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Melancholy and Infinite Sadness
Melancholy and Infinite Sadness
Coley


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Moods (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: BK Studios
Date: May 1, 2005
Aperture: f 4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2005

 My model, on her way out to a dance competition where she was to perform her solo open jazz dance to the song "Bring Me To Life", shows up in this cool face makeup. I did not have my shot for the moods challenge, however, as soon as I saw the teardrops on her face I thought of the title and the result( following much griping from my moody model) is this shot.

I tried to achieve a softness to the focus by using a blur technique. I hope this does well :)

Coley

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 183
Avg (all users): 6.5254
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.4651
Avg (non-participants): 6.5600
Views since voting: 1959
Views during voting: 469
Votes: 236
Comments: 45
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/29/2005 03:13:56 AM
nice one!the expression is great!
and so is the softness!
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 05/09/2005 12:17:46 AM
A face that can fill the frame. Congratulations on your 12th finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/08/2005 11:59:55 PM
outstanding!!!
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 05/08/2005 11:46:22 PM
Something about the arm filling the bottom edge of the image makes this shot feel unbalanced.
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 05/08/2005 09:46:09 PM
This is so much more than just a person with a sad face. The make-up is lovely, the sad-puppy-dog face is priceless, the dark hair/clothes/background and careful lighting set the scene very well.
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 05/08/2005 09:06:54 PM
I really like the whole concept of the shot. Lighting is very good. Don't like the bottom arm posed the way it is. Makes it look long and chopped off.
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 05/08/2005 07:45:09 PM
nicely done....the quality of the shot is great and the concept is wonderful
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 05/08/2005 04:55:13 PM
The face art is wonderful.
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 05/08/2005 05:30:44 AM
Nice portrait....

This is nicely exposed, and the skin tone are great.

I find the fingers a little distracting, as they are lighter than the arm and face. Also the dirtry nails are a little annoying, as you've gone to so much trouble with the face makeup. How did this look withou the hand showing, just the head resting on her shoulder? It might not have workedso well.

Well done... 8
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 05/07/2005 03:53:08 AM
Really nice interesting shot
i love the emotion in those eyes
a big 10
good luck
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 05/06/2005 08:05:59 PM
Great photography but clean nails would have made this better. Good makeup, good lightning.
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 05/06/2005 12:33:34 PM
great coposition, but it would have worked better without the fake tears and those extra lines in the makeup, the facial expression captures the melancholy well enough. 8
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 05/05/2005 10:54:57 PM
i'm sure many others will say this, but the drawings on her face are really neat. adds so much to the already dramatic feeling of the picture. girl has beautiful eyes, great idea to add some touches around them
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 05/05/2005 08:25:24 PM
A nice setup, nice makeup job, great expression.
My only wish is if I could see a better separation between her hair and the background, say with some back-lighting.
Also maybe clean those fingernails :)
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 05/05/2005 03:42:06 PM
nice use of makeup and great lighting.
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 05/05/2005 03:16:35 PM
perhaps little PS on the forehead?
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 05/05/2005 11:02:42 AM
perfect
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 05/05/2005 05:25:22 AM
nice
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 05/05/2005 01:35:40 AM
silly thing but it bugged me - model should have cleaned her fingernails. Also might have been nicer with a lower depth of field so that her arm in the foreground wasn't in focus.
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 05/04/2005 05:12:24 PM
you and your model team up for a wonderful portrait, makeup enhances the mood, composition is nicely done, one of my favorites this challenge.
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 05/04/2005 02:58:23 AM
Light is perfect for this mood, wonderful portrait!!
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 05/03/2005 09:45:48 PM
wonderful expression and tones! A classic! 9
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 05/03/2005 06:14:18 PM
Great Shot. the makeup Really helps the mood
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 05/03/2005 02:47:35 PM
Nice
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 05/03/2005 01:27:45 PM
I love the light & dark of this photo. I'll bet this would be great in black & white too, but the skin tones are nice as is. Nice pose & composition. The makeup really adds to it a lot too. [10]
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 05/03/2005 01:01:15 PM
Great Comp! Nice grasp of theme.
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 05/03/2005 09:52:47 AM
Great model, skin tones are too orange and the composition doesn't work for me. Great make-up and even lighting. Too much soft-focus though, I'd have liked the eyes to be sharper. The shoulder and arm take up too much attention though, although I can see you tried using it to frame the shot. Right hand works well.
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 05/03/2005 06:44:15 AM
excellent work onthe makeup.. looks great.. top marks for putting great effort in, also technically good photo.. 8
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 05/03/2005 04:44:06 AM
nice contrast and a deep concept.... keep it up
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 05/03/2005 01:55:18 AM
Despite the makeup, she doesn't really emote the mood you are implying with the title for me. There's a hint of a smile on her face.
The arm, also, is more of a distraction in ithe placing.
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 05/03/2005 01:40:26 AM
Smashing Pumpkins! Very interesting makeup.
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 05/03/2005 01:22:21 AM
Wonderful, the texture o the photo is like velvet. Only thing I would change is getting the white light caught in the eyes. 9.
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 05/02/2005 08:42:17 PM
don't care for her arm across the bottom of image, and dare I say it (dirty fingernails??) - like the make up and her eyes
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 05/02/2005 06:36:13 PM
Nice take on the challenge..interesting, nice composition too.
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 05/02/2005 04:03:06 PM
Very nice on the face, the arm feels a little heavy in the frame though, maybe a slightly different pose.
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 05/02/2005 10:51:32 AM
To quote my son "way cool" You cought the MOOD
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 05/02/2005 09:54:46 AM
Very nice image. Well photographed. I'm curious to find out if your lovely model is made up for a play or for your picture. Reminds me somewhat of the Comedy and Tragedy masks. I love the lighting, and the wonderful skin tones, and the beautiful brown eyes which command attention. I like the fact that the dark hair is lit just enough to seperate if from the black background. The only flaw with this image is not yours, but your models, and that is the dirty fingernails. I would however love to hear more about this image. <7>
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 05/02/2005 07:07:26 AM
Good job and nice effort! Light is good and I like the comp. To be real picky... there are some hair strands on her ear that could have been removed. Otherwise great!

8 from me.
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 05/02/2005 06:13:29 AM
The image is near perfec t..... just struggling tying the title to the image ... very well composed and set up.
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 05/02/2005 05:29:55 AM
too much of her left arm in the composition, cropping it out would have made it work for me
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 05/02/2005 02:38:35 AM
nicely done!
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 05/02/2005 02:05:24 AM
nice setup. would like to see with a tighter crop the straight arm almost seems endless. good job.
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 05/02/2005 01:07:49 AM
I like this one a lot. Theye eyes really open the picture. Good job.
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 05/02/2005 12:34:11 AM
She's too cute! :) Pretty girl. This shot is creative, has good light, great focus and good to look at. It also fits the challenge very well. 9
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 05/02/2005 12:08:18 AM
Good job, the picture is almost as good as the album

;-)
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