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The fool
The fool
kimberlyMai


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Challenge: Magic & Mystery II (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My basement
Date: Feb 1, 2012
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Feb 2, 2012

I had two strobes, one pointed on the ground, and the other one with a red gel pointed on my blue background. I sharpened myself a little to stand out, saturate the red background and put contrast on my clothes. I used myself once again as the model, hoping not to be too bad at it :)

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 55
Avg (all users): 5.5034
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4857
Avg (non-participants): 5.5088
Views since voting: 346
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 149
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0


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02/15/2012 04:14:26 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

For some reason this image brings Cher's song, 'Dark Lady' to mind. But then, I have a weird mind :-)

I don't have problems with the three candles vs you in terms of balance, and I like the crop and the comp. The tarot card seems to do a handy job of helping add balance imho. Facial expression and body language is fine and I have no lighting issues. But what really seems freaky to me is the positioning of your arms - I'm having trouble discerning which is which! It looks like the left one is by your face and the right one is holding the card.

So it may have been that, and the way you're leaning more into frame than being encompassed by it, that turned voters off. And it's not edited up the wazoo, which does seem to be expected for Expert...more the pity :-/

Still, you seem to be enjoying yourself with entering challenges, so why stop? Just keep on having fun and let the cards err, votes fall as they may.

Feel free to PM me,

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/09/2012 03:24:07 PM
7 for good composition and performance by model
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02/09/2012 12:42:12 AM
yep9
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02/03/2012 05:52:41 AM
Odd image. The candles don't quite balance the left-heavy image
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