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Light + Shadow = Form & Beauty
Light + Shadow = Form & Beauty
dwterry


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Challenge: Lighting II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Date: May 19, 2005
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 22, 2005

 The plan was to let each of several of us photographers work with this model, but I never got a chance to do so. So instead of having the benefit of the use of the strobes that were in the studio, I shot this at ISO 1600 and used just the modeling lights!!!

I gotta say this, ISO 1600 on the Canon 20D rocks!

- Converted from raw
- Increased contrast
- Used history brush to bring back detail in eyes
- Reduced saturation in whites of eyes (too much red in her left eye), then lightened the whites a couple of notches
- applied a softening filter to reduce but not eliminate texture in the skin
- reduced size for dpc
- sharpened
- added white border

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 239
Avg (all users): 5.8325
Avg (commenters): 6.8182
Avg (participants): 5.4796
Avg (non-participants): 6.1619
Views since voting: 1167
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 203
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/10/2005 01:00:29 AM
great pic!
optimal light!
great expression!
nice colors!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/29/2005 07:44:25 PM
The title doesn't add much to the image, there are a couple of white spots in her hair that are distracting, and the image as a whole feels neatimaged. I'm also distracted by the difference in color cast between the hand (which feels a cooler pinkish) and the face, which has a warmer glow. 6
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 05/29/2005 07:21:27 PM
Well done. 8
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 05/26/2005 08:16:14 AM
pretty girl, she has lovely skin. I would have like to see the catch light in the eyes. Without it the subject does not feel as alive.
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 05/26/2005 03:48:45 AM
I'm unfortunately not fond of the photo at all. I find the subject lacks interest and the photo is either blurry at the top(hair) or the reflection of light on he hair gives it a blurry look. I'm also not fond of the eye make-up or what appears to be an ear ring (or collar) on the right beside her cheek. Good luck in this challenge.
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 05/24/2005 11:41:48 AM
I personally don't like the shadow of her nose over her mouth.
But it's a nice clear, crisp image otherwise.
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 05/24/2005 10:57:09 AM
really nice shot here comes the but ..her eyes are too dull there should be sparkle of a highlight in them, very nice though
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 05/24/2005 08:48:02 AM
beautiful model!!! great quality, IMO the crop is to tight, but its still a great photo..gl
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 05/24/2005 05:30:11 AM
Good lighting although I might have tried to bring the side light out and down a bit to keep the nose shadow off her lips. Good Luck
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 05/23/2005 11:30:09 AM
Excellent portrait and pretty subjectmodel.
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 05/23/2005 08:40:41 AM
gorgeous!!
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 05/23/2005 07:19:44 AM
Your model has a beautiful skin !
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 05/22/2005 08:29:37 PM
nice shot...skin and face different tones..otherwise GREAT 9
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