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Life is Good
Life is Good
jbsmithana


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Challenge: Self-Portrait III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Home - Anacortes, Washington
Date: Feb 12, 2005
Aperture: F4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 12, 2005

This is my first try at portraiture. I do mostly landscapes, birds and vacation shots. I do not know if they are harder but self portraits were difficult for me as we tend to be pretty critical of our own image, not to mention running back and forth to the camera to check settings and outcome! Anyway, however this comes out in the challenge I’m happy with the learning experience and the result. Hope I get lots of input for future work in this area.

Set up using reflected 500 watt halogen off ceiling from right, 150 watt incandescent from left and above, black fleece backdrop.

Using MS Digital Image Pro - crop, slight adjustment to white balance (color menu), small increase in adjustment of levels and curves, adjust luminant noise (50), USM portraiture preset, resize.

Original date/time: 2005:02:12 14:41:16
Exposure time: 1/60
F-stop: 4.5
ISO speed: 200
Focal length: 70.0000
Focal length (35mm): 105
Flash: Fired
Exposure mode: Auto
White balance: Auto
Orientation: Top-left
Exposure bias: 0.0000
Metering mode: Pattern
Scene capture type: Portrait
Gain control: None
Sharpness: Soft

Statistics
Place: 124 out of 247
Avg (all users): 5.4647
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
Avg (participants): 5.2418
Avg (non-participants): 5.6792
Views since voting: 738
Views during voting: 438
Votes: 312
Comments: 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/19/2005 10:28:30 PM
solid Portrait good colours and tones
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02/18/2005 02:34:25 AM
on camera flash? that gives it a snap-shotish look
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02/17/2005 09:44:50 AM
A great and honest representation with an image that is infectious with the projection of tranquility in character. The colors are great and the background help support the rendition. Bumping up.
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02/16/2005 09:11:45 PM
Nice composition, nice work.
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02/16/2005 06:33:10 PM
very clear ,nice shot
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02/16/2005 11:18:46 AM
Solid detailing, natural pose, strong sense of the real. You could sure have used some additional light though, to give some sense of depth to it all - this appears to be a single source direct from the camera angle, and it could have been really interesting with more shaping.
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02/15/2005 11:03:18 PM
You look like a happy guy!
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02/15/2005 04:53:53 PM
Very good lighting on it. Clear and denote some kind of emotive thinking. Nice one. 10
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02/14/2005 08:08:56 PM
Simple, sharp, well composed, good luck with this captivating image.
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02/14/2005 10:42:40 AM
straight forward, crisp and clean, skin tone is also ok, I would have wanted more contrast, but then again it's not my photo. :) did you use shadow highlight here? anyway good capture. 7
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