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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax Digital AF
Location: Our Loungeroom
Date: Apr 14, 2006
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2006

Self portrait. Always a good exercise to endure being the model once & a while so that you remember how uncomfortable it is! Shot with the new studio backdrop set up I have recently purchased!

Some outtakes:

PP: a few new tricks this week - NeatNinja, USM, levels, curves, hue/saturation layer set to multiply, selective colour balance to brighten the white, flatten, resize, save for web.

Post-Challenge: for my own sake, I need to explain that when I entered this, I ran out of time and just put the essential information and intended to come back & revise. Obviously, the title was one of the things on the agenda to revise. Wasn't until after the challenge started that I remembered!!!! Frustrated me all week, particularly as I got a few comments!

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 199
Avg (all users): 6.2751
Avg (commenters): 6.9545
Avg (participants): 5.8929
Avg (non-participants): 6.5478
Views since voting: 1695
Views during voting: 507
Votes: 269
Comments: 29
Favorites: 1 (view)


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04/28/2006 05:27:10 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Well it looks like you have studio lighting down pat, so no nits in that department at all! I really like the composition (use of negative space) in this image. I think you would have scored much higher if the model's pose were tweaked just a bit: show her hands, don't hide them, show her eyes even if they're not looking directly at the camera, and watch the details like the folded hem on the jeans and lastly add a reflector to brighten up the dark area under her chin. Those are all minor nits and your image scored deservedly well. Congratulations.

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04/23/2006 10:54:58 PM
Originally posted by GIS_boy:

Congrats baby, if only you had given this entry a title, who knows?


Bite me!!!
04/23/2006 10:28:58 PM
Well done Nic. Blue jeans always work very well with white backdrops and I like the framing/cropping you chose. Another solid finish for the team.
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04/23/2006 09:18:56 PM
Congrats baby, if only you had given this entry a title, who knows?
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04/23/2006 09:08:36 PM
Knew this was yours Nicole...well done. I really think it deserved to finish much higher. You are really good at these kind of shots. This is really my favourite shot of you...the pose is so relaxed and friendly...excellent. Makes me want to go and buy backdrops and studio lights
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04/23/2006 08:38:21 PM
Excellent shot, but I would have liked just a bit more ligbht on your face, and work on your titles, lol.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/23/2006 07:37:54 PM
nice framing and exposure
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04/23/2006 02:42:25 PM
Love the off center placement, one of the better ones in the challenge.
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04/23/2006 12:11:48 PM
I liked this shot alot. The white space on the left works very well especially with the focus of her eyes headed in that direction. Very nice.
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04/22/2006 09:33:34 AM
Simple, elegent and very natural expression. Its not easy to get such expressions in controlled studio shots. 9.
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04/21/2006 02:53:04 PM
This is a fun image, I really like this one - very simple and free. Only nit - I would have liked to have seen more of her face and pretty smile. Overall great composition - nicely done!
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04/20/2006 06:38:27 PM
I like the cleanness of this image; however, I would have liked to see both her eyes.
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04/19/2006 05:01:01 PM
too bad she's not looking at the camera, or at least in such a way taht we can see her face more.
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04/19/2006 10:52:52 AM
too much white space on the left.
04/19/2006 03:00:42 AM
nice and clean
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04/18/2006 11:23:12 PM
I like the placing of the model and the image of her but the marks on the background are a bit distracting
Nice skin tones
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04/18/2006 02:54:50 PM
Beautiful model, perfect composition and amazing lighting. 10 from me!
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04/18/2006 01:37:44 PM
Nice clean shot, very natural feel.
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04/18/2006 09:25:56 AM
Nice lighting but I would have liked to see her face more.
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04/18/2006 04:04:19 AM
Lovely.....
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04/17/2006 10:10:44 PM
sweet angles here
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04/17/2006 06:15:41 PM
really good picture! 10
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04/17/2006 01:24:28 PM
interesting composition... an 8
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04/17/2006 09:56:07 AM
The back ground colors don't seem to be very even, I can see slightly dark areas on the far left side, above her arms and behind her head. Even though she is looking away from the camera I would like to see just a little eye contact. Nice lighting and composition. 8
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04/17/2006 05:55:11 AM
different! but I like it!
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04/17/2006 05:24:45 AM
There are a few dark spots on your background which you should have cloned out (top left and left of the models face). Also I think if the model had turned her head and look more towards the camera it would have more impact since her hair is hiding most of her face. Nice sharp focus though.
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04/17/2006 03:47:04 AM
Wow...lovely relaxed portrait, great choice of clothes and really nice lighting
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04/17/2006 02:11:14 AM
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04/16/2006 10:33:22 PM
Hmmm self portrait or hubby? I'm gonna say self portrait. Only nitpick is the coloration blotch in the left edge.
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