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Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2007

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Comments: 11
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A prom picture done last month.

PP
blur layers with masks, desat

for those curious about the original, here it is.
and here's the version that I actually sold to the client

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05/17/2007 09:45:51 AM
The blur you added not only adds a dreamy feel to the photo composition but gets rid of the distracting elements in the background very effectively. Love the soft treatment and the conversion to B&W for it has this old time dreamy feel. Of long ago days spent barefoot and carefree. While I love the soft blur to the photo there is one area that it is applied that makes it a little odd. The outer outlining portions of this young woman are softened (the hair, shoulders, arms, billowing dress and feet) but the areas within the 'outline' are nice and sharp (her face, her ear, the earring, the neck, the hands, and the dress). But when you see her bodice/the torso there is a touch of softenness/blurr. It just seems odd when the inner portions are sharp that this should be so. Again, lovely composition and beautiful photo.
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05/13/2007 12:56:23 PM
I like the blur/glow you achieved with this - like the one you sold, too, with the touch of purple left in the dress. Elegant and dreamy!
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05/12/2007 05:20:40 AM
Such a pretty girl in a pretty dress in a pretty pose.

It's a pity about the background, so the B & W somewhate got rid of those, but the blurr got a bit excessive for me. And just right of her face the background seems to be too much in focus compared to the rest.

Lovely though.
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05/11/2007 02:26:39 PM
Tony!!! This is BEAUTIFUL!!! The softness enhances the look of this photo so much, and I LOVE it that she's barefooted and you can see her dainty little feet. I absolutely love this!
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05/11/2007 11:23:56 AM
Lovely soft treatment to this, beautiful photo.
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05/11/2007 11:00:56 AM
extremely beautiful. so soft. so fresh. i wish that the background right around her face was more blurred. i think it would make her pop a little bit more. but thats just a minor detail. overall i really love it :)
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05/11/2007 08:01:31 AM
Cute moment. I realize the soft focus was intentional, but maybe a bit too much? Still I think the scene itself is terrific as well as the lighting.
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05/11/2007 07:55:28 AM
You have an attractive range of light tones here. For my tastes, there's too much blur - I'd like to see the model in slightly greater focus, especially her torso and head, as a contrast to all the blur around her.
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05/11/2007 07:39:57 AM
Fantastic dreamy look you have achieved. Nicely done. I will have to try that some time.
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05/11/2007 07:09:09 AM
Looks very retro -- '50's or '60's. Nice work.
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05/11/2007 07:05:13 AM
dreamy
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