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Challenge: Stock Photos: The Business Person (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
Location: NC
Date: Jan 12, 2009
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Jan 13, 2009

strobe left of camera shooting through a plastic create to create pattern on wall.
strobe on right pointing at subject
strobe on left with CTO gel pointing at subject
Camera WB set to tungsten to create blue background
No editing done, straight out of camera

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 36
Avg (all users): 6.3043
Avg (commenters): 6.7600
Avg (participants): 5.5833
Avg (non-participants): 6.3624
Views since voting: 1389
Views during voting: 554
Votes: 322
Comments: 25
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/20/2009 09:49:36 PM
Pleasing and clean. Boost the light on him and his shirt a bit and you'd have a great stock shot!
01/19/2009 06:06:06 PM
nice shot, background is great
01/18/2009 02:02:56 PM
Lighting is dark - focus is good
01/18/2009 09:56:16 AM
you at least meet the challenge better than most...
01/17/2009 04:03:07 PM
I like this for the most part. Your lighting, background and subject are perfect for the challenge and for stock shots in general. It comes off to me as a touch darker and duller than I would expect though. I popped this into my editor to see, and some quick levels, curves and contrast really made this pop nicely and looks like something I would see in an advertisement.
01/16/2009 06:43:27 PM
Very straight forward. Lighting a little off/dim for stock (on hands). Comp good, sharpness well done. 7
01/16/2009 04:27:56 PM
Nice stock photo. Could use that in a lot of brochures.
01/16/2009 08:03:19 AM
I don't feel the colouring/lighting goes well with the shirt and tie colours.
01/15/2009 10:31:53 PM
Beautiful lighting and great subject.
A perfect stock photo.
01/15/2009 08:31:31 PM
great idea to paint the background, but your subject is standing too close to the background because some of the background lights got onto him... UNLESS that was your intention... otherwise great shot
01/15/2009 03:36:30 PM
This looks very dark on my monitor. Are you sure you have yours set up right?
01/14/2009 11:27:14 PM
great lighting
01/14/2009 10:28:24 PM
Love the lighting, DOF and crop. The model is effective, and the image speaks "business". Well done.
01/14/2009 06:06:50 PM
Nicely done. My pick for the blue!
01/14/2009 04:59:46 PM
A bit too dark for stock. Key lighting on the face is good, if harsh, but hands with phone should also have been lit. There is also too much background for my taste; a tighter crop without the bright spot on the left would have made the composition stronger.
01/14/2009 04:47:45 PM
i like the blu on the background, I don't know if on the man work, it seems a bit off.
01/14/2009 04:36:15 PM
Stock photo, for sure! Lovely job... might be a bit brighter on the shirt and less shadow from the nose to make it just a smidgeon better... but it's really good.
01/14/2009 12:11:33 PM
Fits the challenge well. I like the strong blues of the background, though I wish they were a little less strongly reflected from the subject.
01/14/2009 11:45:48 AM
Very nice solid image. A nice use of lighting to highlight and give a very professional look to your image. Framing is great very solid.
01/14/2009 11:11:25 AM
Job well done. Beautiful background and I like the overall composition. The only negitive is the lack of levels adjustment.
01/14/2009 09:29:35 AM
Definitely see this as stock work -- one of the top two this challenge. - 8
01/14/2009 08:44:20 AM
Great shot and nice idea but a little to dark.
01/14/2009 03:41:18 AM
Such a cliche image. ...Just what the challenge seems to call for! :) Nicely done.
01/14/2009 03:20:07 AM
.....!
01/14/2009 01:13:09 AM
A little bit too dark / artsy for a stock photo. I would expect something that is more of a in-your-face, bright, aggressive for the business person stock photo.
But otherwise, I like the image very much.


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