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Dreamy Eyes
Dreamy Eyes
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Masters' Free Study II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
Location: Reykjavik
Date: Nov 7, 2008
Aperture: F/4.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Candid, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2008

Portrait of a young icelandic schoolgirl on a frosty morning. Candid shot.

Cropped and converted to BW in Lightrooms, exported to PS, levels, curves, few spots removed with spot healing brush tool, boarder added, resized, unsharp mask, saved for the web.

Camera Model: E-500
Equipment Maker: OLYMPUS
Date Taken: 7.11. 2008 12:20
Color Representation: sRGB
Subject Distance:
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 134 mm
F-numer: F/4,3
ISO:400
Exposure Time: 1/100sec.
Metering Mode: Pattern
Exposure Compensation: 0

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 170
Avg (all users): 6.7105
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 6.5213
Avg (non-participants): 6.7823
Views since voting: 1886
Views during voting: 605
Votes: 342
Comments: 20
Favorites: 3 (view)


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12/14/2008 07:47:59 AM
A wonderful portrait - perfect lighting and DoF, and such a haunting stare . .

Excellent work
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12/09/2008 09:30:29 PM
so natural and lovely portrait
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12/08/2008 11:07:22 PM
PostLuminous Award WINNER!
flawless to my eye
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2008 09:53:18 PM
Your subject looks like she is pondering life and where she wants to go....hope she makes the right decision...your picture really captures me
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12/07/2008 07:36:03 PM
Great expression.
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12/07/2008 12:44:47 PM
Beautiful girl and a nicely taken shot but I'm not getting much, in terms of personality from the expression. Good Luck
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12/07/2008 04:16:12 AM
It seems the two blacks borders are in vogue... ;-Þ
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12/06/2008 04:51:00 PM
Beautiful Bump to 9
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12/06/2008 12:16:48 PM
love the natural expression. great depth to the eyes.
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12/05/2008 02:42:26 PM
Beautiful portrait. The girl has a good expression but I wish her lips hadn't looked as chapped. Some editing could maybe have made them look better. 7
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12/05/2008 02:26:33 PM
Pretty shot, well framed - the expression is very nice & the processing was well executed.
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12/05/2008 12:03:42 PM
I really like the classic feel of this portrait. Well done master.
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12/04/2008 11:44:01 PM
What a great portrait! Engaged and detached at the same time. Love the framing & B&W conversion.
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12/04/2008 09:07:50 AM
This is a really nice photo that really jumps out at you.

There are two things that I think could improve this:
1) An extra light in front to give more detail and light in the eyes
2) The model's cracked lips and discolouration to the right of her mouth. Maybe this was intentional, but to me it seems a bit out of place.
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12/03/2008 07:35:33 PM
Great portrait. Fantastic expression and the B&W is perfect.
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12/03/2008 02:27:52 PM
I like the off composition
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12/02/2008 09:35:57 AM
beautiful portrait
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12/02/2008 08:10:43 AM
I like the intimate candidness of this...
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12/01/2008 09:40:58 PM
Freckles are timeless. Like the look and the B&W conversion. I normally like image grain, but you don't have that, you got yerself noise in the upper left. I'd have ditched it with NI and kept the NI away from her face. 7
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12/01/2008 12:41:22 PM
nice portrait!
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