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Challenge: Fashion (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Basement
Date: Feb 20, 2006
Aperture: F/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2006

 There are several things that bug me about this photo, but not much I can do about it now. Didn't much feel like reshooting. No matter how I leveled it, either the sofa or lines in the floor were off. Used a light behind the sofa and it blew out a bit during contrast adjusments. And the shadow on the left I didn't notice until I had them up on the computer. And lastly, not really sure how "Fashion" this is considered to be but Oh well.

Levels
curves
selective color layer to try to correct the WB mishap, too much red and yellow.
Hue/saturation layer
Greyscaled, then duotoned
Converted back to RGB
Another Selective color layer
contrast/brightness layer
Resized, USM, bordered, SFW

Statistics
Place: 32 out of 133
Avg (all users): 5.9333
Avg (commenters): 6.2857
Avg (participants): 5.5231
Avg (non-participants): 6.0194
Views since voting: 1422
Views during voting: 641
Votes: 375
Comments: 31
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 03/13/2006 06:21:33 AM
killer
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 02/28/2006 09:17:37 PM
This seems totally out of the box for you Jen!!!

I luv it!!! Can't wait for more

*great concept and I actually like all the *dead space* as some put it.. lends itself to a stark clean feeling.. I dig that!*
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 02/28/2006 07:28:46 PM
Congrats on a good finish - one better then mine. Good job, got alot more guts then me. You'll never find me in my shoots.
PS: You got me on my Sat outing, I had a long day of shoting pic's (ha...ha) and the weather did not move to go out. sorry, but I loved the pic's that you guys took. Tim :) Hey maby one day we will figure this out?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2006 04:52:13 PM
ah, the light behind the couch shot. Good attempt at a fashion cliche. IMO, you should have gotten more on the eye level of the model and cropped in the shot so that you don't get distracted by the couch....is the shot about the couch or the model?
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 02/28/2006 04:44:13 AM
Looks like julieann moore.
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 02/27/2006 05:06:05 AM
Lots of dead space
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 02/27/2006 12:23:07 AM
I really like this. My one nitpick is the lighting where floor and wall meet, would be nice if it weren't so sharp. Maybe another softer light tucked under the back of the couch would work? I know you'd have fixed it with editing if you had been allowed to :)
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 02/26/2006 04:31:22 PM
Great step outside Jen!
Wonderful shot too.
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 02/26/2006 02:21:23 PM
sensual and good choice of lighting & color - 9
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 02/26/2006 06:55:12 AM
Looking good Ron!
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 02/25/2006 04:14:20 PM
This is one of the best ones. The chair being slightly crooked is frustrating though. If it were more it would be fine or if it were square it would be fine. Just one of those things. Nice shot though!
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 02/25/2006 09:34:26 AM
Suggestion is to crop more from the bottom and have more wall in the background ... that would sell me more ... good idea
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 02/25/2006 09:24:24 AM
Very nicely done! Love the feel of this image. The duotone works well here ;)
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 02/24/2006 07:09:53 PM
Great pose and expression.
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 02/24/2006 06:05:30 PM
Very nice
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 02/24/2006 04:12:49 PM
She looks a bit agitated. And try to even out the light a bit more so you don't get the shadows on the side of the couch. Otherwise, the light is nice on her.
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 02/24/2006 03:13:16 PM
This photo has a nice "trendy" feel to it. It hold your interest. Nice job!
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 02/24/2006 01:28:55 PM
Very nice....not exactly great fashion (square-toe boots? no way) but the photographic style is works for a fashion editorial. The kitchen-tile-looking floor and the big light colored knobby feet on the loveseat throw the high style quotient off a lot. Basically, I like the idea and mood--it just leaves something to be desired in regards to the style of the content.
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 02/24/2006 12:43:03 PM
You should have staighten it up. And the lightning in the photo seems pretty odd.
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 02/24/2006 09:04:39 AM
great shot...I really like the pose and arrangement of garments. The boots are very nice and the sharp transition of the fishnets, which create a nice moire effect to the eyes. They then sensually draw in an arch fashion right to between the model's legs. But the use of the white button down abruptly covers with a tone of innoncence. Had the area just been exposure of undergarments it would lose a touch of innoncence and art that this photo has managed to capture nicely. The couch, garments, dark hair all give a good monochromatic feel.

My one issue is the pose/expression of the face. I don't feel it supports the shot well. It looks bothered, even angry. A longing pose, questioning expresion, a soft smile, almost anything would have been more complimenting of this photo's other assets. It is a wonderful shot, beautiful model. I think there may be too much tile in the forground. Remove 1/2 an inch.

(9)
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 02/23/2006 11:56:23 AM
I'd prefer a more landscaped format with negative space to one side, but maybe that wasn't possible for you. The central feature has been done very well though.
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 02/22/2006 06:18:01 PM
lighting is good, maybe crop tighter?
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 02/22/2006 05:16:48 PM
very nicely photographed... full range of tone
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 02/22/2006 04:11:19 PM
Would have like it a little more if it were leveled, but still nice.
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 02/22/2006 12:34:11 PM
good tones light and dark, but not much GRABS me about the pic. pretty model though!
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 02/22/2006 08:02:30 AM
very good shot although the shirt doesn't hang right somehow.
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 02/22/2006 06:40:28 AM
the whole pic seems to tilt downhill a little to the right. Love the lighting and the pose, though.
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 02/22/2006 06:08:02 AM
needs a better crop and perhaps a tilt
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 02/22/2006 02:12:28 AM
tilted just a bit, nice tones, scary little boots
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 02/22/2006 01:38:42 AM
nice pose but too much empty space top and bottom
if the camera angle was lower i think imho that it be more striking
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 02/21/2006 08:51:46 PM
jen? risky! extra points :)
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