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Mother Mary
Mother Mary
hanneke


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Mother (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: home
Date: Dec 29, 2005
Aperture: F2.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Dec 29, 2005

 Used my brand new 50mm for this shot.

I wanted to have another look on "mother" than the usual (mother & child, pregnat etc.) so I decided to do a shot like this.

Allready had planned to get a light photo, to accentuate the holy spirit of mother mary. The neckless is just an ordinary one, I got it in the grocery-store. The scarf is actually a silver very wide shiny pants, I like to wear them with carnaval :P

I'm not religious in any kind, but I really had fun shooting this selfportrait. I think it's always pretty hard to shoot a selfportrait, getting the light & compo right takes 10 - 20 photos, and after that you have to take a bunch more to get what you want. But, after everything's done, I really get a kick out of it!

I'm very happy with the way this one turned out, I hope you guys can appreciate it as well!

post-processing:
curves to make the photo lighter
desaturated all, except cyan
contrast
cloning & healing brush & dodging & burning to remove spots on my face

Statistics
Place: 61 out of 125
Avg (all users): 5.5265
Avg (commenters): 6.1739
Avg (participants): 5.4079
Avg (non-participants): 5.5700
Views since voting: 1180
Views during voting: 457
Votes: 283
Comments: 30
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/20/2014 08:59:38 AM
Speaking words of wisdom.
 02/26/2006 03:32:57 PM
I can't believe I haven't seen this before Hanneke, it's wonderful!!! Had I voted I would have quickly hit "10" - superbly done!
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 01/09/2006 12:07:51 PM
I understand puzzled ;)

I had the comment from someone else about the pants on the side of my nose before entering it. tried to get that part away, but I thought it was missing something over there to make the photo "fit", if you know what I mean.

@ Palmetto: while voting, I read the comments about the "too white", but I didn't know it was really too much. I thought it was just right. Think my monitor is set a little too bright...

thanx everybody for commenting, very much appreciated!!

Message edited by author 2006-01-09 17:08:06.
 01/09/2006 11:57:28 AM
Hi there, biteme - just wanted to say that this deserved at least a 6.4 :-) I enjoyed the shot and enjoyed reading your comments about it. I learned a lot from reading the comments made, too. I think you have a perfect face for this kind of profile shot. It might be interesting to see your nose area, around where your pants are sticking out a little, slightly more defined. Hmmm, that last part of the comment sounds funny. Just PM me if you want me to explain :-)
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 01/09/2006 05:33:27 AM
I really like this shot. I expected it to do better than "middle of the road". The high-key purity is wonderful. I agree with the others, it may be a little "too white", but with a slight adjustment, this would be perfect!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2006 05:24:03 PM
Nice use of high key effect. 7
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 01/08/2006 12:01:38 PM
Love the blown out affect you have achieved.
9'
good luck

Kev
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 01/08/2006 10:41:43 AM
Love the high-key.
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 01/08/2006 08:28:12 AM
I like the use of selective desaturation a lot. Very nice high key image. 8
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 01/08/2006 08:03:45 AM
Very nice high key! Bumping up.
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 01/06/2006 09:32:48 AM
Would be really great with more contrast... 6
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 01/06/2006 08:21:30 AM
I love how the hands stand out but the face blends in with the background a bit too much because of a lack of contrast. Maybe a bit more room on the left side of the hands would have been nice.
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 01/05/2006 02:25:39 PM
I like your selective color and your creativity in putting this shot together.
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 01/05/2006 02:51:46 AM
Very good treatmetn of the almost mono whiteness, very impressive and expressive
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 01/04/2006 05:40:00 PM
The actual picture itself, I'm not terrbily crazy about. I really like your use of desat and high key though. Good work
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 01/04/2006 02:14:27 PM
Maybe a little too high key. We lose some detail which, I think, would be nice. Not bad though. 6
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 01/03/2006 06:58:52 PM
Composition is ok. The choice of subject matter is ok. The image quality is ok. Has potential of being really creative. - 5
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 01/03/2006 05:17:04 PM
Very nice
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 01/03/2006 04:33:20 PM
I'm glad you did this shot. I was hoping someone would. I would have, and thought of it, but didn't have a model. This is a very nice depiction though. I don't think I would have thought to do a lot of white in the photo. I'm bumping this up. The model is great. Looks very angelic, and the hands look very pure. I also like the rosary beeds shoing through. Would have liked to see a cross though.
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 01/03/2006 02:28:44 PM
Too washed out to be significant
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 01/03/2006 12:53:10 PM
Very good.
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 01/03/2006 02:23:04 AM
This is quite surreal, even eerie......
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 01/02/2006 10:08:55 PM
Superb!! Favourites. 10!!
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 01/02/2006 08:07:52 PM
too white for me, hurts my eyes
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 01/02/2006 05:09:38 PM
Interesting desat, too white for my liking, but that is me:)
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 01/02/2006 04:40:06 PM
i like the picture except that it is so bright that I cant look at it for more than a minute
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 01/02/2006 03:22:07 PM
like the high key nice image good luck
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 01/02/2006 08:07:57 AM
I wanted to try something like this (being a catholic) somehow your photo (without the title) doesn't lead me to mother mary, perhaps a little more covered face, less wrinkled hands... more like in a "prayer" attitude than a "posing" attitude, like there should be a deeper feeling, deeper emotion coming from the mother of Christ... you have something against you, we are used to seeing lots of different representations and form each one his own expectations from such a subject. I hope this helps, I am commenting with full respect to the subject, to Mother Mary and to you, I think this is a good photo but is just lacking something.
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 01/02/2006 04:25:20 AM
I like the whiteness as far as the purity feel... but it's just a bit too bright for me.
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 01/01/2006 08:31:45 PM
A bit too stark. I like it otherwise. Creative.
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