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Mercy
Mercy
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Challenge: Masters' Free Study (Advanced Editing II*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Cobleskill, NY
Date: Sep 6, 2004
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Sep 6, 2004

My girlfriend's sister, Mercy.

Canon 70-200mm f4L
built-in flash

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 69
Avg (all users): 6.2771
Avg (commenters): 6.8889
Avg (participants): 5.8750
Avg (non-participants): 6.3431
Views since voting: 1900
Views during voting: 882
Votes: 397
Comments: 58
Favorites: 0


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04/22/2005 05:51:53 PM
What a mercy!
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10/08/2004 04:58:18 PM
so much underrated.....a 10 from me
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2004 07:59:42 PM
beautiful green eyes... grat shot
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10/07/2004 07:17:33 PM
The eyes are captivating. The highlights on her hair are a little bright - distracting.
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10/07/2004 06:17:02 PM
What a beautiful girl, and a wonderful photo.
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10/07/2004 03:54:35 PM
Such beautiful eyes. I think if you had removed some of the red it might have been better. Great pose and composition. 8
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10/07/2004 01:03:38 PM
Seems to be a bit too much light.
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10/07/2004 08:27:05 AM
Well photographed. Amazing eyes! Branch on the right distracts a little perhaps. Composition is also good.
Just an idea. Croping the top of the head would remove the bright sky on the top left which seems to attract my attention a little. 8.
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10/07/2004 01:01:50 AM
To get that gleam in her eyes and have the face so soft illustrates you expertise with the camera and/or post processing. It's beautiful. The backlighting compliments the composure.
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10/06/2004 09:38:17 PM
lovely image. wish her hair wasn't so blown out, as well as the sky behind the trees. this would probably be stronger with a different background and less direct sunlight.
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10/06/2004 04:41:32 PM
The glare coming from between the leaves takes my attention away from your subject 7
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10/06/2004 02:20:38 PM
good photo but the blown out highlight on the hair is distracting 6
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10/06/2004 11:16:01 AM
Beautiful green eyes. I would've either leave her face only, or a bit of her figure. The shoulder looks so tiny, and the finger on the tree... Just an idea.
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10/05/2004 09:23:16 PM
great portrait, wonderful feeling
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10/05/2004 06:08:42 PM
Is this her name? I hope so. because if you mean in in the "mercy me, look here" sense, your a bit off. The eyes are portrayed wonderfully, and this really speaks to the viewer.
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10/05/2004 02:42:49 PM
Good skin tone and hightlights in your model's hair. The one finger at the bottom is a bit distracting as are the bright areas in the trees. Catchlight in the eyes is perfect. 7
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10/05/2004 11:43:03 AM
Love the harmony between her green eyes and the green forest. Her skintone seems to be a little red though and could perhaps use a bit more color.
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10/05/2004 07:29:25 AM
The model is superb - eyes are dynamite, expression perfect. I assume you used some fill flash, looking at the catchlights in her eyes - well done. The bad news is that the background on the right has way to many overblown highlights.
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10/04/2004 06:54:47 PM
Beautiful eyes you've captured here.
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10/04/2004 03:57:58 PM
Nice colors, attractive model. The highlights in her hair are somewhat distracting, and the image looks too smooth (perhaps a byproduct of NeatImage?) ... all of the detail on her irises is gone, which, for a photo so focused on her eyes, makes it lose some appeal.
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10/04/2004 03:41:04 PM
Nice portrait. Her eyes define the image.
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10/04/2004 01:34:25 PM
beautiful shot, love the detail in the sunlit strands of her hair.
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10/04/2004 09:29:11 AM
Wow! I have seen several portraits that have literally blown me away, and this is certainly one of them. I hope you also are doing this for a living because you certainly have a talent for it! And the beautiful subject doesn't hurt any! 10
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10/04/2004 06:31:32 AM
Great portrait shot! The DOF here is brilliant, really like shots like this. Her face looks soft too, glad there was no oversharpening done here! 9
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10/03/2004 06:47:55 PM
Nice, but looks like a really good snapshot too me. The background is a bit too bright and distracting for my taste. Nice color on the face, and good composition otherwise. I like the backlight on the hair. 6.
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10/03/2004 12:54:02 PM
I'm not sure of the title, unless it's her name haha. I think she has beautiful eyes, and I love the details of the tree in the foreground, and the background is excellent. My only qualms are with the little bit of her finger showing (I'd like more...zoom out!) and the sweepy strands of her hair...for some reason it looks more like static than windswept...but regardless of all that, her eyes make it a winner. Thanks!
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10/03/2004 12:20:45 PM
Beautiful portrait! Great lighting and framing. 9
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10/03/2004 04:07:01 AM
Awesome eyes! I might have tried darkening a tad just to see the effect. Excellent.
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10/03/2004 03:53:52 AM
Great portrait, with perfect lighting.
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10/03/2004 03:28:10 AM
looks like a snapshot to me sorry - the girls expression looks almost blank and her eyes are way too white and flawless.
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10/03/2004 02:47:36 AM
Nice, sensitive portrait. The green eyes have been overdone here though. Shame the backlighting on the hair is overexposed. I find the background a bit too distracting. Great model... but there's something about her expression and her mouth that seems a bit awkward. Good composition, but perhaps a tighter crop could have worked better... do you really need space at the top of her head? 6
