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Allura
Allura
Napalm Nymph


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Challenge: Color Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G6
Location: House
Date: Sep 9, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 121 out of 284
Avg (all users): 5.4874
Avg (commenters): 5.8636
Avg (participants): 5.2000
Avg (non-participants): 5.7440
Views since voting: 2572
Views during voting: 521
Votes: 318
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)


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09/22/2005 10:27:47 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Napalm Nymph...

I think the pose in this photograph has some nice potential. There are several items that bother me here... 1 - The composition with the model's arm clipped/cropped out of the frame on the right feels extremely uncomfortable and cramped. 2 - the lighting creates an unnaturally warm background along with an uneven light temperature on her face. One side of her face is cooler than the other. 3 - the final issue is the lack of sharpness, probably due to camera shake or motion blur with the length of exposure you had (1/10") for this photo. This says that you need more available or artificial light to create a situation where you could get a faster shutter speed. At 1/10", a tripod won't help much because if your model moves in the least, it will create the same problem...

Keep up the good efforts :)

John Setzler
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/17/2005 02:13:02 PM
I like it! good tones, it looks a bit too staged for me though, but i like it! good job!
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09/15/2005 02:29:57 PM
Interesting colours - goes with the expression of the model.
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09/15/2005 08:15:36 AM
a bit too soft in the face.
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09/14/2005 11:22:52 AM
Beautiful! Love the color but the background yellow is a bit distracting from the subject.
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09/14/2005 09:02:19 AM
Like the colours, the soft-focus works well
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09/13/2005 11:32:08 PM
If it weren't for the blur around the face, and eyes especially, I would have scored this better. I like the hat and pose though.
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09/13/2005 11:01:54 PM
Wow love the colors. Great shot!
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09/13/2005 10:13:57 PM
hmm i dunno if i'm liking the crop on her arm. it's kind of in between being in the picture and not. the vertical length seems good though. i think the inclusion of the arm would have been better though. it would also have acted more of a frame around her head as well. i like this shot though, great colors and you'll probably get a lot of comments about bad white balance or warm tones, but i think it goes well with the casualness of this shot
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09/13/2005 10:11:31 PM
The yellow background really kills it for me. Good skin tones and interesting composition.
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09/13/2005 09:32:28 PM
So many beautiful women with red hair in the challenge. Another one here. Great bright colors. Lack of fine detail, and textures will probably hurt the overall score of this image, although a very fine composition, with a great and interesting expression on the model. Good Luck. <6>
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09/13/2005 08:52:31 PM
Nice image. Composed well. Just a bit harsh on the flash. It shows in the cheeks and forearm.
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09/13/2005 08:31:19 PM
Really pretty picture!
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09/13/2005 07:57:09 PM
Great color but just too soft at the eyes. there are distracting white lines in the hair, from either oversharpening or raterization from the reduction. The expression and pose are good, and the colors are great, but not as strong technically
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09/13/2005 07:08:58 AM
Very nice. Love the colors
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09/13/2005 06:04:29 AM
mama mia!
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09/13/2005 12:09:58 AM
I love this photo. Very vibrant! I love how the purple offsets the yellow background. In my top 10!
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09/12/2005 10:44:38 PM
I would like to see a little sharper focus and a lot less yellow.
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09/12/2005 05:25:57 PM
Nice portrait. The first thing I notice is the eyes which have come out really well. Not too impressed with the background. good luck!
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09/12/2005 02:32:43 PM
Wow! How striking! I love the purple accents against that yellow. I love this!!!
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09/12/2005 01:59:32 PM
The neat image is a little overused here but the colors are stunning enough for that to not be a big issue. Stunning eyes on this model. Great Shot.
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09/12/2005 12:47:09 PM
Something here just isn't working for me. Im not sure if its the hat or the pose of the model. I think I would have rather seen her without the hat, and having a more relaxed look on her face. The lighting is really nice, and her face is very unusual.
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09/12/2005 11:11:44 AM
Excellent!! I love the COLOR! :-) I hope you score well with this one- it's definatly one of the best in the challenge.
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09/12/2005 01:53:57 AM
That you again? How's hawaii? Great colr and clarity! Don't you have any other models? Heheheh!
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09/12/2005 01:08:41 AM
Good pose. I don't really like the yellow hue to the picture.
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