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Mary Grace
Mary Grace
jasonlprice


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Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My house
Date: Jan 7, 2007
Aperture: 8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2007

This is my youngest daughter Mary playing dress up...
Shot in my house with two 300 watt light bulbs (flood lamps from walmart) and some black fabric for a backdrop. I used a flash light (not a camera flash, but a regular old small flash light) for a seperation light. This was at night so I didn't have much light, therefore I shot at ISO 800 and ran it through Noiseware community edition.

Shot in RAW converted with cs2. To convert to B/W I used two HS adjustment layers, one for desaturation and one for filter. I did some selective USM using layers/mask/paintbrush. I also used 1 curves layer.

Statistics
Place: 68 out of 491
Avg (all users): 6.1365
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 6.0667
Avg (non-participants): 6.1889
Views since voting: 1003
Views during voting: 432
Votes: 315
Comments: 18
Favorites: 3 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/15/2007 08:09:24 PM
OMG wot a gorgeous little girl ... she looks a bit sad tho? ... love this photograph and your processing =8
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01/15/2007 02:39:57 PM
A classic beauty. Nice setup, nice image
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01/14/2007 02:40:01 PM
Beautiful...bumpng this one up.....she really looks like a princess.....
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01/14/2007 05:35:56 AM
wow! wonderful!
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01/14/2007 12:34:27 AM
a bit to centered.. but realy nice..
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01/13/2007 08:03:48 PM
Soft and detailed, excellent composition.
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01/13/2007 02:48:48 PM
She looks like a princess. Very nicely done.
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01/12/2007 03:27:11 PM
Magical. I would have liked to have seen just a TAD more DOF though. 8
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01/12/2007 01:06:00 PM
Was the princess sitting on a pea? She looks most displeased.
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01/10/2007 05:13:54 PM
the coloring is great, but the pouty expression and soft focus don't work for me.
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01/10/2007 03:55:49 PM
If the chair didnt have light on it this photo would have been perfect. Good Job. 8
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01/10/2007 01:49:33 PM
Try to dress her up in something that will make her happy. 5
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01/10/2007 01:46:00 PM
gorgeous picture - angelic
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01/10/2007 11:08:17 AM
Ok, there is a raging debte about people's voting habits at the moment, so i will attempt to give a detailed comment with my vote:


Good shot. nice composition. good lighitng fro mthe front and back. there's a costume. gausian blurrrrrrr effective here. not my favorite photo in the sense that it doesn't do it for me but as photos go (lighting skill, editing, composition etc) is good. 8
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01/10/2007 05:04:27 AM
Too cute of a shot, love the softness of the picture, and the expression on her face. Well done, nice capture.
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01/09/2007 09:35:57 PM
I know child photography is hard and can imagine how many takes you would have had to get before getting a nice shot. If as posed, had tilted her head to look directly at the camera, with that puppydog look, it would have made a pleasing shot.
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01/09/2007 08:21:18 PM
lovely softness
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01/09/2007 07:21:29 PM
Simply adorable! :-)

Nice lighting, nice b&w treatment. Pose feels a little stiff, but hey... she's still adorable.
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