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Challenge: Portrait in Landscape Orientation (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: the woods!
Date: Oct 28, 2006
Aperture: 2.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1
Galleries: Emotive
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2006

 My friend juliana with her holoween "fairy" wings. Nope they aren't drawn in or anything.
I know this looks pretty noisy, but this was done in VERY dark conditions at twilight in a thick redwood forest. Hence, very low shutter speed and higher ISO. I had to have her hold her breath so it wouldn't be blurry. I didn't realize exactly HOW dark it was until I put them into my copmputer, I could barely see the highlights of the image! I used "digital flash" to brighten it. Anyway, I really like the dark moody lighting on her face, although it might not work for others. My main deiting tool was dodging and burning. I DID NOT draw in her eye by burning even though it looks like it...I think she must have blinked. Did a lot of burning around her to take some of the distracting elements from the background away.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2006 11:29:32 PM
This is a very good study. I'm drawn to it and ike it very much. However, I had to get past the distraction of whatever the white vertical line is at her feet. It may be a sneaker sole or something else, but I wish it was not there, or at least subdued. Not enough to hurt my opinion though. This is very good.
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 11/06/2006 07:36:33 AM
I wish the wings were not cut off at the top
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 11/05/2006 07:36:43 PM
Is the softness intentional or is this just out of focus, looks like the focus was on the hand in the foregrounds.
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 11/04/2006 02:27:47 PM
sorry bad focus..
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 11/03/2006 06:29:28 PM
I think the focus could be a little bit sharper. Nice thought in the photo and title.
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