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Backlit, Centered, Portrait of a Pink Girl Feeling Blue.
Backlit, Centered, Portrait of a Pink Girl Feeling Blue.
kashi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Three Techniques (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: My daughter's bedroom
Date: Oct 21, 2009
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 140
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Oct 21, 2009

Open
Select background and blurred it to smooth it a bit.
Shadows/Highlights on background.
Flattened image, with background at a low % (30-ish)
Duplicate layer, removed a spot on her arm with spot healing brush.
Flatten image.
Select background, invert to select girl.
Layer via copy.
Lower sat on reds by 15%
Apply a sepia "photo filter" on girl.
Flatten
Crop
Apply border via 'stroke' (black, 50%, color burn)
Resize
sharpen
save for web

Statistics
Place: 81 out of 140
Avg (all users): 5.6978
Avg (commenters): 6.1111
Avg (participants): 5.4107
Avg (non-participants): 5.8916
Views since voting: 742
Views during voting: 231
Votes: 139
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/01/2009 06:22:38 PM
Good capture of a moment and feeling. That's probably the most important achievement of a portrait.
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11/01/2009 11:12:17 AM
contact with her eyes would have added so much more to the photograph
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10/30/2009 09:37:08 AM
8
:)
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10/29/2009 10:50:11 PM
cute
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10/28/2009 04:53:59 AM
very cute.....
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10/27/2009 02:49:53 PM
Looks as if you have her mostly lit from the left side of the photo (her right) and overhead not really giving the impression of backlighting. But even so I would like to see a little fill light in her face.
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10/27/2009 11:43:30 AM
looks like she isn't too happy/very shy...;-( IMO the back lighting isn't very strong...I see more lighting coming from the front...more like fill light. Otherwise a sweet picture.
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10/26/2009 06:57:55 AM
main light obviously doesn't come from back but from top front
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10/26/2009 05:51:34 AM
Uhm... backlit??
Nice, well executed portrait with a story. Like the expression, and hope that she got a really big icecream afterwards ;-) I'm not a fan of pink, though, but that's my subjective opinion off course.
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