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Black Angels
Black Angels
kvickrey


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2007 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: California
Date: May 17, 2007
Aperture: f/1.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2008

 This is my all-time fav or 2007. Taken with a lens baby during a fabulous shoot with beautiful models and breath-taking horses in May.

Statistics
Place: 115 out of 484
Avg (all users): 6.2033
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.0925
Avg (non-participants): 6.4853
Views since voting: 1295
Views during voting: 401
Votes: 241
Comments: 21
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 07/04/2008 02:59:26 AM
This is amazing and magical.
This has all the qualities of something I would see on a book or CD cover.
Congrats on a truly fine piece of art.
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 03/19/2008 10:24:40 PM
great use of a lensbaby. stunning.
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 01/28/2008 01:30:03 AM
Robbed...seriously underated, IMHO.
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 01/28/2008 01:26:33 AM
Congrats, Kimmery! Lovely light/tones in your shot.
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 01/28/2008 12:41:07 AM
Congrats on a new Personal Best! Fabulous!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2008 06:27:14 PM
haha found yours too! (didn't score it)
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 01/27/2008 03:20:05 PM
the vignetting adds a fantasy feel to this image. quite nice.
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 01/27/2008 03:13:06 PM
Just don't know where I'm at with this one. I've been back to look at it several times before I comment. I like the overall softness with just the area of her head in focus, and the burned in corners, but really have trouble with the "black" aspect of it. I would like to have seen the entire horse in the image, or alternatively, a much closer crop on her head/face and the horse's head.

This seems to convey to me the concept of black/evil in the world, and I am not comfortable with that. Would I have been OK with a white horse and white angel? Yes, most likely I would have been. Is that ridiculous? Well, maybe to someone else, but that's how I feel. (I did not vote it "down" because of how it comes across to me, but rather on it's effectiveness as an image (in my opinion), and gave it a 7).
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 01/27/2008 02:46:31 PM
This is so beautiful... and I love the blur, I just wish it wasn't smudging the horse's face so much. Otherwise, this is fabulous! :)
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 01/26/2008 06:01:28 PM
Fresh! I'd retire if something like this came out of my camera! Good work.
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 01/25/2008 02:48:35 PM
Love this 10!
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 01/24/2008 07:21:26 PM
I like the dreamy quality up to a point; the horse's head being in the OOF area takes a lot away, IMO.
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 01/24/2008 06:08:04 AM
interesting and surreal
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 01/22/2008 11:45:35 PM
angels...as in plural and yet the horse's face is almost gone.
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 01/22/2008 10:35:19 PM
The burning around the outside is negatively impacting the outcome IMO. Lighting is good and I like the composition. I would have liked to seen the entire image processed with the softness you have around the subjects face. Good Luck. 5.
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 01/22/2008 10:26:14 AM
Wow - what an amazing photo. Great title, too.
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 01/22/2008 07:57:30 AM
Wow! This is an amazing capture/edit. Full of emotion, a great work of art.
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 01/21/2008 05:55:38 PM
the horses head should also be in focus. The title is Angel(S)
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 01/21/2008 02:05:15 PM
Lensbaby?
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 01/21/2008 05:09:35 AM
I really wish you entered this at 720 pixels
Stunning, unique image
love the vignette and the overall edit
the angel wings are fantastic
just wish it was bigger 8
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 01/21/2008 12:30:42 AM
WOAH.
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