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Challenge: Environmental Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: wythe va.
Date: May 11, 2006
Aperture: 4
ISO: 400
Shutter: auto
Galleries: Candid, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 12, 2006

 My daughter prepares for her dance class while listening to the teacher.
I used a layer of the high pass filter on the soft light blend, over sharpened, smudged the skin area, and used the selective color taking out the yellow.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 190
Avg (all users): 6.8959
Avg (commenters): 7.6207
Avg (participants): 6.8514
Avg (non-participants): 6.9184
Views since voting: 6173
Views during voting: 647
Votes: 221
Comments: 47
Favorites: 19 (view)

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 04/22/2007 09:17:02 AM
Originally posted by gaston:
well done!


Thank you
 04/21/2007 11:17:03 PM
well done!
 05/23/2006 07:07:26 PM
Thanks so much for the votes and for the views! Much appreciation !!
 05/23/2006 07:00:24 AM
Originally posted by IceRock:
there is hollow line around here .. ice


???????????
 05/23/2006 06:59:33 AM
Originally posted by birgir:
Nice protrait but did you do something strange to her breast?


Do not have a clue what you are talking about here.
 05/23/2006 06:58:35 AM
Originally posted by Jutilda:
susi - is that you?? Love the image. I think if she were looking AT you, it might have more of a sense of a true portrait, and less of a candid, although I do like it very much. Again, perfect post editing. Good luck.


I took several and preferred the shots where she is looking out waiting to dance as it relays the story more than looking at the camera would
 05/23/2006 06:55:29 AM
Originally posted by Larus:
Not really digging the "draganizer" effect you put on this shot or whatever you did in post processing. Other than that, pretty good and well lit, I would however have preferred it if the DOF was shorter in order to isolate her more frmo the busy bacrkound. 6 from me.


No draganizer used here.
 05/22/2006 01:03:57 PM
Really glad to see my favorite of the challenge in top twenty. Congrats.
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 05/22/2006 06:19:47 AM
Wonderful, susi! Congrats on your top tweny finish and PB!
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 05/21/2006 09:39:42 PM
great job, susi. :) really love this shot.
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 05/21/2006 09:31:50 PM
beautiful
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 05/21/2006 08:50:18 PM
You rock Susi. This is very very good. Love everything about it. I wanna get your tutorial video. Can I trade it in with one of my photos....your choice.:)
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 05/21/2006 08:13:10 PM
wonderful shot!! i love it! congrast on your top 20 finish!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/21/2006 06:23:53 PM
One of my favorite images from the challenge. But some of the shadows/hightlights look overprocessed. Its just the hair, it looks odd.
One my Top5 faves from the challenge.
 05/21/2006 07:55:37 AM
I love this. You've given it a dreamlike quality in editing. I love the model's pose and her surroundings, the black hat and the posterboard of models in the bg really complete this portrait, only wish you could've cropped out the plant at the top left without compromising the rest of the fine image. 9
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 05/21/2006 06:31:18 AM
Nice protrait but did you do something strange to her breast?
 05/20/2006 09:09:27 PM
I like the comp and the capture. It could use a bit more contrast IMO.
 05/19/2006 08:18:37 PM
Well done! This is almost Norman Rockwell like. I like it.
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 05/19/2006 09:24:34 AM
I really like the tones of this photo..I'd love to know what you did in post processing! I really like that you captured the hands being busy, but I'd love it even more if she was looking at the camera..or perhaps even at her feet. Good lighting on this shot.
 05/18/2006 03:31:13 AM
Not really digging the "draganizer" effect you put on this shot or whatever you did in post processing. Other than that, pretty good and well lit, I would however have preferred it if the DOF was shorter in order to isolate her more frmo the busy bacrkound. 6 from me.
 05/18/2006 12:24:52 AM
Very nice capture. I like the poster feel. Expressions are very natural.8.
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 05/17/2006 07:15:37 PM
I really like the feel of this shot.... the pp is interesting and creates well defined/interesting lines
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 05/17/2006 06:16:33 PM
This is a nice shot that clearly tells me something about what the subject does. Even thought she's not looking at the camera, it's still and effective portrait. Well done.
 05/17/2006 02:38:47 PM
there's an odd painty look to this that I think I recognize, but I can't place your nick in my brain.... hmmmm.

oh, so sweet, 10. wonderful use of this processing.
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 05/17/2006 09:59:02 AM
Very lovely shot.
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 05/17/2006 02:39:40 AM
Very nice, I like this. Meets the challenge well, IMO
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 05/16/2006 03:53:40 PM
Unique and interesting lighting. It looks a little like a painting.
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 05/16/2006 02:22:42 PM
have you looked at this as a B&W? might make a nice one with the monotone prevalance in it.
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 05/16/2006 11:16:25 AM
Nice work. I could see even from the thumbnails that you captured the intent of the challenge. The subject is clearly in her environment. Nice lighting too.
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 05/16/2006 10:36:42 AM
I love the pose here. it's very natural to here, but unique as well. it's something she would be doing even if you weren't watching but works perfectly to show a dancer in her enviornment. very nice.
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 05/16/2006 07:58:39 AM
Well done with the concept. Overexposed to my taste. 6
 05/16/2006 07:25:10 AM
nice job 'painting' this, i like the effect 8
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 05/16/2006 06:49:06 AM
Susi this is beautiful!
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 05/16/2006 03:09:31 AM
I like this shot a lot. Beautiful! Great composition, wonderful colors. I hope it does well!
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 05/16/2006 02:48:23 AM
the colour is a bit of for me, like in her face and hair.. nice idea tho!
 05/15/2006 09:31:01 PM
Interesting post processing!
 05/15/2006 04:52:42 PM
Great processing and sense of moment. The perspective works very well.
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 05/15/2006 12:07:05 PM
Nicely set up. This is one of those pictures that keeps you looking, building stories about what's just outside the frame to capture her attention.
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 05/15/2006 09:16:32 AM
looks like a painting, nice effect
 05/15/2006 09:08:18 AM
Like this alot. Very Normal Rockwell'ish! This is my top pick of all pic's in the challenge to win the blue (other than my own of course! :)

Good luck!
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 05/15/2006 07:27:49 AM
Interesting processing - it has a painterly feel to it. The outline of the figure is especially clear.
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 05/15/2006 04:47:23 AM
Super image - I love the details in this shot - the ballet shoes, the leggings, the hair. It looks almost like a painting in the thumbnail.
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 05/15/2006 04:25:26 AM
there is hollow line around here .. ice
 05/15/2006 03:36:29 AM
This is a great study.....good shot.....
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 05/15/2006 01:35:15 AM
very good...good luck
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 05/14/2006 11:01:45 PM
Great shot in every way. Sharp, not overdone in any way and right to the point. 10 from me!
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 05/14/2006 08:35:05 PM
susi - is that you?? Love the image. I think if she were looking AT you, it might have more of a sense of a true portrait, and less of a candid, although I do like it very much. Again, perfect post editing. Good luck.


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