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Big Sister, Little Brother
Big Sister, Little Brother
tonyv


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black & White III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Date: Nov 11, 2006
Aperture: f/18
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2006

 Picture of the kids taken in the studio. First entry in a long time. So the Update button addiction will get me again.

* Background blurred (inadvertantly left the camera on ISO 400 and ended up with using f18)
* Spot edit of kids faces
* Very slight levels adjustment
* Dodge & Burn using a softlight layer
* Hue/Saturation layer to tweak colours before BW conversion
* Black / White conversion using gradient map

Statistics
Place: 91 out of 424
Avg (all users): 5.9451
Avg (commenters): 6.9167
Avg (participants): 5.8250
Avg (non-participants): 6.1774
Views since voting: 1406
Views during voting: 253
Votes: 182
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/19/2006 07:00:09 AM
Excellent portrait, very expressive!
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 11/17/2006 09:11:29 PM
This shot is tremendous. Beautiful contrast and lighting. Great expressions. Very well done. Back to bump you to 9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2006 06:19:41 PM
Great, I like this!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/14/2006 10:25:49 AM
The highlights on faces (especially boy) look a little blown. I do like the expressions.
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 11/14/2006 06:09:26 AM
this shot has great potential good framing, focus,a nice capture of expression. The down side is the light on the boys face is reflecting off the ear drawing the viewers attention and dominating the shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2006 07:16:21 PM
very nice portrait. Great contrast
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2006 05:55:28 PM
Best BandW picture I've seen yet. Good tonal range. Whites and Blacks. Good composition and crop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2006 03:38:53 PM
Nice portait, I don't really care for the crumpled background, which is not far enough out of focus for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2006 02:15:50 PM
An interesting capture pose for a brother and sister. Good tones. Looks like you might have done some softening of the background with some bleeding along the brother's ear.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2006 09:33:04 AM
I like the way you have these two posed and the subtle background that doesn't distract from the subjects at all. Nice sublte highlights add to the feel of the picture, I am sure they will enjoy this photo in years to come. Very natural looking portrait. 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2006 09:19:48 AM
Very good. Earnest and not cheesy.
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 11/13/2006 08:24:31 AM
good portrait, cant help thinking this would be stronger if you crop just before little brothers right eye 8
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 11/13/2006 03:33:59 AM
it's nice...great lighting and contrast...but they look pretty miserable...don't they get along? 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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