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A is for Abigail
A is for Abigail
toddhead


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: A Is For _______ (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Location: My basement
Date: May 9, 2010
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2010

 My daugher. I lent my lights to sempermarine, so I decided to try something different. I bought two shop lights from home depot and tried using a $20 setup to get lighting like Martin Schoeller... I think with some work and maybe some more lights it could be done.

Not sure what this will score and I don't really care. Just trying to learn and have fun.

Dang! Didn't realize my ISO was at 400 until right now. Poop.

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 175
Avg (all users): 5.9008
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.8103
Avg (non-participants): 5.9726
Views since voting: 1152
Views during voting: 271
Votes: 131
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/26/2010 07:24:59 AM
What a great closeup portrait. I've got to try this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/18/2010 04:36:50 PM
this is stunning and should have done better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2010 12:01:56 PM
very nice try with the lighting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2010 08:36:45 PM
Super!! (no vote)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/11/2010 01:00:42 PM
I do love the lighting here and the intimate distance, but they come at a price for me. My eyes get pulled right into her lovely eyes, but instead of focusing on the iris and her expression, I focus on the reflection of the lights and it pulls me out of the examination of the subject into thinking of how the photograph was lit and the technical issues of the taking of the image, at the cost of examining the subject of the image.

Had the lights been touching at the top and crossed by a third forming a capital A, it would have been amusing for this challenge, but either that or the strong parallels you have here, would have detracted from the delicate and subtle beauty of this image. Still a very nice shot, but for me the reflections detract from what might have been a great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/11/2010 12:49:55 AM
Wish I could vote, but I know who you are :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2010 07:37:43 AM
Nice composition. At first, I liked the reflections in her eyes, but the more I looked at them, the more I wished they weren't there.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2010 03:55:23 AM
cooooooool one,,,,,,,, love the eyes,,,,,,
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2010 12:26:15 AM
beautiful girl, beautiful editing, beautiful lighting-9
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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