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10/08/2004 08:42:52 AM |
| Well, you did good! Beautiful portrait. |
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10/08/2004 03:20:43 AM |
One of my personal top three for this challenge.
Tones are good but what sets this apart from other portraitures in my opinion is how the DOF is set such that your model's entire face and only the face is highlighted. Outstanding work. |
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10/07/2004 11:26:15 PM |
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10/07/2004 08:57:25 PM |
| The more I study this portrait, the more I like it. The skin tones are beautiful and the image has depth and warmth. Beautiful use of selective desat as well. Fabulous! |
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10/07/2004 01:48:36 PM |
| Very effective capture. Her expression is lovely and spontaneous. The photo may be a bit light; some darkening of the tone may have a bit more impact, but well done. I'm sure she's pleased with this. |
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10/07/2004 11:59:08 AM |
| Beautiful! Love the composition, focus etc. Not dure about the partial desat. Probably helps make you look longer at the image as it is so subtle. 9 |
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10/07/2004 07:18:53 AM |
| excellent portrait shot. the eyes grab you, the line of her face against her hair holds you. the hint of a strong jaw adds character to a powerful image. as much as i love this shot, if it doesn't top 10, i'll be willing to bet it is because of the earrings and necklace. |
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10/06/2004 11:55:31 PM |
| Not an expert but I like the softness and desaturation of this photo. The blue eyes standout. Very nice work. 7 |
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10/06/2004 09:30:41 PM |
| I do notice that the only color saturated part is her eyes, lovely tone color. Great portrait, looks natural. |
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10/06/2004 08:54:32 PM |
| Good portrait, I like the softness and tones a lot 9 |
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10/06/2004 04:14:21 PM |
| The cropping is a bit too harsh to me. I would've either desaturate it completely, or make her eyes more blue. They look a bit too gray to me (and she probably has beautiful blue eyes). |
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10/06/2004 03:33:16 PM |
Beautiful composition here.
What strikes me most about this is the eyes. They are perfectly placed in the composition and keep drawing my own eyes to them. Nice tonality.
Bumping up a notch. Well Done! ((9))
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10/06/2004 04:49:10 AM |
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10/05/2004 10:40:05 AM |
| Excellent composition, exposure. The hint of color is very enchanting. |
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10/05/2004 12:24:36 AM |
| Subtle colors, beautiful girl. Should do very well |
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10/04/2004 08:41:06 PM |
| Excellent details where they count especially around the eyes which is the main focal point for me. And it looks like you did a selective desat and even desaturated the eyes a bit. Very subtle yet very effective. Amazing details of her hair, as well. Contrast is a bit low but I really like the overall feel of this photo. Very warm although I wish she was smiling or at least not so sad or serious. 8 |
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10/04/2004 07:48:03 PM |
| Attractive subject, great lighting and focus for a potrait. The model's skin looks a bit spotty, so perhaps extending the soft focus to include more of her face, tweaking the lighting a bit, or perhaps finding an appropriate filter while taking the photo would serve to smooth her skin even more. |
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10/04/2004 06:34:47 PM |
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10/04/2004 05:07:40 PM |
| Is there a slight blue tint in the eyes? Excellent portrait. |
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10/04/2004 04:22:56 PM |
Where have I seen her before..... Think! Think!....
