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From water comes L i f e
From water comes L i f e
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Water III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED
Location: My Apartment, Osaka, Japan
Date: Apr 9, 2008
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Water
Date Uploaded: Apr 9, 2008

 Shadow/Highlights (About 50 percent)
Efex (Tonal Contrast for water/Pro contrast for entire image/Glamor Glow for face)
Selective whitening of eyes
Hue/Sat for eyes + curves (Cross-process) to get the blue.
Sharpening of lips
NoiseNinja on face at 50 percent

After the original shot in color, I went for a colder blueish color and so these steps were taken.

Solid Blue Layer (Color layer)
Selective dodge around face
Selective burn around eyes and nose

I might be missing some steps because I did a lot of tweaking.

This is what I had after the first bit of processing but uncropped.


Then cropped



I'm hoping for something above 6. It was hard to choose between the color and blue.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 207
Avg (all users): 6.3391
Avg (commenters): 9.5000
Avg (participants): 6.0282
Avg (non-participants): 6.5534
Views since voting: 1704
Views during voting: 416
Votes: 174
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/28/2008 08:27:49 AM
Nice capture!
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 07/28/2008 07:41:20 AM
Wow...this is great!
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 04/23/2008 11:17:40 AM
I didn't vote this challenge but I would have given your crop outtake a higher score than your posted image, I like the natural skin tones better then the blue skin of the submitted image. Supper image and idea. In fact I am even leaning more toward the full image with all the flowing hair over the crop. Probably would have been a 7 or 8 for me.
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 04/21/2008 09:59:24 PM
I thought this was soooo pretty. I loved the appearance of liquid blue glass. Very mystical in a way. Nice choice in going with the blue. Love the creativity of the photo too. Excellent job.
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 04/21/2008 07:37:24 PM
robbed, big time
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 04/21/2008 04:01:17 PM
Jason, nice shot and one of my favourites of this challenge. ETA I like the processing.

Message edited by author 2008-04-21 16:01:36.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/20/2008 07:23:23 PM
Very surreal image. Nicely done. 9
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 04/19/2008 02:57:59 AM
PERFECT in every way.........
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 04/17/2008 12:34:51 PM
very sci fi feel here, I think its the blueness that does it. Spooky and haunting, yet very nice, this one is right up there with the best in the challenge for me.
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 04/15/2008 04:54:02 PM
the blue cast, scintillating water, centered composition, just right high-key treatment, her make-up, expressions, relaxed eyes, half opened mouth...everything is just perfect.
see you on the podium. good luck.
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 04/15/2008 03:04:07 AM
Beautiful.
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 04/14/2008 03:46:17 AM
This is my favirite for this challenge, great capture
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 04/14/2008 12:41:59 AM
Nicely done. Hard to do.
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