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Angel of Light
Angel of Light
Wishingdove


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Light on White IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Kodak C713
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Date: Feb 24, 2009
Aperture: Auto
ISO: +2.0
Shutter: Auto
Galleries: Studio, Children
Date Uploaded: Mar 1, 2009

 Was my first "challange". Lighting, basic lights at home. Editing steps, lightened picture..."soft touch" on camera setting. That is about it, please understand this is my first submission of any of my photographs. This is a very new experience for me. Please critique!


I know there was a comment regarding the softness of the photograph. But, that is what I really wanted to achieve. To me, an angel is delicate and soft...I was pleased with the end result as this was really my first "photograph" submitted.

Statistics
Place: 141 out of 178
Avg (all users): 4.7803
Avg (commenters): 3.3333
Avg (participants): 4.3968
Avg (non-participants): 5.1304
Views since voting: 726
Views during voting: 244
Votes: 132
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 03/10/2009 06:29:32 PM
This has an interesting vintage softness to it, resembling film work actually. This is lovely and I think it is a great start for a unique personal style.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/10/2009 10:27:59 AM
To start with, welcome to DPC. Thought I would leave a comment after I saw that you didn't receive very many comments during the challenge. Although you didn't get very many, the ones you did get gave you a ton of information (although, a little cryptic maybe).

First, I love your subject and the look on her face. This is a wonderful capture. However, your image does have a red tint to it that is easily fixed using post processing. Since I don't know which software you are using, it is very difficult to suggest the easiest way to correct this but it can be done with Hue/Saturation or with Curves. The soft touch filter you applied to this image probably hurt your score more than the white issue. The DPC crowd really likes the eyes to be sharp especially with an image like yours where the eyes really engage the viewer. Third, almost every image looses sharpness when it is downsized to 640 pixels. This made your Soft Filter even softer.

You really did a great job for your first challenge. I would be happy to help with more detailed processing steps if you would like to PM me.

Tim
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/08/2009 10:51:39 AM
The only way that I realized that the girl had wings is because of the title. The wings are lost in a fog that seems to dominate the image. Unless you were going for an "angel in the clouds" theme I don't see it working with this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/06/2009 06:25:19 AM
I would have made this sharper and less off white The shoot is about white it just is lacking i think
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/02/2009 09:46:10 PM
focus is a bit to soft I think.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/02/2009 08:25:24 AM
Too saturated.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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