Don't know... Good photo, but I'm not crazy about the Desaturation (just my opinion) |
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10/04/2004 02:10:06 PM |
| I really like this, such a subtle and flattering shot! The softness of it is great, but you've left the eyes nice and sharp! Well done! 9 |
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10/04/2004 11:52:18 AM |
| Nice one Ben! Have you shown this to her yet? She'll probably hate you for it, but never mind! Such is art! |
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10/04/2004 11:15:40 AM |
| Wonderful portrait, beautiful model. Nice job. 8 |
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10/03/2004 04:53:36 PM |
| She's a beautiful model, and I love the earring, but the necklace is distracting. I love the crispness of her blue eyes, and her freckles, too, but there is a "pinkness" to her hair and lips that I can't tell if it's my eyes or your intentions...I don't know if it's working or not, honestly... but overall it's... lovely! Thank you! |
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10/03/2004 03:42:41 PM |
| Beautiful portrait and model. Perfect clarity on the eyes. Works well in this duotone.8 |
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10/03/2004 08:52:03 AM |
| Colors are real good... specially of eyes and lips. |
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10/03/2004 08:25:07 AM |
| This is an excellent portrait. But I think it might have a tough time against some of the other entries in the challenge. |
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10/03/2004 07:40:36 AM |
black and white with blue eyes? A shame as this would work very well as a normal photo in B&W.
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10/03/2004 06:43:37 AM |
| Nice portrait, the earrings are wonderul and are the icing on the cake for me. You've captured her complexion really well... no-one can have a complexion that flawless, so you've done an amazing job of flattering her skin tone while keeping plenty of detail. The lighting is nice and smooth everywhere, and the hair is nicely backlit. The shallow dof is perfect. My only criticism is that I'm not that fond of her expression, she looks like she hasn't quite dropped her defenses enough. 8 |
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10/03/2004 03:53:04 AM |
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10/03/2004 12:14:07 AM |
| I don't know why, but this picture seems a little stretched horizontally. The saturation in the eyes is very nice, very subtle, but still noticable. The soft focus is good. I'm not too big on the crop though (which may be why it looks stretched), and I don't get a lot of emotion out of the pose. 7. |
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10/02/2004 08:31:44 PM |
| Gorgeous! Excellent skin texture and soft lighting. Not sure if the subtle use of color is too distracting, I bet the photo would work at least as well without it (maybe darken the lips instead of coloring). |
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10/02/2004 07:12:24 PM |
| Good interesting portrait. Makes you wonder what she is thinking. |
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10/02/2004 06:50:48 PM |
this is about a good a portrait as you can find.
the subtle color could be overlooked - but adds quite a bit.
good luck - 8
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10/02/2004 03:56:24 PM |
| Excellent capture of her eyes. I find the desaturation of all but her eyes leaves the image a little unbalanced. I think you also left some colour in the lips, but not enough to balance it out. An excellent photo, nonetheless. |
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10/02/2004 03:46:33 PM |
| Vicki is beautiful and has fantasic eyes. I like the crop and composition but feel like the jewelry is a distraction. Especially the necklace. It would give a more "model" type feel without them. Nice shot. |
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10/02/2004 03:38:20 PM |
| beautiful image with good use of shallow depth of field. The fillagree earring adds some nice ornamentation to her beautiful face. great eyes, although they seem a bit flat without catchlights. The hair lighting is excellent. since we can't see her whole necklace, what is visible around her neck is distracting, but this is a lovely portrait. |
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10/02/2004 03:28:59 PM |
| I'd like to see a little more contrast to bring out the jaw line at the rear. Otherwise a fine portrait of an attractive model. |
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10/02/2004 02:53:11 PM |
| This is a good portrait, but it's a shame you made it black and white. I'dimagine there's beautiful color in those eyes waiting to be seen! 6 |
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10/02/2004 02:30:35 PM |
| Excellent portrait. I think the contrast could have been slightly stronger, but perfect positioning, expression, lighting on the hair. Lovely. 9. |
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10/02/2004 10:15:20 AM |
| this is a gr8 photo! i love the effect created by the hair and the earing though the only thing i may want to change is the colour of the eyes... they seem too surreal to me by their colour... though reflection wise and all that i highly commend you on the fact that they are some of the most perfect eyes that i have seen for a long time.... just yeah possibly look at changing the hue / saturation as they seem very eary though i guess it depends on what effect your after |
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10/02/2004 08:19:40 AM |
Nice, calm and "silent" picture. Seems like hints of colours are still left (eyes and lips) or is it just an illusion.
