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Challenge: Free Study 2007-12 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Westminster MA
Date: Dec 30, 2007
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Dec 30, 2007

 She's only eight years old. Talk about having old eyes, huh?
Acrylics painted on her face for fun - whole lotta attitude to boot.

RAW
Crop
B&W
Levels
Burn the painted patterns a bit
dodged the irises a hair to bring them to where they should
size for web
sharpen
save for web

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After challenge:
This was worth every minute of the challenge for the look of pride and worth on her face everytime she came over and saw her face on my computer screen. Shes been struggling with some bodyimage things brought on by the kids at school (and shes EIGHT! OMG! I want to strangle the parents putting that crap in their kids heads!) because she is very tiny and very thin due to a medical condition that keeps her from putting on weight without a struggle. This little project seemed to help her immensely in feeling that she was beautiful - and so were her freckles, her knobby knees and her bones that show.


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Place: 254 out of 429
Avg (all users): 5.4012
Avg (commenters): 5.2500
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Votes: 167
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 06/09/2008 08:58:36 PM
Real beauty, real humanity, real people. The eyes. This must be a really fine photo because the face painting/ersatz tattoos take nothing away, and if they add something I am not aware of it - rather a mystery and a triumph.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2008 09:46:48 AM
The black areas have 'issues' - enough that distract me from the subject.
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 01/06/2008 08:55:21 AM
Nice face decoration here. Good focus. I wonder if you would give one more light from left, not much but little... hmmm. Nice photo overall though :)
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 01/03/2008 04:31:57 AM
Nice lighting.
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 01/02/2008 02:22:27 AM
Nicely framed by the hair. The eyes are sharp but the mouth is a bit soft. Overall I think the exposure could have been reduced slightly.
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