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Sherry's Eyes
Sherry's Eyes
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Challenge: Defining Feature (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: In the Conference Room at Work
Date: Oct 8, 2004
Aperture: f/ 5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 9, 2004

My colleague Sherry has such captivating eyes.

Taken in natural light, late in the day, in the Boardroom at work.

Exposure, white balance, and contrast adjusted during RAW conversion. Noise reduced with Noise Ninja. In Photoshop:
- fine tuned white balance
- contrast adjusted
- retouched, softening lines and blemishes, emphasizing lip colour, emphasizing eyes
- resized, sharpened, converted to JPEG

Statistics
Place: 43 out of 122
Avg (all users): 5.7024
Avg (commenters): 5.8571
Avg (participants): 5.6627
Avg (non-participants): 5.7295
Views since voting: 961
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 205
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/17/2004 06:26:41 PM
She has wonderful eyes but I feel the angle is not very flattering.
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10/16/2004 05:41:51 PM
I think the background green compliments Sherry's hair, more than it does her eyes and her expression seems quizzical, as though she's wondering what you're doing. The lighting seems a bit too harsh and the shadow on the wall is deistracting. Also, I don't particulary care for the angle of view, and the slanted sofa in the background. Gives a kind of bizarre appearance to the image. Still, this pic is interesting, possibly because of what I discribed above. I may come back to revise my critique.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/16/2004 12:09:00 PM
This would probably be voted higher without the confusing shadows in the background (have her move forward) and with a tighter cropping of the face and/or cropping verticially instead of horizontally. Good luck on the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/14/2004 05:08:08 PM
This is a good picture, but if you would have only the eyes I think it would have been stronger.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/14/2004 01:43:33 PM
Great colors, great clarity and an interesting composition. You captured her wonderfully.
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10/13/2004 01:40:26 PM
The angle of the shot and the harsh lighting detract from this photo for me. If you were on eye level, and the subject was either farther from the wall, or there was a side light to overpower the shadow, it would have made a better shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/13/2004 08:10:59 AM
shadows in the background distract. Nice loking lady.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/12/2004 06:48:15 PM
nicely done. i like how you matched the eyes with the background. that is thinking like an artist.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/11/2004 10:08:38 PM
Could crop closer to the eyes since they are the defining feature in this case....
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10/11/2004 08:25:58 PM
The lighting and composition are pretty good. The shadow on the left side is distracting, though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/11/2004 05:38:01 PM
Its good color portrait but not sure if its best croping... bit too tight on chin...feels like she hits the border. I like bacground color but i found that its too flashy... when moust flashy should be her eyes. Maybe Im wrong...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/11/2004 04:44:45 PM
beautiful eyes nice detail and focus to this image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/11/2004 01:04:12 PM
Why so much negative space to the left? Those eyes certainly get my attention. BOL
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10/11/2004 06:16:19 AM
works well, first thing i noticed was the eyes...
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10/11/2004 04:40:27 AM
Beautiful and intense eyes indeed.
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10/11/2004 12:17:26 AM
beautiful color
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