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Challenge: October Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Bedroom
Date: Oct 19, 2004
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 19, 2004

 Haven't submitted in awhile, so thought I'd try something for the free study. I hate having my pic taken, and I'm not the best photographer, so the combination of the 2 was sure to be a disaster. I'm pretty pleased with the results of this pic, although I'm going to try to take some more before the end of the month to see what I come up with. I blurred the background, and sharpened me, you can probably tell, this is my first attempt at editing a photo. Lots of firsts in this shot. First attempt at a body shot. First body shot of ME, first editing of a photo, and first time I fit in those pants in 6 years! lol It was fun.

Statistics
Place: 373 out of 487
Avg (all users): 4.9461
Avg (commenters): 4.7500
Avg (participants): 4.8689
Avg (non-participants): 5.4000
Views since voting: 2073
Views during voting: 459
Votes: 241
Comments: 4
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Canon EOS-30D
 11/06/2004 07:41:23 AM
I realy don't know if I like this or not.
It's a bit sexy, but she looks a bit bored, it looks like she has paint on her skin...
The stray hairs make her look careless about herself, the pov is confusing the shalow dof is not helping but I still come again and again to look at her...
Don't know why..
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/05/2004 05:59:53 PM
I've spent a lot of time looking at this. There's a lot going on here that conveys emotional impact. Why this partiucular location? Why the camo's? Hair looks wet, why? Shirt open, why? Attitude inthe eyes, what are they telling me? The whole thing looks like trouble and it's the unanswered questions that hold my interest.

Having said all that, it's propbably a pretty risky image for this forum. In this land of kittens and flowers, I fear this won't do well. I'm personally glad you took the risk. Keep shooting!
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35
11/05/2004 02:01:55 PM
Too casual and out of focus for me to score well; you hit the eyes well, and the pose could be done in a very interesting way, but I feel that the photo is too candid and unfinished to do well in a challenge.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/04/2004 09:22:03 PM
Returning for comments.
A very good study with a quizzical facial expression. The hair is perfect over the face and the suggested swil of the background is just great. A funny thing: when I clocked on this image my screen showed only the top. Cropped right at the sleeve. I really liked it like that. When I scrolled it into position I then noticed a part of the thumb joint showing and the fading of the light on the left arm past the joint. It is my feeling that such a crop would serve the image better. Bumping up.
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