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Challenge: Music (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Sony DSC-F828
Location: home
Date: Oct 31, 2004
Aperture: auto
ISO: auto
Shutter: auto
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2004

 visited friends with identical twin daughters,
aged 9, talented musicians. had short time to
take photos, no studio or lights.
did my best :)

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 124
Avg (all users): 6.7966
Avg (commenters): 8.1500
Avg (participants): 6.8750
Avg (non-participants): 6.7429
Views since voting: 6346
Views during voting: 267
Votes: 177
Comments: 39
Favorites: 22 (view)

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 08/01/2006 05:23:25 PM
This needed a bump to the recently commented page. Fantastic. I can't believe I never noticed it before. Perfect high contrast! WOW
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 02/15/2005 01:16:35 AM
I can't believe I never saw this. It's a wonderful image. Congrats on the ribbon!
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 11/10/2004 01:57:09 PM
This is a great shot, I think that you may want to place the eyes at about 2/3 down from top to help center interest on the subject. Great job!
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 11/10/2004 09:54:47 AM
This is lovely! A very natural portrait of a beautiful young musician. She will treasure it for years to come. Congrats on your first ribbon!
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 11/08/2004 09:48:54 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon, perhaps less space in the top, and more of the hand in the bottom would have improved this IMO...
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 11/08/2004 09:46:02 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon! love the shot
Coley
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 11/08/2004 08:46:22 PM
Congratulations on your first ribbon! Great image beautifully done.
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 11/08/2004 03:49:25 PM
congrats lesley on the ribbon! well done!
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 11/08/2004 09:17:06 AM
Beautiful shot. Grats on the ribbon :)
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 11/08/2004 07:52:53 AM
Congratulations on your first ribbon. Very nice shot.
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 11/08/2004 03:18:58 AM
wonderful lesley! congrats on your ribbon-- fantastic shot--could have been me in 5th grade--with shorter hair! ;)
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 11/08/2004 01:03:06 AM
Just added this as a favorite. Should have won.
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 11/08/2004 12:18:25 AM
Well done Les!! Good going!
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 11/08/2004 12:18:12 AM
great job.

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 11/08/2004 12:06:29 AM
Lesley: Congrats on your second place win!
Excellent job.

Randy.
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 11/08/2004 12:05:46 AM
Congratulations on your Red.
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 11/08/2004 12:03:02 AM
Wow! How did you do this without a studio or lights? How did you get the great white background?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2004 08:16:33 PM
returning for comments.
This is very hard task to pull off. Low key inside a high key. However, to a degree it could pass as an artistic effort. I would love to see the left hand, but I know, I am asking too much. Despite my minor complains the composition is nice. Bumping up.
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 11/07/2004 05:50:54 PM
my favorite of the challenge, and only 10. Such a great capture, wonderfully lit, and I *love* the upper negative space. The composition is a classic use of triangle, and almost leads me in an X from the bottom of the violin through to the face, down the arm to the hand, and right back up the bow.

It also helps that the girl has such a .. haunting.. look.
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 11/07/2004 03:47:53 PM
The high key here works very well. Lovely expression and tones, I might've cropped a bit more from the top, and left the ends of her fingers in, but that's just me. : )
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 11/07/2004 02:26:37 PM
Nice lines... Love the dress blending into the background... Implied triangles are very strong... Solid 10 in my book :)
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 11/07/2004 06:27:09 AM
Lighting is very good in my opinion. I'm not too fond of the empty space at the top, it's either too small (not impressive enough as negative space) or too large (takes away attention from the girl).
 11/06/2004 05:34:35 PM
Good viewpoint, good model and nice lighting. I find it very crucial to include the hands and the head of the violin.
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 11/06/2004 01:22:50 PM
Very sweet portrait. I like the crossing diagonal lines very much. I kind of miss the bow tip but see that if it were included the girl's hand would be out of the picture. I love her expression too.
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 11/06/2004 12:41:16 PM
One of my 2 10's in this challenge. This is so much more visually pleasing than the still-life shots of violins that I've been sifting through. Excellent job!
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 11/06/2004 02:59:52 AM
nice and simple. Great shot.
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 11/05/2004 11:34:59 AM
Beautifully done, there is both style and music in this serene picture
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 11/04/2004 09:02:20 PM
10.. not much to say except that i love it. this is a blue ribbon in my book. good luck!
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 11/04/2004 11:20:31 AM
fab
10
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 11/04/2004 08:33:24 AM
interesting look on the modles face, nice shot
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 11/03/2004 02:11:13 PM
beautifully shot, great contrast makes this an excellent shot - 10
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 11/03/2004 11:55:14 AM
My pic for a ribbon. Great phot, great lighting.
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 11/02/2004 10:23:11 PM
I recommend this photo for first place.
the only problem I have is her right arm is a bit overexposed IMO....Nice Photo
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 11/02/2004 02:16:16 PM
This is a lovely image. Well done.
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 11/02/2004 08:30:20 AM
Like the duo-tone effect you've created -- very punch darks and nice high key effects. I feel the crop is a bit tight on the bottom. As presented, one of my favorites this challenge
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 11/01/2004 03:00:27 PM
Very good high key work. I have to admit that her head looks a bit unhinged to me, and it makes the image a little disturbing for me. Just an opinion, of course.
 11/01/2004 12:39:05 PM
Nice simple display of music. Would have liked to see the complete violin though.
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 11/01/2004 03:11:29 AM
Great shot. Composition is ideal and contrast is fantastic. I really love the shot. I feel this one is going very high. Well done, and good luck.
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 11/01/2004 01:22:27 AM
Very nice high contrast. The black hair just attracts the eye to the center and then the details below it. Very nice geometry involved. Plus that smile! Very enigmatic... Mona Lisa like... Beautiful, I love it! The only reason I don't give it a perfect 10 is because I would've liked to see nice finger position on the neck... Even if it's akward (it would've added some charm even).
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