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Challenge: Glasses II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Sony SLT-A33
Lens: Sony SAL-1855 DT 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Back deck
Date: Mar 19, 2012
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Date Uploaded: Mar 19, 2012

I thought it would be cool to get the model's perspective while also shooting a macro of the face. I think this one came out well. Good leading lines around the image... good view of the clouds and trees.

I used a curves later to give it a more dramatic feel. Changed colors and vib to bring out the blues for a colder feel. Cropped, resized, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 66 out of 113
Avg (all users): 5.2515
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.3519
Avg (non-participants): 5.2035
Views since voting: 378
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 167
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0


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03/28/2012 02:52:55 PM
This is a very uncomfortable image, it feels like slipping on snow. The primary elements are the blurred background on the left, and the distorted scene reflected in the glasses. The path of focus is along the edge ofcap to the frame downwards on a dynamic path that shoots the eye down out of the frame. I find my eye swirling and sliding, trying to find something to settle and never getting a grip where it can rest.

If you wanted to give the feeling of walking on an icy sidewalk, good job, I gave it a 6 for that unsettling feeling. The weird black and white in color was a bit unsettling, I have a feeling such a quirky study would have done better converted to B&W so the folks who see all serious inquiry into form and blur as needing desat, could have voted it up.
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03/28/2012 02:45:54 PM
i gave it a 4, nothing memorable about it, reflection is distorted but in no way pleasing and its right in the centre, the blurred background to the left doesnt add anything, the black hat hides any potential nice hair detail, there is no point of focus to draw my eye into study, id have like somehting interesting in the reflection to study. i think 5.2 was a good score for it. more face needed and more detail in teh reflection. mine went from a 6.4 to a 5.4 so was a funny challenge
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/26/2012 02:37:14 PM
Lovely close up. Interesting to see the fuzz on the toboggan, good detail here. Cool reflections in the lens as well. Nice DOF.
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03/21/2012 10:15:33 AM
Wonderful details, a shot for pondering.
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