Great shot |
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10/02/2004 02:48:13 AM |
A really beautiful portrait your model has lovely eyes and the softness of the image really adds to this Nice work
Her eyes look a light blue How do you do that? A Lovely image
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10/01/2004 11:02:21 PM |
| Nicely positioned and attractive model. Is it the picture or do I imagine her having sky blue eyes? |
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10/01/2004 10:47:39 PM |
| nice subtle spot color, great expression -9 |
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10/01/2004 10:00:27 PM |
returning for comments.
A highly attractive study with another twist on desat..using sepia. Well the subtle coloration is very pleasant, the image is in good focus, pretty earrings and of course, pretty girl. The angulat composition is great because it rivets the viewers attention. |
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10/01/2004 08:07:38 PM |
| I like the hint of colour in the eyes and lips..gives the pic an extra punch. Great cropping. tones a bit light perhaps...small criticism |
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10/01/2004 07:07:28 PM |
| Wow this is outstanding work! |
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10/01/2004 05:52:50 PM |
| I'm not a fan of colorized images so the blue eyes trouble me. Other than that (I know, I should have started out on a positive note, sorry 'bout that) The portrait is gorgeous. Wonderful soft light without any shadows. I've been staring at her baby blues trying to see if you used a reflector and I think you did. Very lovely girl, a redhead? I'd love to see a true color photo of her sometime. |
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10/01/2004 05:43:17 PM |
| Beautiful portrait, and a beautiful girl. It has a very professional look to it, and I'm sure she must be very pleased with how this turned out! I gave it a 7 -- only because of the blur of her hair and neck on the left sign. But you did a great job. |
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10/01/2004 04:15:05 PM |
| Nice portrait study. The subtle color is nice. I imagine you went back and forth over how strong or soft to make it. I would have liked a touch of color on her earrring. I like the tight cop too. |
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10/01/2004 03:16:02 PM |
| beautifully sharp eyes and nice soft highlights and shadows |
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10/01/2004 03:05:53 PM |
| I really love the soft colors here, so beautiful! (10) Good luck... |
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10/01/2004 02:51:47 PM |
| I'm not sure what to make of the expression. A beautiful model, and I like the lighting & color treatment very much. There's just something about the expression that isn't fitting in for me. |
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10/01/2004 02:02:56 PM |
| A lovely portrait with intimacy created by the close crop. Nice angle to her face within the frame and hair frames her face very nicely. Earring adds nice detail. 7 (//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=129433) |
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10/01/2004 02:01:45 PM |
| NIce tight crop. I can't tell if you tried to use selective desat. here with the eyes. Also, I like this because her face pops off the screen like a 3-D illusion. (6). |
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10/01/2004 01:59:43 PM |
| Wow, her eyes draw all the attention, nice subtle coloring. I am not usually fond of partial saturation but the effect does work here, I am wondering whether it would be any less without the coloring. Good portrait, focus and depth of field is just perfect, as is the composition. |
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10/01/2004 12:40:22 PM |
| I really like the soft tones and narrow DOF. Gives her a dreamy appearance. The eyes, with just a bit of coloring are quite captivating. I also like the flow of movement of how my eyes are led...up the neck to the earing and over to the eyes, and then down her hair. I don't mind that the top of head was cut off. Nice intimate portrait. 8 |
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10/01/2004 11:01:46 AM |
| selective coloring is subtle enough that it doesn't look cliche ... well done |
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10/01/2004 09:27:55 AM |
| wonderful image, beautifully captured, the eyes are simply perfect - well done |
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10/01/2004 04:04:55 AM |
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10/01/2004 03:39:15 AM |
| Stunning! What a wonderful portrait this is. It pulls your focus to her eyes. Beuatifully toned. Great work. 10 |
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10/01/2004 02:01:46 AM |
| Vicki is very pretty,( I like her freckles)Her eyes just draw you in, I like the soft focus on the outer parts of the photo, great job...good luck. |
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