feminine
 02/02/2010 06:34:07 PM
Cute idea!
 02/01/2010 03:58:44 PM
Excellent.


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