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Challenge: Natural Light Portrait (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix A607
Location: Dallas, TX
Date: Jul 11, 2007
Aperture: f 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/210 sec.
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2007

 ok here this goes... I guess I just liked the s-curve shadow that goes to the bottom of the neck to the top of the breast. for some reason i found that really beautiful and want to emphasize it by having eveything else out of focus. My focus intent was to show off theshadow and inear quality that the picture has. I thought I did an ok job with pointing the eye towards that. But now I see that the breasts even though they are out of focus is the first thing that the eye sees. Which is why I put photographs up here in the first place. And I wish now that I had a clever pro-feminist reason why but i just really like that shadow and those lines.

Statistics
Place: 196 out of 366
Avg (all users): 5.3470
Avg (commenters): 6.0714
Avg (participants): 5.1667
Avg (non-participants): 5.4593
Views since voting: 1316
Views during voting: 706
Votes: 219
Comments: 20
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 08/01/2007 05:51:31 PM
Originally posted by lantaga:
I am amazed at the comments about this photo being sexiest. I showed this to my wife, and she agreed with me. The emphases of the photo is not body or the face, but the lines and curves. The womans body and face were there to provide the curves to the lines. If I was shooting this photo, my first instinct (and would not have been anywhere near as interesting as this photo) would be to have a deep DOF so it would be all in focus.

One of the reasons I view the photos in DPC is to learn from others. This was a great lesson in creativity.


I agree totally

Jack
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 08/01/2007 04:49:34 AM
I am amazed at the comments about this photo being sexiest. I showed this to my wife, and she agreed with me. The emphases of the photo is not body or the face, but the lines and curves. The womans body and face were there to provide the curves to the lines. If I was shooting this photo, my first instinct (and would not have been anywhere near as interesting as this photo) would be to have a deep DOF so it would be all in focus.

One of the reasons I view the photos in DPC is to learn from others. This was a great lesson in creativity.
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 07/25/2007 03:48:40 AM
very nice indeed. the colours, tones, composition, DOF, all very effective, and affective too.
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 07/24/2007 09:23:48 PM
I always wonder with a shot like this if the DoF and focus were conscious decisions or if the photographer is just clueless. You should add some notes explaining what your thoughts were. Focus on the boobs to make some sort of statement about women being viewed as sex objects? Simple tits shot hoping for a good score? Some other reason? I would love to know.
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 07/24/2007 08:35:38 PM
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
Like how the only thing really in focus is her tits! Actually if it wasn't for your crappy DOF, I would have voted this quite high. But, it's clear what you consider the important part of this person to be.


is it not possible to offer criticism without being so damned rude?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2007 05:06:38 AM
Beautiful,
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 07/24/2007 01:13:58 AM
and curves...
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 07/23/2007 02:46:03 PM
Nice playing with light, but I think the focus should be more on the face to make it a true portrait
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 07/22/2007 05:15:05 PM
interesting portrait and lighting
7
Jack
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 07/22/2007 09:09:08 AM
Very creative......7
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 07/22/2007 05:36:05 AM
great nude, i like the focus point to be just in the middle of her breasts and her face, the two parts of the body, that usually grab a man's attention ;)an 8
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 07/21/2007 11:36:25 AM
very moody, nice dynamic light... 7
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 07/20/2007 06:16:33 PM
nice artist attempt but, misses for me
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 07/19/2007 06:53:44 PM
i really like the blur on this and um....well.....honestly speaking the ample bosom does not hurt either, sorry its the guy in me but i do like this shot on it own merits...very moody /9
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 07/19/2007 09:19:56 AM
stunning!10
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 07/18/2007 01:57:00 PM
imo i woule like it better if wasn't so blured out
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 07/18/2007 09:57:31 AM
When I think of a portrait I think of a picture that portrays some aspect of a person's character. Her face is obscure and the stripes from the louvres are the main focus here. Somewhat creative but not quite portrait to me.
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 07/18/2007 07:16:31 AM
Like how the only thing really in focus is her tits! Actually if it wasn't for your crappy DOF, I would have voted this quite high. But, it's clear what you consider the important part of this person to be.
 07/17/2007 10:55:22 PM
I love the use of light in this one!
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 07/17/2007 09:08:12 PM
nice shot but not really a portrait with the focus on the tit


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