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Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
Location: vrindavan , India.
Date: Jan 5, 2007
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2007

A portrait of an old beggar.

Statistics
Place: 78 out of 491
Avg (all users): 6.0370
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.9000
Avg (non-participants): 6.1437
Views since voting: 1087
Views during voting: 461
Votes: 297
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)


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01/17/2007 08:29:40 AM
Hey thanks everyone for voting and leaving some very helpful suggestions... this was my first entry to the website and one of the very first few pics i have ever clicked using an SLR!...
as far as the editing goes, this is again the first time i used photoshop in my life! so i am still not too unhappy about my 78th position! i hope to submit sumthin better the next time.. thanks much to all!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/14/2007 10:59:38 PM
I really like this one. Some of it has gotten blown out but I think the range of tones is very good. I didn't want this to end without letting you know that I thought it was a very, very good image. Good job.
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01/14/2007 03:29:34 PM
Good, powerful shot & well cropped. very well done!
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01/14/2007 05:12:32 AM
good character study
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01/13/2007 06:49:07 PM
stirring portrait. 8
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01/13/2007 03:56:59 PM
The highlights are just a little blown for me, but a fantastic character shot!
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01/12/2007 02:06:52 PM
I have looked at this for a while before commenting/voting. You have used a very harsh contrast and i suspect it was your intention. By doing so the clothing is overexposed. I do feel it brings out better the darkness of the skin. The other side is that you have very deep shadows which result in losing the outer eye definition on the eye to the left, which doesn't look good.
Also the beard is overexposed which i personally don't like because you have lost the feel of the hairs here and as such lost the roughness here that you have created by the harsh contrast everywhere else. Overall i think the choice of hard contrast fits, but i would have liked to have seen it used more focused, so it wouldn't be there where it detracts from the feel of the image.
vote:6
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01/11/2007 05:53:20 PM
very cool shot but way to over processed and consequently u lose lots of the details in the face and beard. could have been so much better in my opinion
:(. 6
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01/11/2007 03:00:33 PM
Very nicely done!
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01/11/2007 01:29:15 PM
Great contrast! Good subject! 8!
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01/11/2007 12:20:21 PM
a very strong portrait. perhaps too burned the whites. 9
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01/11/2007 10:08:08 AM
Great photograph... 7
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01/11/2007 03:45:15 AM
less contrast maybe?
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01/10/2007 06:05:13 PM
Love this shot! The right side of the beard blends into the robe, though. (A bit blown out?) I really like the detail everywhere else, though. Could be a bit larger as well.
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01/10/2007 05:49:10 PM
Powerful treatment perfectly suited to the facial expression and subject. Well done.
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01/10/2007 02:59:03 PM
Powerful image
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01/10/2007 07:00:23 AM
a very emotive photograph ... plus excellent composition and great contrasts... =8
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