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Challenge: Self Portrait IV (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: HP PhotoSmart R707
Location: Saratoga Wyoming
Date: May 14, 2006
Galleries: Emotive, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2006

 A styalized picture of me, the last picture my camera took before it fell face first in the creek and the only setup for a self portrait i took. Since i had so much time to edit it, I may have gone overboard, but it kept me sane until my camera dried out. This is a very tight crop of a much larger image so some of the detail was lost.

Neat imaged, rotated and croped, got rid of an odd reflection on the eyelid amd cloned out some dead pixels, auto adjusted levels, adjusted the hue and saturation, another trip through neat image, usm and a softglow and another usm, burned, adjusted colors again and changed the hue of the water.

Statistics
Place: 163 out of 236
Avg (all users): 5.5421
Avg (commenters): 5.2432
Avg (participants): 5.2174
Avg (non-participants): 5.8239
Views since voting: 906
Views during voting: 537
Votes: 297
Comments: 40
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 05/26/2006 08:24:00 AM
I was wondering if that was you...great shot!!!
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 05/25/2006 09:09:53 PM
Neatimage is the killer on this one. I feel behind the plastic (feel) there is a beautiful face and amazing capture. I would love to see this picture without neatimage (or atleast not over-NeatImage), some more saturation and soft-diffused glow which will give it "fantasy" feel. I'm glad there still are members which like to try "different" styles. Thanks for being one of them though this perticular style of PP does not work for me. Goodluck for future submissions.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2006 06:44:21 PM
this is really cool, i like the plastic feel
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 05/25/2006 05:56:15 PM
Looks like super duper too much Neat Image.
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 05/25/2006 05:17:34 PM
Simply great :o)Is it an long exposure one !?! hm...
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 05/25/2006 04:25:23 PM
While tis is a playful attempt, I think it got a tad overdone in NI.
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 05/25/2006 02:43:31 PM
Whoa! Neat Image! Frankly you're far too pretty to need all that blur.
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 05/25/2006 01:43:13 PM
No, too much neatimage! You probably wanted this effect but I don't think it works. Sorry!
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 05/24/2006 07:28:08 PM
Too much neat image or blur for my taste.
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 05/23/2006 09:49:25 PM
8
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 05/23/2006 07:06:33 PM
little overdone on the Neat Image here...
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 05/23/2006 03:33:54 PM
Totally and utterly captivating. 10
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 05/23/2006 05:11:03 AM
thats alot of neat image?
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 05/23/2006 03:36:51 AM
Nice shot, good technique.
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 05/22/2006 02:29:26 PM
this is neat image overkill on what looks like an otherwise unique and well thought out picture.
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 05/22/2006 01:08:31 PM
Beautiful shot -
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 05/22/2006 09:05:38 AM
super soft, but works here
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 05/22/2006 02:02:27 AM
great picture, but perhaps a bit too much neat image !
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 05/21/2006 03:07:05 PM
The Neat Image is way out of control here.
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 05/21/2006 12:45:04 PM
Nice composition, but way too NI'ed for me.
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 05/20/2006 08:38:02 PM
A little overuse of something like neat image ... and it seems slightly oversharpened .. is an interesting concept for a self portraint ... as well as a good composition.
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 05/20/2006 06:00:26 PM
Wow. It's like neatimage exploded all over the place here. I do like your expression though. And points for the courage to lay down away from your camera while it's near water.
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 05/20/2006 02:10:25 PM
great effect here... a bit out of focus though...
(beauty model :) )
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 05/20/2006 08:53:08 AM
a little too 'smoothed' over
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 05/20/2006 07:35:16 AM
This is my favorite image in the competition. The mood set and the composition give the image a sense of mystery.
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 05/20/2006 07:05:44 AM
I really like this image. I'm sure some people won't appreciate the neat image-esque nature of this shot, but I do! Nice job!
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 05/19/2006 03:40:21 PM
perfect example of neat image going too far..otherwise love the pose
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 05/19/2006 11:43:33 AM
selective desat, nice. it's hard to tell what she's doing unless you read the title, without it, it looks like she's looking at her reflection.
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 05/19/2006 08:13:55 AM
nice effects. neat image 9
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 05/19/2006 07:23:46 AM
Oh my. What happened to the texture? A little overboard on the noise reduction!
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 05/19/2006 06:38:21 AM
its beautiful, but then I'm having trouble with whats happening around your mouth with the light
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 05/19/2006 06:33:35 AM
nice pix, blacks and whites good enough, the softness on your face doesn't bother me, actually I like it. Good lighting, nice comp, nice movement.
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 05/19/2006 06:33:27 AM
it's just too over processed for me (Neat Image???)...I wish you were looking at the camera becaus eyour face looks stunning
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 05/19/2006 06:25:44 AM
to much of something i dont know what is.. blurr or some softening thing.. do not like the prosessing.. the shot it self is nice tho..
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 05/19/2006 05:20:14 AM
NeatImage overload!
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 05/19/2006 02:59:02 AM
Oh, easy on the neat image. If non was used I apologize but I can't see what else could have removed so much detail from her hairr and face. Would love to see the original, this looks like it could be very nice.
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 05/18/2006 09:46:53 PM
Interesting idea and perspective. I like the muted colors and composition. The shot does look a little over processed, which I'm not a huge fan of, but this type of processing could really work well in some situations.
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 05/18/2006 08:52:32 PM
no detail at all lfet here - looks like Neat Image was used to excess
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 05/18/2006 08:36:38 PM
It looks like you used a little too much Neat image... the image is very very soft.
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 05/18/2006 08:04:02 PM
too much neat image, but I guess you intended that.
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