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Her Glow
Her Glow
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Long Exposure II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: My studio in Huntington Beach, California
Date: Nov 4, 2006
Aperture: F11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 secs
Galleries: Abstract, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2006

 Shot in RAW format with a 30 sec exposure and a 12 sec timer delay. The delay was so I would have time to turn on my small MagLite so I could see where I was going, run behind the model, position the MagLite at starting point above the hat, and finally cover the light with my hand.

When the shutter opened, I removed my hand from the front of the light and began tracing her silhouette. I tried shorter exposures, but didn't have enough time to trace her outline, including the openings created by her hands on her hips.

We finally got one that looked good on the 12th take. We both wore black to minimize exposure of anything distracting.


Post-processing steps:

In RAW:
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o Adjusted color temperature
o Convert RAW to 16-bit TIFF

In Photoshop Elements:
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o Crop
o Create levels adjustment layer
- Red Levels: 0/1.00/182
- Green Levels: 180/1.00/255
o Create Hue/Saturation adjustment layer
- Reds Saturation: +83
o Flatten image
o Cloned to clean up background
o Cloned to remove a couple of "minor imperfections" (as per rules)
o Duplicate layer and dodged side of face area to bring out more detail
o Resize image (compensating for upcoming border)
o Added border, which brought size up to legal maximum
o Save for web (size priority)

Statistics
Place: 100 out of 239
Avg (all users): 5.5988
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.4024
Avg (non-participants): 5.7778
Views since voting: 1358
Views during voting: 401
Votes: 172
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 08/05/2007 08:06:54 AM
This definitely a cool technique. I'm left wondering, though, how I could use it to create a deeper reaction than "that's cool!"
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2006 02:34:20 PM
This is very cool, though for the purposes of the Challenge perhaps you should have given more details in the face. That may have given you a higher score as voters wouldn't have assumed it was just a neon light. ;>þ
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/20/2006 07:31:18 PM
Wow - thanks for the explanation. I just assumed it was a neon sign. very cool idea and very well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/12/2006 02:43:34 PM
cool - looks like a neon sign!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2006 05:51:13 AM
This is amazing. Great idea.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2006 06:18:34 PM
wow. how did you do that?? 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/09/2006 02:52:20 PM
All on scale of 0-2
Focus: 1
Lighting: 1
Composition: 1
Creativity: 2
Wow Factor: 1

Total: 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/08/2006 11:35:38 AM
Great artistic vision, and well executed. I don't know how well it will fair among the other voters, but you certainly have my vote. Well done. GL.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 04:15:24 PM
border works to compliment the red outline of the figure.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 01:35:43 AM
Wow, cool effect!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 07:12:11 PM
very funky and cool! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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