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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait II (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Harwich Port, MA, USA
Date: Apr 15, 2006
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Apr 16, 2006

 The BG is a very large Dufy print that hangs in my studio.

Converted from RAW. Shot with tungsten ambient lighting and bounced flash fill at 60mm. Cropped tight. Minor cloning of small hot areas on eyeglass frames and a stray hair on Greg's forehead. Minor lightening of color in teeth. Vignetting applied and faded. No other spot editing used.

Contrast masking, selective color, hue/sat, USM, gothic glow faded, further tweaks in hue/sat

Resize, USM, border

Statistics
Place: 139 out of 199
Avg (all users): 5.2030
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9358
Avg (non-participants): 5.3885
Views since voting: 898
Views during voting: 379
Votes: 266
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 04/24/2006 06:57:02 AM
What a backdrop!
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 04/23/2006 10:53:59 PM
Such an underrated portrait. The "busy" aspect to this worked so well I thought.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/23/2006 06:36:48 PM
Pam and Greg don't appear to be very connected---and...what about that background? Esp with the different plaid shirts?
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 04/23/2006 03:27:57 PM
Nice composition and lighting. Remarkably rich colors.
I fear you might get hit with a few "DNMC!"s as it definitely does not look like an actual studio setup. If it is, I want that backdrop!

Only other comment would be that the post-processing seems a bit extreme.The glow effect, in my opinion, detracts from the image.
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 04/21/2006 03:19:43 PM
Nice warm image and good capture - seems to grab there personalities very well. I just have a few suggestions. 1) the combination of shirts and background is just WAY too busy, solid color background and active shirts or vice versa would have worked better. 2) a little heavy on the post processing. Fun pic though - I hope they liked it! (that's all that really counts you know) :-)
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 04/19/2006 09:30:10 PM
Like the look. The colors and tonality are great as is the composition. 8!
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 04/18/2006 10:52:51 PM
what a matching couple!
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 04/18/2006 10:46:08 PM
A fun picture with a very cool background - 8 from me!
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 04/18/2006 07:05:55 PM
This looks like an impromptu snapshot rather than a studio portrait.
It would help if the background was less busy or more blurred.
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 04/18/2006 01:46:15 PM
Nice soft shot.
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 04/18/2006 06:13:48 AM
good lighting; I would have had him turn his head a little to his right and tilted toward the lower shoulder
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 04/18/2006 03:56:26 AM
The pose, expression and color make me want to give this a higher rating. But ... there's just so little detail left in the blacks (in their hair). The tops of their heads are just globs of black on my screen... I can't tell if gaussian blur was applied (kinda looks like it) or if the contrast was just boosted too much. Anyway, I'd prefer to see hair detail rather than helmets.
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 04/17/2006 08:45:01 PM
I like this photo... The hair is a bit overdone as far as contrast is concerned; there is no detail to it.

Please forgive me for saying that it reminds me of the Griswalds in the National Lampoon movies, which made me laugh hysterically. Thank you.
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 04/17/2006 06:33:53 PM
imo, the use of softness is overplayed entirely too much. the background is busy and distracting.
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 04/17/2006 10:54:13 AM
Overly post process IMO. Makes it look unnatural. Otherwise a worthy photo.
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 04/17/2006 09:57:22 AM
the background and clothing are all a bit too busy. It takes away from your subjects.
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 04/17/2006 01:58:48 AM
His face just look all srtificial. I'm not sure what you've done but the hairline looks odd and there's almost a double exposure look abut ti
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 04/16/2006 09:16:24 PM
If there had been a plain dark background, I think this would have been much improved. I like the expressions, and the mood, which speaks of a real bond of affection between them.
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