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Queen Of Rain
Queen Of Rain
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Challenge: Rain (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Grindavík
Date: Aug 9, 2005
Aperture: F /11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Emotive
Date Uploaded: Aug 11, 2005

This shot was taken behind my house.
It was raining but not that hard so I tried to add upp the atmosphere with the gardenhose.
I took a few shot´s of her in different poses and she was starting to get cold.
There were other shot´s in this serie that were better regarding seeing the drops falling from the air but this one had the best expression on her face.

I used unsharpmask/and then a few duplicated layers with multiply effect on to darken the picture.

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08/27/2005 09:44:14 PM
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

Good DOF and focus. Exposure levels seem to be right on. I really like the "stormy feeling" that the black-on-black creates, but the expression on the models face just does not convey the same feeling.
The composition would have been perfect had the fingers not been cropped off. Still, a really nice shot!

- Linda
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08/22/2005 01:39:47 AM
You got robbed. I found this shot much better than in the hundreds place. The whole mood works and I like the smeared makeup with the dark clothes and background. All well. Better luck next time!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/19/2005 08:10:43 PM
Very creative interpretation of personifying an image of rain. The grayish cast to her face makes her appear very stormy. I would say that especially as a work of fine art, you did a wonderful job. The one thing I didn't like was her smile. I would have probably just taken the shot without a smile. Takes away from the idea of stormy.
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08/19/2005 04:21:09 PM
Gives the impresion of been caught in the rain
I love the care free expression on the models face
Not sure I like the background so much but more good things than bad here
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08/19/2005 08:08:32 AM
I like the expression you've caught, feels carefree to me, nice emotive shot.
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08/18/2005 07:11:31 PM
Almost surreal.

Her skin tones look really bizarre to me
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08/18/2005 04:49:51 PM
My first impression of this shot was that I didn't like it. Then I looked at it again and studied it. I've now come back to it 4 times. Each time I bump it up another notch. Once again, I find myself doing the same. Very emotive and "colorful" shot. I love the blacks and textures. 8
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08/18/2005 02:55:07 AM
love the low-key darkness of this image. her positioning, however, is a bit akward. it might be her hand, or facial expression...i don't really know. i think it would have appealed more to me if you cropped out her hand entirely.
but all in all, a very cool image. good luck :-)
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08/17/2005 11:13:50 AM
Nice imagery, although the black on black effect of the clothes & background gives it a heavy or dark feel. It would also help to actually see rain instead of just wet.
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08/15/2005 10:30:28 AM
Fingers chopped off by edge of frame... this is rarely effective.
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08/15/2005 08:20:16 AM
i like it, its really nice, you got the right skin tone, and the frame is amazing
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08/15/2005 12:53:18 AM
very cool! I like the darkness of it and the messed up make-up!
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08/15/2005 12:41:15 AM
Interesting. I guess her make up smudged in the rain??? Nice contrast and desat.The black on black works here.
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