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Blue Eyes
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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
Location: Missouri
Date: Aug 27, 2007
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2009

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Statistics
Place: 851 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.1033
Avg (commenters): 5.8125
Avg (participants): 5.1366
Avg (non-participants): 4.9189
Views since voting: 607
Views during voting: 639
Votes: 484
Comments: 55
Favorites: 1 (view)


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03/18/2009 07:14:26 AM
Bright, colorful, happy... coulda/shoulda scored better.

FYI, you can always add Photographers Comments - there should be a link for you at the bottom of the "Photograph Information" box that says "Edit the Details of the Image."
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03/18/2009 04:54:28 AM
I forgot to add comments when I uploaded the photo and now I can't figure out how to go back and add them....

This is a favorite of mine because this is her - bright, colorful, loud and always wearing mismatching things. Her skin and hair are very fair and can be a challenge for me, and on this day, I felt that I had finally gotten them right without being too overexposed.

Post challenge comments -

Thank you for all of the comments and suggestions! Based on some of the comments, I'm guessing my monitor is a little darker than everyone's though. :)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 05:19:45 PM
Beautiful portrait! Great colors!
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03/17/2009 12:37:42 PM
Nice bright shot. I like how the eyes are drawn out.
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03/17/2009 07:09:43 AM
:) nice
six from me ;)

brano
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03/17/2009 06:19:46 AM
Great eyes, they're such a stunning color and you captured them with great clarity.
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03/16/2009 05:56:35 PM
Lovely high key portrait. Suits her fair beauty.
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03/16/2009 09:24:41 AM
Good shot. A bit to bright but still a nice shot.
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03/16/2009 08:48:15 AM
The eyes are great in this photo, that alone scores high. But I find the chin a bit overexposed.
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03/15/2009 11:07:55 PM
maybe a little blown out nice crisp image all the same the eyes especially
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03/15/2009 10:15:28 PM
Lovely shot and colors but just looks a little washed out.
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03/15/2009 07:29:05 PM
Really nice eyes, but the photo looks a little overexposed to me.
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03/15/2009 07:15:15 PM
Nice portrait. Love the pinks with her blue eyes and hair. Good DOF and focus. 8
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03/15/2009 02:48:53 PM
Great colors, her eyes are really intense.
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03/15/2009 11:08:07 AM
might cropped this a bit tighter
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03/15/2009 10:51:39 AM
The eyes are nice but the rest of the image is way too bright and distracting.
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03/15/2009 02:37:28 AM
Could be a lovely portrait but is over exposed. Very harsh lighting also.
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03/14/2009 09:48:29 PM
Love the colour in the eyes, but the lighting is a bit to harsh.
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03/14/2009 07:22:01 PM
Great blue eyes. Shot is a bit hot overall, and IMO DOF is too short or you could lose a lot of the brown top by cropping in closer.
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03/14/2009 06:53:01 PM
She is adorable! What a beautiful portrait, this photo is so bright and alive.
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03/14/2009 04:24:49 PM
I don't think I've ever seen an over-exposed portrait work as well as this. Great stuff!
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03/14/2009 02:37:34 PM
like the blue color - it makes a great contrast to her light face
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03/14/2009 12:01:21 PM
"Look up honey!" came the call, and she looked, for that voice was the voice of love and comfort, but also of command. She looked, and saw the camera there, and had expected it, for wasn't it almost always there, clicking away, a constant intrusion in her busy little life of play and discovery? Of course it was, but she didn't mind so much. It made her mother happy, and she did like to look at herself on the screen.

She looked up, and squinted in the bright sunlight that sone down, and gave her light little smile and was frozen in an instant of time, and her mom gave her the usual thank you and smiled back, and then it was done and she turned back to her play and quickly it was forgotten by her, for her mind was young and fickle and prone to distraction and was lost to the imaginations of the next moment.

Yet her mother stood there, and checked the shot, and smiled and watched her daughter play, and felt such a rush of love for her in her chest that it was almost painful, and she cherished every little moment of time that she could capture.
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03/14/2009 11:38:04 AM
Gorgeous eyes, but the shot is a bit overexposed to me
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03/14/2009 09:00:48 AM
nice capture here, lovely blue eyes, 7
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03/14/2009 06:41:58 AM
Nice high key. Love the colors.
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03/14/2009 06:28:26 AM
interesting pop-art look to this, makes a nice contrast with that fresh young face
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03/14/2009 04:49:34 AM
sweet fave, nice portrait
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03/14/2009 01:35:14 AM
bit over EX for me,.,,,,nice framing
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03/13/2009 08:09:15 PM
Nice work on the eyes. Otherwise feels a bit over exposed to me. Or maybe just over lighted.
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03/13/2009 02:36:59 PM
I like the overexposed look of this. It isn't overexposed, but just brighter than I would expect. It works to bring out the colors in her eyes.
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03/13/2009 12:12:43 PM
Cute kid and pretty blue eyes. I find myself squinting too, but I think that's because it's a bit too overexposed/bright for me.
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03/13/2009 10:24:16 AM
Cute portrait!
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03/13/2009 06:05:48 AM
nice focus on her eyes
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03/13/2009 05:51:50 AM
Nice gem. Lovely portrait with (indeed) beautiful blue eyes.
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03/13/2009 12:07:19 AM
Blue eyes and a mischievous expression - wonderful result
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03/12/2009 06:15:28 PM
A bit more contrast maybe?
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03/12/2009 03:28:34 PM
Her blue eyes do look fantastic, wish the image were a bit less bright overall though.
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03/12/2009 12:08:21 PM
And blue they are! I think they punch more by having her against the blue background. Good focus on her face, a little over exposed but I can totally see why this would be your gem. Great shot for the challenge.
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03/12/2009 12:01:59 PM
to over exposed for me...and the hat does not add anything
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03/12/2009 08:45:10 AM
A lovely model!
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03/12/2009 08:17:51 AM
really like this, the face seems just a TAD overexposed /7
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03/12/2009 06:29:05 AM
Cute kid.
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03/12/2009 04:33:53 AM
I think her eyes would stand out even more if the background wasn't blue as well.
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03/11/2009 02:18:04 PM
What a cutie.
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03/11/2009 12:56:54 PM
Nice smile. noncoherent faint colors
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03/11/2009 10:39:33 AM
a bit too bright, and details of the skin are lost in that.
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03/11/2009 10:07:33 AM
I think that the high key thing works really well here ... showcases those baby blues really well ...
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03/11/2009 05:46:02 AM
beautiful
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03/11/2009 05:26:38 AM
Nice photo - Beautiful child. Really like the color!
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03/11/2009 04:51:32 AM
Cute!
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03/11/2009 04:44:11 AM
What a cutie! Love how the blue background matches her eye color and helps to make them "pop".
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03/11/2009 01:43:47 AM
cool capture
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03/11/2009 01:37:39 AM
Nice shot, but could have used a bit more color depth (curves). Seems a bit overexposed.
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03/10/2009 10:58:02 PM
Cute kid - stunning eyes.

The top is really distracting to me, I would have cropped more away.
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