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10/03/2004 12:24:03 AM
I like the composition for most part. The tree trunk to help frame the subject's face is a good idea. Areas that might need to be addressed are the bright highlights of the model's hair and the background still has too much detail. The model's skin is slightly red, too, almost sunburned. 5
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10/02/2004 11:38:13 PM
Great photo, I like the lighting.
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10/02/2004 08:24:48 PM
The background kind of detracts from this portrait. The sky is blown out and bright, and it's a little too busy. That stick right beside your subject is especially distracting.
I like the peeking out from the tree. It's a classic pose, but you've capture it nicely. Good job getting some light into the eyes as well. 7
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10/02/2004 06:38:15 PM
Nice expression. The eyes are gorgeous. The nits for me are the hot spot on the hair and the busy/contrasty background. Overall I like this. 7
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10/02/2004 04:16:58 PM
Nice lighting in her hair.
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10/02/2004 12:17:54 PM
Show mercy to me! It's the eyes. Lovely use of natural light with fill in flash. Her hair looks great with the backlighting, just wish the background had been slightly darker to highlight Mercy. Started it at 6 first look...drawn back by the green eyes and had to bump it to an 8
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10/02/2004 11:14:46 AM
a beautiful girl with a warm, friendly expression. Her eyes are full of life, but I don't really like the pinpoint catchlights so dead on and close to her pupils. The one finger on the tree is also a little distracting. I would have rather her been posed with more of her hand showing or none at all.
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10/02/2004 10:13:06 AM
Good, but the little highlights in the center of her pupils is kind of distracting.
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10/02/2004 09:14:58 AM
Your model has stuning eyes and a great smile, they completely draw me into this portrait. If possible I would have liked to see a little less focus of the trees on the right side of the photo. I love this shot. 9
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10/02/2004 04:10:58 AM
This is a good portrait. I like the clarity you've captured in this picture; on her face and the tree as well. I just don't like the stray hair to the right of her face. 6
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10/02/2004 03:03:23 AM
Beautiful creamy skin and nice focus on the eyes with good catchlight. Looks to me like there is some slight tint of green to her left chin and under her neck. I like the behind the tree composition and DOF too. 7
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10/01/2004 08:30:23 PM
A nice portrait good skin tone and beautiful eyes
Position,colour, focus and light good on model. The background is a little distracting the harsh white light which I know is very hard to avoid takes my eyes away from the lovely model
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10/01/2004 07:13:02 PM
Technically well-executed, but her expression kinda leaves me flat. She's not really smiling, but she's not really frowning.-5
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10/01/2004 06:04:58 PM
returning for comments.
Beautiful and very well executed. The backlight outline adds to the intimacy and help pull the eyes into the shaded area to find a highly sensual experience with such exotic color eyes. Thgere is a quiet projection of friendliness and sweetness. Very good work.
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10/01/2004 05:17:24 PM
Perfect DOF wonderful lighting. A little too red, and I would like to see a different expression, maybe a natural smile just starting to develop, or a mischevious quirk, to make it POP. 6
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10/01/2004 04:38:26 PM
No 'snap' in the lighting and it feels a bit contrived /forced
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10/01/2004 11:35:22 AM
Beautiful shot and model. The composition is first rate. I love the sidelighting on that blonde hair. Her eyes are wonderful but the only nit I have is that the hightlights in her eyes, I assume from a fill-in flash are almost too piercing. Your focus is wonderful.
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10/01/2004 11:02:58 AM
wow - the eyes have it! great backlit (or toplit) hair, soft highlights on the skin, perfect focus on her eyes
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10/01/2004 10:08:25 AM
A beautiful portrait of a beautiful girl. I especially like it how her green eyes match the color of the tree in front and leaves in the background. The flash does create a bit flat light and removes all shadow, could maybe have been a little less.
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10/01/2004 09:02:35 AM
Creative use of space - I like the tree obscuring the subject. Great natural expression as well. The problem for me is that the highlights in the background compete with the model's face. If you could have taken this image when the sun was less intense, and the histogram more compressed, I think it would have been amazing.
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10/01/2004 08:35:03 AM
An amazingly beautiful portrait. A lovely young lady helps to accent your talent. Great job.
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10/01/2004 08:18:27 AM
love the catch lights in her eyes (reflector? most likely). A little blown out through the trees which gives the initial impression that her face is underexposed, which i don't believe it is. Nice placement of the model in the frame, and nice use of the tree to frame her face.
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10/01/2004 07:10:01 AM
Your model has great eyes, but I would have lightened the whites a little. The overexposure in the hair is a bit distracting, and in the background too, but other than that it's nice. I like the wind blowing the hair around. It adds a bit of dynamics to the shot. 6
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10/01/2004 05:41:46 AM
Beautiful model. The burnt out parts in the background is a bit distracting but the yes command attention.
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10/01/2004 12:13:22 AM
Her eyes are absolutely captivating. I hope you post other shots from this shoot. Excellent work.
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09/30/2004 09:35:11 PM
What beautiful eyes. Good luck.
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09/30/2004 08:34:36 PM
Love those eyes. The growth on the trees actually serves to bring it out more. And nice job filling the light on the face with the sun behind her.
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