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My Sleeping Beauty
My Sleeping Beauty
Demento_1974


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Our Living Room
Date: Jan 7, 2007
Aperture: f/2.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1.6
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 7, 2007

 An unsuspecting wife is subject to having her picture taken whilst asleep on our sofa :)

PP Steps:
-Converted from RAW using Nikon Capture 4.1
-Desaturated to B&W
-Imported into CS2
-Various Layer adjustments (Curves, Levels)
-Several USM passes at various settings
-Applied Lens blur to entire image to give it that 'dreamy' look & feel
-Cropped, resized for DPC

I'm hoping that this one scores higher than my recent submissions.

Statistics
Place: 421 out of 491
Avg (all users): 4.4075
Avg (commenters): 4.3077
Avg (participants): 4.2222
Avg (non-participants): 4.5482
Views since voting: 688
Views during voting: 393
Votes: 292
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/12/2007 05:51:05 PM
OMG. She looks like she's laying in a coffin. This is really creapy
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 01/12/2007 03:13:16 PM
Too dark, unfortunately.
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 01/12/2007 12:31:43 PM
Softness works pretty well here.
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 01/12/2007 07:12:19 AM
she looks dead .. that looks like a coffin ...
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 01/11/2007 10:40:42 AM
great shot, looks a little soft, and with a lack of contrast. this pose kindof scares me, i do not mean this bad, but she looks like she's in a coffin. that does not take away from my vote though. great job
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 01/11/2007 05:23:56 AM
her face is too dark.
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 01/11/2007 05:06:37 AM
Lose of detail due to being too dark. would have been better bringing the attention to the person with more light
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 01/10/2007 07:40:44 PM
lacks contrast, position ackward
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/10/2007 05:22:29 PM
the face is to-dark
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 01/10/2007 02:40:01 PM
I'm going to hope this was MEANT to look like it was taken from the inside of a casket. If not, be warned that this looks like a post-mortem shot--probably because the soft focus, her pillow and the background of the bed, not to mention the position of her hands, all remind me so much of a viewing of an open casket. Otherwise, this is a fine piece of work. 6 from me.
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 01/10/2007 09:10:49 AM
Would have liked better if could see some facial detail.
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 01/10/2007 02:45:12 AM
I like soft feel, but I think you needed more light on her face.
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 01/10/2007 01:21:58 AM
beautiful soft tones and like the way she's not that easy to see ...
delicate and lovely .. =8
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 01/09/2007 08:38:45 PM
your light is not great. You should be lighting the face and not the hair. It also looks like she is dead. My first thought was funeral like.
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