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Diffident Self
Diffident Self
davidbedard


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Challenge: Self-Portrait III (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Mondial
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Home
Date: Feb 9, 2005
Aperture: f3.2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Family
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2005

Camera at an angle, flash bounced off white curtains to viewers right.
Post-prod: cropped, curve adjust, selective color and inner glow on green wall, some healing brush and selective blurring on face blended at 30%. Some cloning and burning on background painting. Desaturation of yellows and reds in whites of eyes, added sharpening to pupils. Screen blend 25% of highlights and slight multiply blend of rest of frame. USM

Statistics
Place: 144 out of 247
Avg (all users): 5.2991
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.1788
Avg (non-participants): 5.4059
Views since voting: 656
Views during voting: 447
Votes: 321
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/19/2005 09:21:42 AM
At first I thought the background elements were distracting, especially the mobile, but now that I look at it more, I think they work well in the composition in an abstract/geometric way. The colors in this shot work really well together (muted reds/yellows/greens).
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02/19/2005 06:49:24 AM
Good clean, sharp photo however the background is a bit distracting. Especially that red thing above your head, posing in front of something more uniformed would have helped and or using a very shallow DOF.
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02/17/2005 09:52:48 AM
A very good self portrait with great facial expressions and interesting angle. A distinct cultured feel that speaks of a great person. Is this not what a portrait should be all about? Bumping up.
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02/16/2005 08:28:00 AM
Composition: 5
Technical: 5
Appeal: 4, objects in the background keep pulling my eyes from the subject. maybe a little more shallow DOF would blur them out to reduce distraction
Challenge: 7
Overall Calculated Average Score: 5, I like the tilt so the shot doesn't feel as plain
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02/15/2005 11:03:14 PM
you just don't hear the word diffident enough in a day. though this is a fairly bold portrait for one who claims not to be ;)

i like it. i like the skew to it, and i really like the red thing above your head...adds a twist.

nice work.

P
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02/15/2005 07:03:37 PM
interesting take on the challenge ... like the angle
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02/15/2005 12:26:58 PM
Excellent subject focus, but the wall color bothers me. Don't mean to insult your walls. Somehow it just pulls my eye away from you. 7
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02/15/2005 12:04:07 PM
the red object behind your works great - excellent framing.
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02/15/2005 06:29:05 AM
The red...mobile(?) above the head is a little distracting, but it does add variance of color.
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