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Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Home
Date: Jan 7, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2007

 I've always wanted to try a portrait like this, but I have no willing subjects, so self portrait it had to be...this took a lot of back and forth to line up and focus correctly, get the lighting right etc.

Open RAW file in Adobe Lightroom beta 4, convert to greyscale and adjust contrast etc, save as jpg.

Statistics
Place: 175 out of 491
Avg (all users): 5.5448
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.5156
Avg (non-participants): 5.5679
Views since voting: 855
Views during voting: 386
Votes: 290
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 01/16/2007 07:17:14 AM
Great composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 01/16/2007 01:07:22 AM
it sure helps when you're good lookin!! :) ... great shot, excellent composition and contrasts .. and powerful expression ... love it ... =8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/14/2007 07:40:14 PM
I like this.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 01/11/2007 04:30:49 PM
Yeah, I like these side lighting portraits with distinct dark and light phases.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 01/10/2007 03:45:43 PM
Ok, there is a ragining debte about people's voting habits at the moment, so i will attempt to give a detailed comment with my vote:

So first of all this shot stands out i find. It's simple and the lighting is very effective. Half of your face shows, the other half doesn't. The eye is super effective and the DOF is good. maybe have the ear sharp too but i don't really mind there. THis is a 7 in my opion because there is quality to the image. Not enough to go higher than that but it's most definitely a higher than average shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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