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Challenge: Masters' Free Study II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Ohio
Date: Nov 29, 2008
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Emotive, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2008

 I love high key images and I'm entering this shot even though high key takes a beating most of the time at DPC. I wanted to do a different kind of self portrait for the masters and for me...not evil or goofy. This pose & shot weren't exactly what I was going for but of all the pic's I took I liked the soft feel of this one best so up it goes...OK DPC, I'm ready for my beating.

Shot in our studio on a white paper backdrop. Lit with a single flash. Shot in RAW - RAW conversions. CS3 - levels, superfunhappy, neat image, dodge/burn, minor cloning, convert to b&w, unsharp mask, blur, crop, border, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 170
Avg (all users): 6.6755
Avg (commenters): 8.3889
Avg (participants): 6.6809
Avg (non-participants): 6.6735
Views since voting: 1505
Views during voting: 723
Votes: 339
Comments: 24
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 12/09/2008 01:59:38 AM
Great take on the high key theme. So used to seeing headshots used but this is so different and fantastically well done.
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 12/08/2008 05:16:01 PM
A 6.67 with a commenter average over 8 is the kind of beating I'd take any day! :-)
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 12/08/2008 04:40:04 PM
Right next door to each other...very odd. Nice image, great in B&W.

Message edited by author 2008-12-08 16:40:19.
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 12/08/2008 02:42:58 AM
I knew it was you! I thought I had written a comment during the challenge, but apparently I couldn't find the words to describe how awesome this shot is of you. It's so delicate and caring.
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 12/08/2008 12:18:30 AM
I think it's funny that the two of you finished side by side. Great image
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/06/2008 12:04:47 PM
great hi key photo. great pose too
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 12/06/2008 01:17:45 AM
High key at it's best example, well done
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 12/05/2008 03:11:08 PM
Beautiful! Great composition. Perfect expression and looks great in light on white. The lighting and shadows is excellent. 10
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 12/05/2008 12:34:10 PM
I think the title's a little obtuse, but the strength of this image defrays the need for a title at all. 8
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 12/05/2008 11:52:58 AM
The graphical shape is a little distrubing to me, but the overall feel makes up for it. 10
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 12/04/2008 03:00:29 PM
I'm not really a 'People' person and prefer Scenic photos. But, this is excellent and it's not about personal taste is it: 10
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 12/03/2008 06:18:43 PM
Very Nice
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 12/03/2008 02:51:17 PM
very good high key
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 12/03/2008 09:45:01 AM
Excellent. 9
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 12/03/2008 08:37:57 AM
Stunning HK portrait with a fantastic angle of view. 10
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 12/01/2008 11:43:49 PM
Lovely shades, almost looks like a pencil sketch at first. I really dig the pose, the lighting & the post work on this - bravo! -- 9 --
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 12/01/2008 10:16:24 PM
love the high key, 8
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 12/01/2008 06:43:27 PM
In the morning hour
She waits
For a heartbeat
A sigh
A whisper
And she remembers

I'm not trying to be another K10DGuy with my "poem" comment, but some photos just move me. I write little poems off and on and after seeing this photo and thinking about it for a while, the poem came to me. I love the whiteness of the image (high-key, over exposure, whatever you want to call it). I love her pose and her gaze. She has a lot on her mind, we can't tell if it is happy or sad memories, probably a little of both. It might have been a tad bit better if she were nude and you could not see the bit of clothing, but because it's white it doesn't make that much of a difference. This looks like aimeethetoo so whoever took this photo, Tim or Aimee, you've done a wonderful job and it's very deserving of a 10. I don't normally "go crazy" for people photos, it takes a special one to move me.
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 12/01/2008 12:50:56 PM
beautiful photo, nice processing, interesting pose. I get a strange feeling that something is missing. Oh yes, I think I am searching for her body which is completely obscured by her hands. I am sure that was your idea, but I would probably changed POV a little bit to the right and lower...
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 12/01/2008 11:19:57 AM
I really, really like this except for the fact that it looks like she has no body -- her head almost looks attached to her legs.
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 12/01/2008 08:48:16 AM
one of the most beautiful high-key portrait shots i have seen to date. 10 and faved
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 12/01/2008 05:24:36 AM
I like high key images but this perspective makes her look as if she has no body.
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 12/01/2008 01:55:05 AM
wonderful !
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 12/01/2008 01:11:03 AM
Is this with a super-wide angle? It stretches her legs too much and makes them look odd with the rest of her body. The high-key, however, is very well processed. This almost looks like Aimee. 7
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