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Lazy Daze
Lazy Daze
michael_p


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Warwickshire Studio
Date: May 19, 2007
Aperture: 13
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2007

Shot in RAW and converted to JPG using Adobe Lightroom. Whilst in Lightroom I adjusted White Balance and recovery as well as a little Fill light.

Photoshop, tidied the background to be a solid white colour to remove the odd ripple in the vinyl background. Levels, Curves, amd Brightness, then created duplicate layer and desaturated the top layer and deleted the grey from the flowers to add colour to them.

Resized to 640x??? and saved for web at 100. Uploaded.

Statistics
Place: 80 out of 556
Avg (all users): 5.9412
Avg (commenters): 6.8889
Avg (participants): 5.8967
Avg (non-participants): 6.0926
Views since voting: 1186
Views during voting: 322
Votes: 238
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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06/01/2007 03:03:38 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Oh, I'm so pleased this did well in this low scoring Challenge. I remember this image well from the Challenge and voted it high.

Beautifully composed and an unforced cheerfulness from your little girl model. Focus is spot on and the flowers are nicely placed.

What's not to like? It's a good image and one you can be proud of.

I wish you continued success in your DPC experience.

SFAlice
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05/29/2007 03:43:22 PM
What a lovely little girl. I really like the b&w conversion. The orchids are beautiful too. Nice entry. Too bad she didn't end up in your top row. It would have been fun to have here there on your profile page.
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05/28/2007 02:07:22 PM
hehe, what a cute shot. when ever i see a shot like this, someone laying down (b/w) with a bouqet of flowers (colored), 100% of the time, its a wedding shot! you totally surprised me by having a little girl in this pose! I love her little half smile, a real keeper. good job.
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05/28/2007 10:06:17 AM
what a wonderfull photo.
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05/28/2007 02:00:44 AM
I love the portrait! Not so fond of the desat, though I do realize that was the challenge. I'd like to see this either in color or black and white. Beautifully lit, well composed, very nice work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/27/2007 11:55:41 PM
Beautiful little girl. I'm having trouble with this one because I really think the shot would be better with NO color (which of course would make it DNMC). The colorful flowers keep pulling me away from her whimsical expression, which I think should be the focal point.
You also have a little problem with color shadowing the area around the flowers - I presume from the way you selected that area. You may get dinged overall for that. But don't let it bother you, this is a great photo (exceptions noted) and you should be pleased with it.
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05/27/2007 11:34:05 PM
beautiful! love the comp and the pose
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05/25/2007 07:27:34 PM
nice portrait. great lighting.
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05/25/2007 04:15:02 PM
Really nice lighting and I like the colour of your flowers. Nice composition and nice blend of saturated and non saturated elements.
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05/23/2007 08:53:20 AM
I see a pink contour around the flowers and I think that the selection is not well done... Isn't it?
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05/23/2007 08:44:41 AM
Very nice! I love the expression on her face!
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05/23/2007 08:28:30 AM
There appears to be a mildly saturated border visible spilling out round the flowers? Was this intentional?
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05/22/2007 08:35:31 PM
well done man well done ..that is the one ..that is photography , and that is what am talking about
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05/22/2007 07:25:45 PM
Beautiful, perfect tones in this black-and-white image. Little girl is adorable & composition is right on. Focus perfect. 10
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05/22/2007 03:39:48 PM
What a pleasant photo, nice lighting and composition. should do well!! 8
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05/22/2007 09:30:36 AM
This is so sweet and precious. It looks like theirs a pinkish halo around the flowers though.
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05/21/2007 11:39:20 AM
Great angle, and colors in the flower. Her expression is priceless and shows a great deal of innocense. Nice work.
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