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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: People
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: livingroom
Date: Jun 27, 2004
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/90
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2004

 Ok this was not easy to do To find a nice lighting with 1 halogen lamp, I tried to use the halogen lamp on the background and flash on her but the lighting was flat then, so I skipped the flash, I wanted some shadows in her face, It took a lot of tries to moving the lamp around and stuff :) For the background I used brown paper.
Thanks to my model Anna :)
And her boyfriend Krissi who was patiently holding a white cloth in front of the halogen lamp the whole time :)

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 92
Avg (all users): 7.1218
Avg (commenters): 7.6279
Avg (participants): 6.8358
Avg (non-participants): 7.2339
Views since voting: 5812
Views during voting: 442
Votes: 238
Comments: 49
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 07/06/2004 01:16:06 PM
You did a good job creating an awesome portrait with perfect lighting. Well done!
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 07/05/2004 10:24:18 AM
Thanks guys for your great comments :)
 07/05/2004 07:44:12 AM
Til hamingju Heiða! Þú ert massa ljósmyndaskvísa =)
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 07/05/2004 12:07:53 AM
Congrats on your top ten placement...beautiful portrait! :o)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/04/2004 10:10:39 PM
Lighting: Nicely done, but is a bit too dark on the right and you lost detail in her hair for it.
Pose: works well.
Background: compliments the portrait nicely.
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 07/04/2004 05:42:42 PM
Lovely lighting.
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 07/04/2004 10:11:51 AM
Great composition/placement of your model - eye level and direct look into the lens engaged me immediately. you've worked wonders with the light/shadow making this a unique and well done portrait. One of my ribbon picks
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 07/03/2004 09:38:08 PM
Very good portrait! The lighting is excellent and the pose is very relaxed and good. The model is also very beautiful. Excellent work!
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 07/03/2004 01:06:22 PM
My first impulse is to crop a little more off the right, but it doesn't seem to be a big deal. A good use of the "non-portrait" format.
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 07/03/2004 11:10:26 AM
Awesome shot! Love the soft lighting, especially the catchlight in her eyes!
TC
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 07/02/2004 03:28:26 AM
Beautiful lighting and excellent soft focus and composition. Really great portrait.
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 07/01/2004 10:27:47 PM
Well done! One of my favorites in this group. One of the few softly lit shots that work well, too. I wish there was a little more saturation in the color because the hair and eyes look like they could be quite rich. I like the drama of the dark areas, but I might have burned in the left background a bit to pull the balance away from the heavy right side.
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 07/01/2004 06:53:41 PM
I like the colors in this picture - the background, her hair, her eyes and skin tone. The lighting on the face is good, focus is sharp. What I cant get past is that the pose seems uncomfortable. Perhaps if you included the bottom arm, or just a little more context all around. 6
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 07/01/2004 01:52:00 PM
Good compo, good pose, good lighting. Nice shot. 10
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 06/30/2004 11:51:24 PM
Nicely composed and lighting is effective. Beautiful model. Good work! :o)
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 06/30/2004 10:35:58 PM
Excellent. Her eyes are awesome and you're made them the focus of your photo. Great job. Jacko. 10
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 06/30/2004 05:57:53 PM
I like the color which has a rose hue and the cropping which causes us to focus on her face.
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 06/30/2004 05:54:38 PM
What seems like a simple challenge idea hasn't been met well thus far...til now. Nice shot.
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 06/30/2004 04:31:18 PM
good shot 6
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 06/30/2004 03:26:27 PM
This is jsut a little dark, otherwise this is great. Colors, pose, expression, crop are all good. -8
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 06/30/2004 02:16:36 PM
nice photo.....I love the muted colors and softness
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 06/30/2004 12:26:30 PM
I'd play up those amazing eyes a bit more...eye on right side is cut off a bit with the light.
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 06/30/2004 12:21:35 PM
I think this would have scored better if you had brought the light forward to move the shadow line toward the edge of her face a little
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 06/29/2004 11:49:12 PM
I think this is a nice portrait, however the lighting seems a blit too dark. Her head fades into the background.
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 06/29/2004 10:58:37 PM
Captivating expression - great lighting and perfect selection of background color. Border = not. Focus on the eyes is perfect!
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 06/29/2004 10:38:27 PM
Nice dramatic lighting. The color seems a bit subdued, I think that works here. Anyway, I like it well enough. - 8
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 06/29/2004 09:34:39 PM
Cute girl, cute photographer and an excellent photo!
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 06/29/2004 07:20:47 PM
Nicely done, slight magenta colour cast.
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 06/29/2004 05:35:06 PM
Need some lighting on the right side. Her hair color kinda blends with the right side of her face.
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 06/29/2004 03:01:23 PM
Subtle with good lighting
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 06/29/2004 01:40:58 PM
Great eyes, nice job on them. I feel like maybe you're a bit too high and shes not as comfortable looking up that high (obviously, you did this to make her open her eyes a bit ... just maybe it's too high). Also, perhaps a little too dark on the right, but maybe not ... nice.
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 06/29/2004 01:13:14 PM
Nice light, good image 8
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 06/29/2004 12:53:07 PM
Beautiful shadows and highlights especially in the eyes areas. You are pulled in by the eyes.
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 06/29/2004 11:45:55 AM
I really like the lighting and the muted tones of this shot. But the eyes really do it for me with this shot. Very nicely done.
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 06/29/2004 09:11:15 AM
Nice gentle lighting technique which shows texture and contours very well
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 06/29/2004 12:54:38 AM
This image doesn't need the border. The colors go well together.
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 06/28/2004 11:57:10 PM
Superb lighting and very well composed. The eyes are captivating.
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 06/28/2004 10:10:31 PM
Beautiful photo.
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 06/28/2004 07:27:18 PM
subern portrait.. great model and excellent photography...
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 06/28/2004 06:00:30 PM
Very nice, nice and soft (7)
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 06/28/2004 05:17:31 PM
Very strong image - a rapport with the shooter has helped here. Beautiful tones and a good choice of neutral background. Lovely eyes too.
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 06/28/2004 05:08:47 PM
Nice subtle lighting, pretty model
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 06/28/2004 03:26:46 PM
Good capture
love the lighting
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 06/28/2004 02:37:52 PM
Nice shot and nice pose. The bright right elbow drags my eye away a bit to the corner , but not too much. Good work.
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 06/28/2004 02:11:55 PM
very intense look, almost scary :) I find the right side a tiny bit too dark
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 06/28/2004 12:15:24 PM
Beautiful eyes. Just that white of the left arm is a bother. 9~ This is really a good entry.
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 06/28/2004 11:49:25 AM
I really like the colouring here, almost monotone but not. Very effective, with a good composition and pose. 9
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 06/28/2004 10:28:25 AM
This one is amazing ... like the space that are to the left and also like how these eyes gets me to look straight at the face ...
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 06/28/2004 07:36:41 AM
Intense, I love it. The brown gradient at the back, the lighting, and the model's colouring all go together to make this a really beautiful portrait. Great stuff.
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