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Challenge: Color Portrait II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Victoria B.C
Date: Mar 14, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Mar 16, 2007

knew this is what i nwated to do from the start
it was lit with a giiiiannnt flashlight. a 15million candle power flashlight with piece of paper on front ot diffuse. it was hard i had my heavy camera in my right and and in my left i had the heavy flashlight. it was tough but i got the shot!

PP
raw convert
brightn midtones with levels
skin touchup
selective hue/sat on eyes
selective contrast on eyes
burn around eye
dodge a bit in eye
NI
sharpen
resize
strong sharpen layer,layermasked eyes painted white on mask and rest a light to mid grey to retain more detail

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 268
Avg (all users): 6.3861
Avg (commenters): 6.9375
Avg (participants): 6.2292
Avg (non-participants): 6.5283
Views since voting: 1686
Views during voting: 432
Votes: 202
Comments: 19
Favorites: 3 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/24/2007 07:01:27 PM
Beautiful eyes, the catchlight looks a bit unnatural other than that perfect. I like the tight crop BTW.
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03/24/2007 04:35:13 AM
As a thumbnail this reached out and grabbed me. The eyes here are done so well, Great work.
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03/23/2007 12:24:01 PM
Obviously contacts or editing - there's kind of a glow on the right edge of the right iris which I'm sure isn't natural. The overhead angle makes it look like a caricature - big head with a tiny body somewhere below. Very good DOF; the lighting is good except the shadow of her nose makes her face seem non-symmetric.
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03/23/2007 04:55:06 AM
Nice portrait. The lighting on the cheeks might be a little harsh, but who am I to talk :P

The eyes are also pretty.
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03/22/2007 07:28:09 PM
Great work! I vote a perfect 10!
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03/21/2007 02:51:14 AM
stunning eyes, beutiful face...nice pov 8
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03/20/2007 07:10:07 PM
Great lighting (sb + strobe perhaps?) and beautiful eyes.
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03/20/2007 04:34:40 PM
mezmorizing
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03/20/2007 12:52:00 PM
Great skin tones, nice eyes. great photo.
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03/20/2007 08:20:09 AM
I would have liked this better without the eyecolor change...apart from that nice colors and perspective
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03/20/2007 01:34:22 AM
very good angle, crop and focus. eye color is a bit overdone
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03/19/2007 11:33:49 PM
Catchlight too large??
I Know zilch but this is my opinion, please don't take offence
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03/19/2007 02:01:14 PM
very similar to the second place shot from the last color portrait, the lighting here is nicely done but the coloring of the eyes is just unnatural and kind of throws off the beautiful warm natural tones of the rest of the portrait, i think for a more icy look they could use less saturation for a colder less rich in color kind of look in them
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03/19/2007 01:58:17 PM
Her eyes look like two deep pools of water. Unfortunately, her penciled eyebrows detract.
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03/19/2007 09:07:32 AM
Very captivating eyes on this image.
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03/19/2007 04:50:52 AM
Her eyes look unreal or over processed to me.
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03/18/2007 09:11:38 PM
Great DOF - 10 - The only one I've given this contest.
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03/18/2007 08:18:39 PM
good job on the eyes and nice intensity
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03/18/2007 08:14:58 PM
Pretty eyes. I've heard it recommended that you outline the eyes with black (or a dark shade of the color of the eyes) in order to add a little "depth".
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