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Jess
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Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: Jan 8, 2007
Aperture: F/1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/4000 sec.
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 8, 2007

 This is my first challenge entry. I owed my friend Jess a portrait (I lost it as a poker bet), and she suggested I submit it.

To convert to black and white from the color original, I used The GIMP's channel mixer. I set the RGB values to 30, 59, 11 (respectively), and checked monochrome (but not preserve luminosity). Then I shrunk the image down for size, and that's it.

I realized later that with the aperture set to 1.8 (for short depth of field), in the sunlight I really needed to have set the ISO to 100, but by then my toddlers decided the photo shoot was over.

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Place: 313 out of 491
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Votes: 297
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/12/2007 07:26:26 PM
Nice composition and model, but full sun will kill you on B&W. Try shooting under the shade of a tree or umbrella or wait for a cloudy day for much softer skin tones and controllable whites.
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 01/12/2007 11:25:52 AM
Nice bokeh but a bit too much contrast and sharpening? ...
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 01/11/2007 05:05:34 PM
whites are too harsh.
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 01/11/2007 06:43:29 AM
the DOF is really nice - good bokeh - but I think the image is just a little too blown out on her face and blouse
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