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Challenge: Environmental Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Hrafnagil Eyjafjarðasveit
Date: May 14, 2006
Aperture: 5,6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 137 out of 190
Avg (all users): 5.2059
Avg (commenters): 5.1667
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.3088
Views since voting: 872
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 204
Comments: 18
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05/27/2006 07:35:24 PM
Hey There Fro the CPII!

So, I like this shot. It seems like there was some heavy sun out there but you did a good job not overexposing any part of your subject. I would have used a smaller aperture tho (maybe 6.3 or much higher) for deeper DOF. The face of the girls is a bit soft on focus. For some reason, I don;t like that she is posing for someone else. It definitely seems as tho she is.

Anyway, good stuff!
Hope this critique helps.
peace
rooster
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05/23/2006 08:16:10 AM
Hi from CP2

The colours are bright and the composition and lighting are good.
The lighting does seem a bit harsh...
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05/22/2006 10:22:30 PM
Greetings from CTP2

Technicals:
The lighting is good but it feels a bit intense because of her squinting. The color and detail are good but her face could be sharper. With the amount of light you had available you should have shot this with a much smaller aperture, which would have helped produce a sharper image of her face.

Subject/composition:
I like the choice in subject with her instrument and medal included. The composition is also good. There's some space around her yet she isn't in the center, which I like. The background isn't distracting or anything like that but there is some detail there but that detail doesn't tell me anything more about her. In other words I think maybe something with less features should have been used or a background that in some way told us more about her or her music. Unless of course she's a street performer! In which case scratch the background comment. :P

Verdict/Summary:
I think if the issues I mentioned were corrected this would have been a 6+ scoring image, IMO.

Message edited by author 2006-05-22 22:24:57.
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05/22/2006 01:40:40 PM
Hello from Álex, of the CTP MkII

First Impression: Congrats to the winner
Composition: Very good composition IMO, with the girl in one of the thids, the accordion down and the free space on the left up. The BG is OK.
Subject: Meets perfectly the challenge. Cute girl, but with too much sun to her, so she cannot have her eyes wide open.
Technical: The light is too strong (maybe midday?) and that creates some technical problems: the colors are a bit washed and need more contrast for me; the shadows are too large up-down in her face. And the focus is a bit off her face, it's more on the instrument.
Improvement: Make the shot sooner or later in the day (if the girl is available, LOL).
Summary: A very good composition a bit scored down for the problems on lighting.

Álex
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/18/2006 11:28:46 PM
The sun is making her squint a little, would also have liked a little more sharpness on the face.
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05/18/2006 10:51:56 PM
Focus is a bit soft, but good capture (and a really great smile!)
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05/18/2006 08:36:36 PM
This would be even better if both the medel and the girls face were in focus. A smaller aperture (larger number) will help this
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05/18/2006 07:44:30 PM
I think the idea is there, but aside from the presence of the instrument, the image tells me little anout the person.

There's something weird going on with the colors too, are the wall and the bricks really that color?
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05/18/2006 08:02:10 AM
Nice shot of the girl and her instrument, but the environmental aspect is not so strong
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05/18/2006 07:57:59 AM
Not bad but somehow the girl is not as clear as is the harmonica and the wall behind her, did you blur her or is this taken at a long shutterspeed? Anyway, she seems out of focus and it´s definately hurting the shot.
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05/16/2006 01:52:10 AM
wishing her well in her musical career
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05/15/2006 09:31:54 PM
The face is a little blurry and the ligting is a little harsh, otherwise this is a really nice shot.
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05/15/2006 08:50:11 PM
Great except focus.
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05/15/2006 04:35:09 PM
Beutiful but OOF which is going to cost you
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05/15/2006 01:37:19 PM
The person is out of focus probalby because of DOF ... think it would be nice to see her playing on the thing ... don't remember the name in english.
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05/15/2006 06:25:52 AM
looks like she posed for someone else entirely. could have been much better had she been looking at you
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05/15/2006 05:51:40 AM
that would be 'la' musicista if we are to be technical, but great shot of a cute girl
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05/15/2006 02:46:18 AM
Cute girl and a nice environmental portrait. The girl should have been sharper than the accordian but still good - 7 from me
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