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Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/4-5.6
Location: Pacific Garden Mall, Santa Cruz
Date: Oct 3, 2008
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 250
Shutter: 640
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2008

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Comments: 13
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She was just standing there, staring off into the distance.

I cropped this shot, saturated the colors - dodged the flora and the light, bumped up the color on her scarf and purse, sharpened the photo. P

Please feel free to tell me how I am doing with my PS skills as I am learning as I am going and appreciate brutal honesty

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10/09/2008 10:13:45 PM
Wonderful colours, great composition, DOF. Her posture and expression and vary bare legs gives me concern for her vulnerability. Looking more closely (this is my 3rd or 4th look at this), I see that she is most probably with child. A whole new dimension.
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10/09/2008 06:29:06 PM
Love the colors. Works very well together.
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10/06/2008 01:37:31 PM
Nice colors and composition, I like the expression on her face, she seems concern.. really keeps my attention on her =)
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10/06/2008 10:09:27 AM
Nice light on her face, and a nice combination of elements with the bicycle and the lamp in the background.
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10/05/2008 09:43:17 PM
Her concerned expression gets me into the photo then I see and appreciate the gold colors of the leaves and bag. Wonderful composition. Nice job with the colors too.
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10/05/2008 03:52:40 PM
Cold yet she needs to be fashionable, beautiful yet unsure of what is next

lovely lighting, good use of background interest to balance the photo - i would have cropped a bit from the top (don't worry about the top of the lightpost - I don't think it adds much)to focus our attentions even more
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10/05/2008 02:43:24 PM
Quite nice! The fall colors really complement this well! I like the golden glow of the light, and the bike in the distance. Nice tableau.
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10/05/2008 10:11:28 AM
Love the colours in the trees at the back. As for your PS skills, I couldn't tell you'd edited it, if that helps! It would be interesting to see your original and exactly what you did.
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10/05/2008 02:27:40 AM
I like the composition too. The lamp post is a tiny weenie bit distracting, but I think if he moved to get her from a different anlge he would lose the perfect profile.

Her stance is great. I like the way the scarf, bag, light and autumn leaves tie together.
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10/04/2008 10:02:10 PM
I like the compoisiton -- it's kind of minimalist in a sense, but there's still a lot of story to tell. Great yellows throughout. Dress is a bit underexposed.
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10/04/2008 07:46:14 PM
Well done. I like the colors. The way she has her arms around herself communicates that she is cold. I don't care for the lamp post right in front of her face and wonder if you could have moved to the right to hide it behind the building.

Message edited by author 2008-10-04 19:46:43.
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10/04/2008 04:35:37 AM
Nothing to do with your picture, but it makes me smile to see someone wearing a scarf and then having bare legs. :) She looks like she's waiting for someone, who is obviously late.
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10/03/2008 11:30:42 PM
This one really works for me. I like the woman's unposed stance, and the repeating yellows are very nice. The lamp may be a little bright considering the brightness of the day, but I think dodging it was the right move.
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