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Mother of Mine

Mother of Mine

MAK

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Challenge: Portrait with Spectacles (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.0 USM
Location: England
Date: Jan 7, 2008
Date Uploaded: Jan 7, 2008

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This is Mother, she is 75 years young and the camera STILL loves her. there are many old shots of my Mum when she was in her 20's she was stunningly beautiful as she is today. Thanks for votes/comments

Simple editing really, converted from RAW, curves adjust layer set black level, another curves adjust layer set for whites, set opacity, USM, noise ninja resized, border submit.

I think it should hold it's own quite well, people here love emotive portraits so i'll aim high

est score - 6.2
dream score - 7+

Statistics

Place: 11 out of 209
Avg (all users): 6.5745
Avg (commenters): 7.4444
Avg (participants): 5.8182
Avg (non-participants): 6.8687
Views since voting: 2350
Views during voting: 415
Votes: 275
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

01/16/2008 02:45:38 PM

Great team, MAK family :)
Her eyes are the center of attention and rightfully so. She has a wonderful gaze. Still a young lady at heart is she?

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM

01/16/2008 11:58:51 AM

great shot bud, very nice use of light

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon

01/15/2008 10:58:36 PM

Perfect.

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01/15/2008 10:03:51 PM

Very sweet photo, I am sure she has lots of stories.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM

01/15/2008 09:11:57 PM

Nice - lots of character!

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Pentax DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL

01/15/2008 06:04:07 PM

There is so much character on the faces of the elderly. Mother has a long life to tell about and this shot expresses that very well.

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01/15/2008 05:30:06 PM

Wonderful captured, and excellent lighting.

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

01/15/2008 02:44:43 PM

Interesting capture of a beautyfully textured subject. I just wonder why some parts are blurred and others at same distance from camera are not. I hope it is not an artificially created dof

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Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

01/13/2008 01:32:03 AM

wow, what a wonderful photo. lovely mom.

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

01/12/2008 09:45:10 AM

wow :) i like this. great shot!

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Nikon AF DC Nikkor 135mm f/2.0D

01/11/2008 04:53:37 AM

beautiful, one of my top rated photos in this challenge. hi mom!

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Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon

01/11/2008 02:50:19 AM

Excellent portrait!

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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

01/11/2008 01:02:51 AM

I've seen that look many times in my life!!

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Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

01/10/2008 11:06:05 PM

lots of character in this.

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01/09/2008 07:59:58 PM

I bet she has some wonderful storoes to tell. She looks like a fun person.

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Canon EOS-7D Mark II

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/09/2008 07:24:10 PM

The hair fades into the background on the left.

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Canon PowerShot Pro1

01/09/2008 07:09:41 PM

Very good focus on the glasses and the skin behind them.

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Canon PowerShot Pro1

01/09/2008 06:44:09 PM

I like this very much, the sharpness in the foreground really draws me in

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Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital

01/09/2008 03:40:28 PM

Lovely use of depth-of-field, and I love the window lighting :)

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Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro

01/09/2008 12:19:05 PM

i like the image overall but i think the only thing i would change is the contrast. maybe beef it up a bit.

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