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Natural Beauty
Natural Beauty
JPBergin


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Challenge: Natural Light Portrait (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: Potomac Falls, VA United States
Date: Jul 15, 2007
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2007

 This photo was taken using evening sun coming through a window and reflected back into the shadows using a light disk. I then made a few adjustments to the tone in Lightroom and a little sharpening to the eyes and mouth. Finally I added the border and exported to jpeg.

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Place: 163 out of 366
Avg (all users): 5.5198
Avg (commenters): 5.9000
Avg (participants): 5.2111
Avg (non-participants): 5.7226
Views since voting: 802
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 227
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2007 07:58:40 AM
good photo but not good enough light
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 07/23/2007 05:54:34 PM
oh, me & my teddy! what a nice image..
 07/19/2007 09:10:02 AM
He-he. The face of the teddy bear is nice and sharp. Looks like either she moved or autofocus missed the intended target. Very cute little lady. Good luck in the challenge.
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 07/19/2007 06:08:11 AM
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!
 07/18/2007 10:35:41 PM
A sweet portrait - the inclusion of the bear adds enormously to the appeal. The curtain isn't entirely in keeping with the portrait - if you can persuade your young model to cooperate in a re-shoot, how about trying it again with some net hung at the window?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2007 01:02:16 PM
This is an interesting photo, but the light hardly appears to be 'natural' light, which is the point of this particular challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2007 10:29:04 AM
Great, warm lighting. She is a beauty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2007 09:55:29 AM
Kids are the best. Nice work.
 07/18/2007 09:15:53 AM
the lighting here seems to be coming from the bottom left of the shot, I would guess from a reflector given the clarity of the catchlights (but thats a guess and i'm far from an expert). Light from this direction has caused unnatural shadows on the face (we're used to seeing shadows caused by light from above) which I think detract from an otherwise very good photo, both technically in terms of focus and composition and also it's a great shot of the little girl.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2007 07:05:26 AM
Absolutely gorgeous, she looks like a little doll, 7.
 07/17/2007 11:23:36 PM
Great lighting
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