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Red Hair
Red Hair
SteveJ


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Challenge: Defining Feature (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix 6900Z
Location: Home, Berkshire, UK
Date: Oct 10, 2004
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 10, 2004

Rebecca, number 2 daughter and her defining red hair. No cropping, just red eye reduction, resizing and lightening.

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Place: 120 out of 122
Avg (all users): 4.1584
Avg (commenters): 3.7000
Avg (participants): 3.8795
Avg (non-participants): 4.3529
Views since voting: 1121
Views during voting: 278
Votes: 202
Comments: 10
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10/17/2004 06:24:32 PM
She sure has red hair! This lovely woman is portrayed with red hair and a delightful expression. Your lighting is a bit harsh and unwelcoming, but still a flattering portrait.
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10/17/2004 04:31:13 PM
Returning for comments.
Here you have a wonderful, almost candid shot and a better choice of lighting would have helped this image greatly. The hot spots detract. Frontal flash is not the best way to go and then always examine the eyes. Ehen they are not dead sharp, it means a do over. I feel this would have made a good study because the hair curls are very casual and cute. I have placed you at 6 instead of 5 because I really would like you to consider improving the spirit of this image in your next shoot. Instead of going with the flash, in daylight, bring subject to a window. That is, use natural light in the absence of boubce flash, but do think twice about direct flash and take as many shots as you need. I focus one shot tight in the eyes, the other focused between the eyes. When the image is 3/4 face you also have the dof to worry about.
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10/13/2004 09:53:13 AM
The expression isn't very flattering, the focus is off and the cheeks are kind of blown out. This looks like a very snap shotish photo to me.
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10/13/2004 02:36:32 AM
Suggestions for improvement: Move the model forward (away from the wall) to get rid of the background shadow. With a shallow depth of field the move might also lessen the background distractions on the right. Use more ambient light ... or less front-on flash. On camera flash tends to "flatten" the face and, in this case, over expose a bit. Ambient light might have given more of a three dimensional look. On off-camera flash to the side would accomplish the same thing.
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10/12/2004 07:37:24 PM
there is a pretty harsh shadow behind her head and the chair is a background distraction. Next time, movethe subject further away from the wall to avoid the shadow problem.
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10/12/2004 03:06:59 PM
Hmmmmm, looks like an on-camera flash was used here. Booooo. This makes bad shadows like we see in the upper left corner on the wall behind her, and really flat unflattering lighting for the subjects. Also, it's a touch blurry. Best of luck!
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10/12/2004 02:57:58 PM
I think this could have been greatly improved by more attention to lighting... The light source reflects off your subject's face rather harshly in several spots. Also it produced a shadow on the wall... Try defusing the light by bouncing it off a wall or bed sheet. But that's just my opinion, and what do I know :)
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10/12/2004 04:11:51 AM
Glare on the face is destracting.
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10/11/2004 04:18:16 PM
Overexposed--but beautiful hair
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10/11/2004 01:13:59 PM
the skin looks too shiny , an extra light source from the side would have helped fix the shadow as well
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