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Jinbo


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Challenge: Single Light Source (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Living Room
Date: Nov 13, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Nov 14, 2005

_MG_8371 Note:

In ZoomBrowser:
1> increase exposure by +0.5
2> change white balance to "Tungsten"
3> save to TIFF 8.0bit

In PhotoShop
1> Crop
2> convert to B/W
3> Into grayscale mode
4> Into Duntone mode
5> Back to RGB mode
6> Selective color (Nutrals +5; Black +1)
7> flatten
8> Gaussian Blur +20
9> fade in 10%
10> resize to 1024x733
11> n times USM and fad-in
12> resize to fit DPC
13> small amount of USM
14> curve
15> submit


Hope it is receipted well. It is the best portrait I have ever done. I love it a lot!

Big thank to my pretty model - Sky! She is a natural beauty and very co-operative!

Set up: a 60W desklamp as the only light source. a 3 speeds table-top fan to blow her hair up.

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 291
Avg (all users): 6.0789
Avg (commenters): 7.3810
Avg (participants): 5.7374
Avg (non-participants): 6.2439
Views since voting: 1433
Views during voting: 517
Votes: 304
Comments: 21
Favorites: 8 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/22/2005 11:59:32 AM
Backdrop could be better. Not a lot of shadow.
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11/22/2005 02:35:44 AM
A lovely pose - very wistful. Perhaps a little flat for my taste (slightly too harsh lighting) but only slightly. An attractive portrait and fits the challenge well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/21/2005 12:49:29 AM
Nice shot!! Think her faceis a tad too light for me...
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11/20/2005 09:14:33 AM
Nice light and a beautiful model
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11/20/2005 07:43:38 AM
Nice portrait but i would like it more dark with more shadows. Anyway i would put the light source somewhere else to produce more shadows in a way that would look more melencholic(i am a melancholic guy after all). But i like this one too
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11/19/2005 11:21:11 PM
Pretty.!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/19/2005 11:02:26 PM
Really nice shot. Great lighting and great choice to make it black and white.
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11/19/2005 10:09:51 PM
Is this the face of an angel?:)
Beautiful!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/19/2005 07:58:10 PM
lovely portrait. really love the composition and the soul.
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11/18/2005 12:00:26 PM
The light is a little bright on the face, washing out some of the detail. OK for high key, but the overall image doesn't fit what I would call high key. The background creases are a distraction. Good attempt though so 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/17/2005 08:23:52 PM
Very nice portrait. Face detail is really good. You did a very good job considering we could only use one light source.
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11/16/2005 08:05:26 PM
It really looks as if it's her expression that makes this shot 'dramatic' and not the light. Would have preferred to see more contrast/harsh shadows around her eyes and nose.
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11/16/2005 07:15:51 PM
lighting is pretty harsh, but hell it works with this.....great job! (and gorgeous model!)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/16/2005 06:30:57 PM
you made her neck look huge. Shame on you. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/16/2005 05:42:48 PM
Mandy? Is that you? Beautiful cast of shadows on your chin.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/16/2005 04:08:36 PM
great capture.. i like seeing the emotion on her face...
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11/16/2005 02:25:15 PM
nice portrait
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11/16/2005 12:16:53 PM
Nice portrait, beautiful model. Background seems a bit unprepared...8
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11/16/2005 11:41:49 AM
She's lovely and your lighting and exposure are wonderful. I have a problem with that shadow that extends down her throat. Overall great image. 8
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11/16/2005 09:20:03 AM
BEAUTIFUL. Her skin looks like porcelain. The harshness of the light works well and I love the high contrast. 9
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11/16/2005 01:20:51 AM
hey! I'm pleasantly surprised to see this! I'm Tiffany from TrekLens who commented to you about this. I still love it and it gets a 10 from me!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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