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Challenge: Hair (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Federal Way, WA (Seattle)
Date: Apr 14, 2007
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/13th sec
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 17, 2007

Well, this wasn't even close to what I had planned - so I'll have to save that for another challenge.

Thanks to my two models (Tassi & Lindsey) for putting up with being "locked" together for so long! Also thanks to my daughter for figuring out how to braid two models together!

I like the way that this turned out. More of an Advanced edit than an Expert one for this challenge...

pp:
convert from RAW (into 3 different brightness shots)
merge in CS2
curves
levels
channels
cloned out the straps on their tank tops
resized
usm on their hair only
small amount of surface blur
add border
sfw

Hope it does okay :O)

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 170
Avg (all users): 6.5845
Avg (commenters): 7.1852
Avg (participants): 6.0513
Avg (non-participants): 6.7752
Views since voting: 1806
Views during voting: 716
Votes: 296
Comments: 34
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2007 03:07:56 PM
I love the idea, sharp. However I would like to have seen the picture without the stand of hair sticking out from the bottom. Great picture though.
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04/24/2007 11:22:08 AM
Wonderful! 10
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04/24/2007 07:28:04 AM
I love the sharp colors in the photograph, as well as the overall idea behind it.
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04/24/2007 12:40:27 AM
wow and wow .... love this image ... great imaginative approach .. love the hair coming out'v the shot onto the border ... love your title .... =9
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04/23/2007 06:14:51 PM
wow this is a cool idea. it turned out really neat. i'm picturing what it would look like if maybe the daughter or the mom had brown hair. it wouldnt fit the title as well but that would look interesting. really nice job!
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04/23/2007 11:26:23 AM
Good concept and well done
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04/23/2007 10:51:45 AM
Fits the theme well -- hair is clearly the focus. Cleverly realized and beautifully photographed. My only complaint is that the hair that spills into the white frame seems choppy -- I'd rather see the idea abandoned that see it poorly done.
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04/23/2007 09:05:36 AM
cool idea. Nice composition and lighting. There are some processing flaws, especially the way hair goes over the border, it is obvious that hair in fact did not end there but was "cut off" in photoshop. And the hair at the foreground apparently was slightly out of focus and oversharpened later, which also shows. Should've used smaller aperture to increase depth of focus.
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04/23/2007 06:10:13 AM
i like the idea!the contrast and coloring are really good too!
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04/23/2007 01:03:26 AM
Good imagination...
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04/22/2007 08:37:17 PM
What a great idea for an image.
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04/22/2007 05:05:52 PM
I Would have prefered it without the frame at the buttom so the hair would look more natural. 5
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04/22/2007 11:40:18 AM
ChaChing! This is one of the most creative and well executed image I have seen so far! Terrific job!
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04/21/2007 07:35:55 PM
Great idea. Very creative. Not sure I like the out of bounds look at the bottom though.
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04/21/2007 06:27:29 AM
the hair looks a bit oversharpened, and the skin a bit too softened.. even though it was expert editing, i think you should have stayed with a bit less of it. on the other hand, it's a great idea for such a challenge, and a great capture. i do like how the tail end of the braid falls below the frame, but it is a bit jagged looking where you cut out the background.
in the end, it was a nice try, and you still get a 6 from me :)
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04/19/2007 11:58:45 PM
7
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04/19/2007 11:02:22 PM
Hair is very difficult to mask and it shows down at the bottom. Otherwise I really like this.
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04/19/2007 03:58:14 PM
Thats awesome how did you do that
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04/19/2007 04:45:50 AM
Nice. I like the idea and the focus put on the hair
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04/19/2007 04:06:19 AM
interesting idea
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04/18/2007 06:19:04 PM
I like how the lock lapses out of the frame..this is good and creative..8
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04/18/2007 02:47:59 PM
Cool idea - I like how the hair overlaps the border. Very neat image.
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04/18/2007 01:43:49 PM
Very creative!
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04/18/2007 11:30:16 AM
Awww, this is geniusly creative. I love it!
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04/18/2007 09:35:18 AM
Frame doesn't do much for me but I love the image.
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04/18/2007 09:01:54 AM
I don't like the hair coming out over the border, it has been cropped too jagged. But I do love the photo.
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04/18/2007 08:27:53 AM
great! a shot thats actually focused on the hair, im liking it, but i wish you would of taken more time on the editing of the hair coming out of the frame, its super choppy and is taking away from the image.
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04/18/2007 08:12:42 AM
I don't particularly care for the border (although it is need how you have the hair haning out!) and the lighting could probably be a little better.... but this is a cool, unique shot! I love the braid!
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04/18/2007 07:23:05 AM
Great shot. I love the way the hair extends over the border. Good job.
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04/18/2007 05:42:14 AM
Very nice idea! a crisp and clean shot! The frame is working well!
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04/18/2007 03:52:12 AM
Great Photo
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04/17/2007 09:49:11 PM
lovely lighting, nice framing...crisp image...nice
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04/17/2007 08:57:21 PM
nice idea, like the coming out of the frame too, just not the effect there
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04/17/2007 08:50:39 PM
great capture and good idea
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