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Challenge: Square Crop (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Uxbridge, Ontario
Date: Feb 27, 2006
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2006

 Not a set-up shot...I probably shouldn't be entering this..
Processed while she slept, listening to Antony and the Johnsons...
Shot with what existing light there was, and handheld.

convert to LAB, channels A +B off, convert to grayscale to RGB, cropped, curves, ,levels, curves2, contrast +4, small dodge and burn, cloned out some bright specks, added border, usm a couple of times, save for web.
then went back, reworked a bit..smudge tool on bits of hair that bugged me,
turned it into a tritone (black, brown, yellow)..
The strangest thing is just by eyeballing it when I cropped, this ended up being a perfect square and yet was shot for comfort...hmm, am I submitting to the right challenge? There are some specks bugging me, so I have moved it over so that I could clone them out.
I am submitting this exactly 1 year after joining...

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Place: 137 out of 369
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 06/13/2006 11:37:35 PM
Love the composition, lighting, and tones.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/11/2006 04:21:00 PM
lovely pic!
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 03/10/2006 10:06:30 PM
love this! 9
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Fujifilm X100VI
 03/10/2006 07:53:37 PM
Wonderful portrait, beautifully composed with the bear under her arm. I like it even more now I look at it the 2nd time. Bumpin up.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/09/2006 02:02:34 PM
suits the square! i like the green tinge too
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 03/09/2006 12:21:18 PM
lovely. nice exposure and compo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Panasonic DMW-LTZ10 1.5x Teleconverter
 03/09/2006 12:44:17 AM
Nice shot.
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 03/08/2006 11:32:42 PM
Great capture, great title, well cropped, good contrast. Like it.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 03/07/2006 08:35:51 PM
Sweet sleep!! Very cute!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 03/07/2006 07:35:06 PM
Very nice image I like the grain, the duotone, the composition
well done
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
 03/07/2006 06:34:56 PM
How sweet!
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Canon PowerShot A530
 03/07/2006 06:20:58 PM
I love the position of the teddy bear! He looks like he's waving! *waves back* *realises how silly he looks waving at the computer screen*
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 03/07/2006 03:12:39 PM
She is very pretty...
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Casio Exilim EX-Z750
 03/06/2006 08:45:16 PM
this shot's lighting is beautiful and sets a mood. the sqaure crop really works for this shot too :)
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 03/06/2006 04:27:47 PM
Textures, contrasts, pose, comp -- super. Nice work.
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 03/06/2006 02:52:46 PM
Very nice photo, my only 10 of this challenge. I like your choice sepia like tones for this photo, they work quite well. Normally photos of children leave me rather uninspired, typically they are just trying to get by on cuteness. Perhaps it is because the tones work so well with the sleeping child or because it has me thinking of my own daughter. Either way you accomplished what a good photo should...to move someone in some special way! Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/06/2006 09:59:50 AM
Sweet capture! I love the lighting and the textures. There is a lot of detail here!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/06/2006 08:50:20 AM
Precious! THe lighting is great the way it highlights her face. I would have burned down her sleeve, so that it does not draw attention away from her face.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/06/2006 01:36:13 AM
nice shot...this would have done well in the comfort challenge
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