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Belle
Belle
Artan


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Challenge: Natural Light Portrait (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Gloucestershire, UK
Date: Jul 14, 2007
Aperture: f5
ISO: 250
Shutter: 200s
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2007

 I was shooting some portraits in the garden initially using flash, then for this DPC entry I put the flash to one side and experimented using white card (with some crumpled silver foil stuck to the centre) as a reflector to bounce the light into the girls face.

As we look at her, the light was behind and to the left of the girl with the card reflector just infrount of her below and to the right.

This was my first attempt at this so I am pleased with the result. This close it even gave a small catch light in her eye, which I slightly enhanced

Processing - Converted to B/W ( darkening the green chanel)and then cloned out a small freckle on the tip of her nose.
cropped sized and saved for DPC

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Place: 214 out of 366
Avg (all users): 5.2398
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
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Votes: 221
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2007 05:06:35 AM
composition is too centered
 07/23/2007 10:19:12 PM
her hair & the bg seem to be competing with one another..lots of waves & lines...
 07/20/2007 09:43:05 PM
nice composition but for me the tint used highlights the overdone lighting
 07/19/2007 03:55:04 PM
I really love this alot. Maybe a little more cropping or taking this photo off centered would really kick up the impact. The lighting and treatment is wonderful
 07/18/2007 04:49:05 PM
I'm not sure why you chose to convert this to black and white - it really doesn't add anything to the image. Generally, it's a nice shot and with the advanced editing rules you could have done a lot with it in color.
 07/18/2007 01:35:25 PM
I don't like the B&W conversion on this, which is a shame as the picture seems excellent. the focus and DOF are spot on and the pose is good. I think the composition could do with being a little further off central and it looks a little too grey for my taste.


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