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Blue on a cloudy day.
Blue on a cloudy day.
sjhuls


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fill Flash II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: My home
Date: Oct 5, 2010
Aperture: 10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2010

 What a perfect week for a fill flash , it has been overcast all week. I had my daughter go up on the playground equipment so that I could take a picture from below looking up and use the cloudy sky as a backdrop. I used a few layering techniques in Photoshop to really make the colors pop.

So some things I think I would have done differently now that the challenge is over is: I would have tried to get rid of the halo's, but I don't know how that is possible without cloning, maybe i will try burning them. I don't necessarily agree that it is over processed, I think its a matter of what you like. And I like the way the processing made the blue on her shirt pop. Especially the way I titled it. also the daisy was a little hard to see before I applied the filter. I agree with the softness in her face, and I was glad for the comment about focusing on her eyes, I really try to pay more attention on where my focus is, before I just focused on the face and thought that was good enough. Now I know to get a really good portrait eyes are the key.

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 64
Avg (all users): 5.4483
Avg (commenters): 6.4286
Avg (participants): 4.9118
Avg (non-participants): 5.6126
Views since voting: 820
Views during voting: 395
Votes: 145
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 10/21/2010 09:42:47 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club :-)

What a lovely young lady. The angle and composition is excellent. It meets the challenge requirements well, the lighting is great. I think you nailed the main reason why the image didn't score higher, soft focus is OK in a portrait but the eyes are the key. They need to be sharp imo to draw you into the face. I have mixed feelings on the processing. I like it, yet I think you could had backed off just a little. The over all tones/colors would had worked better for me. It does have a artsy feel to it.
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 10/20/2010 11:36:27 AM
Very pretty eyes that young lady has!
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 10/19/2010 05:04:05 PM
You've covered what my comments would have been with your post-entry analysis. I'd probably bring the blue out of her eyes a bit more, or really the brightness of the blues (the color is already there). And reducing the halo around her hair as well as the wood railing would be good.

Such a beautiful girl with fantastic eyes anyway though, it's fairly easy to make her look good.
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 10/19/2010 02:18:00 PM
Oh my. You have a real model on your hands!
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 10/19/2010 12:19:09 PM
Can't add much to the other comments, but you did a good job with the blue color!
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 10/19/2010 12:18:04 PM
beautiful lighting on this one, I love the soft shadows around her face. Lovely!
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 10/19/2010 06:25:05 AM
Beautiful colors..beautiful girl!
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 10/19/2010 06:04:21 AM
She has some amazing eyes!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/17/2010 05:40:30 AM
lovely young lady
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 10/16/2010 09:00:30 PM
very nice capture and composition.
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 10/15/2010 05:44:50 PM
Tho a little soft, still a eautiful image and model
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 10/15/2010 08:43:00 AM
This one works well for me.
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 10/15/2010 05:31:47 AM
too bad the focus is not on her eyes, but I love the colors, composition and her expression!
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 10/13/2010 03:32:06 PM
Nice picture
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 10/13/2010 03:34:38 AM
Another "processing that's gone to far" in my book - not voting
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 10/11/2010 06:04:06 AM
A cute photo, and nice use of the flash to start balancing the exposure, but this has just a bit too much of an over-processed feeling to me (especially the halo effect at the edge of the wood and around her head.
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 10/11/2010 12:57:13 AM
Meets Challenge 8 Impact 6 Technicals 5 Processing 5 Creativity 5 Total (weighted) 6
Like the picture unfortunately the focus is a little soft.
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