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Solemn Joy
Solemn Joy
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Challenge: Moods (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Porter Ranch, CA
Date: Apr 26, 2005
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2005

My friend Katie laying on a mirror in the middle of a field.

In photoshop, I did a square crop, levels, mixed a desaturated layer with "soft light," cloned out some imperfections, and neatimaged. And maybe some dodging and burning, too.

Statistics
Place: 43 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.9917
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.8222
Avg (non-participants): 6.0933
Views since voting: 1196
Views during voting: 397
Votes: 240
Comments: 28
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03/15/2006 08:11:21 PM
She is beautiful and the picture too :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/08/2005 03:56:08 PM
I really like this pic a lot! What a lovely model!!! I like how there's a reflection underneath the surgace. Lighting looks good, focus looks good! Great shot!
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05/07/2005 11:43:48 PM
The mirror creates an interesting effect. The background is overexposed, but I suppose that that's what the sky is supposed to look like under these circumstances.
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05/06/2005 09:01:58 PM
A very original take on the challenge, and a beautiful subject. The tones are very cool, erhaps a bit more warmth and just a touchmore saturation in the skin tones...
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05/05/2005 11:11:41 PM
Wow, great pose and reflection. I like how the hand is in the reflection but not disturbing the main part
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05/05/2005 10:47:45 PM
love the effect you did on this. how faded the colours are, how the freckles stand out so much on her skin. hair looks beautiful. very nice! I almost want to see her holding a rose, as if she's sniffing it in her reflection
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05/05/2005 04:24:47 PM
nice framing and contrast. I like the use of high contrast.
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05/04/2005 11:31:57 PM
Really great tonal qualities. It appears to me as if this picture was rotated ninety degrees to the right becaue o the leaves. I like the placement of the left hand.
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05/04/2005 06:06:32 PM
I love this one! She is so pretty, and she really does look peacefully solemn. Good job.
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05/04/2005 09:28:10 AM
Intriguing photo and model. Great expression in the eyes. Good shirt. Not convinced by square crop though.
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05/04/2005 09:16:42 AM
Interesting image. I thought she was lying on snow at first until I noticed the reflection. Very crisp image, wonderfull composition. I think a bit more of a smile would have been nice but this works very well as it is. Nice job!!
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05/03/2005 07:22:38 PM
She doesn't look all that joyful really.. more like a playful anger really. Still, nice shot.
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05/03/2005 06:27:37 PM
Wonderful shot.
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05/03/2005 02:11:08 PM
This is a neat concept, shooting downward on a miror. I'm not sure, however what the effect was trying to achieve. The shot may have ended up looking better if the shot was taken on a nice lawn, or a field of some sort. It's a really neat effect, but in this case it seems a bit out of place.
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05/03/2005 06:06:13 AM
This is really very clever - took me a while to work out whether the hand was reflected or not. An interesting study. Maybe cloning out the top right "stuff" would improve but it is a small matter. 8
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05/03/2005 05:13:02 AM
Cool shot, I like it a lot!
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05/03/2005 02:01:50 AM
Cool photo. I love the reflection, very original! Nice detail.

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05/03/2005 01:52:09 AM
I love the colors
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05/02/2005 11:08:36 AM
Yeesh... all this time my monitor has been attached to the computer sideways! :)
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05/02/2005 10:05:17 AM
not sure why this is 90 degrees -- i'm all for tilted angles, but this is pretty extreme. the color is washed out -- would this be better as a duotone?
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05/02/2005 06:56:12 AM
Interesting capture - well done!
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05/02/2005 06:29:37 AM
nice shot, but she really doen't express joy to me; that hand in the composition doesn't help either
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05/02/2005 03:46:05 AM
I supose every one is asking the same question as to its orientation? That aside I like it.
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05/02/2005 02:40:36 AM
interesting angles!
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05/02/2005 01:53:38 AM
Wow, only two things here. No forward push of an emotion and DOF with respect to her hair in the back of the photo. 8.
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05/02/2005 01:25:50 AM
good photo but with her being in the middle is a little distracting. Her facial features seem a little soft. GL
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05/02/2005 01:06:33 AM
There is something I like about this picture, but at the same time there is something I don't like. However, I just can't figure out what it is. Wish I could say, but I just can't put my finger on it.
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05/02/2005 12:24:52 AM
An interseting photo. i like the muted colors. and models expression. 6.
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