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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 5
Location: 'The Studio' aka: Hubby's Den
Date: Jun 21, 2004
Aperture: F/3.4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/32 sec.
Galleries: Family, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 25, 2004

This was my first attempt at portrait photography. Only natural light was used - no flashes.

Post production included adjusting shadows/highlights, levels, color and applying Neatimage, cropping - and then adding a border.

This is my first challenge! I can't wait to get started on another one!

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 92
Avg (all users): 5.6996
Avg (commenters): 6.2667
Avg (participants): 5.0448
Avg (non-participants): 5.9489
Views since voting: 1220
Views during voting: 370
Votes: 243
Comments: 30
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/04/2004 10:05:29 PM
How adorable are they? Very cute and nice capture, hard to catch them both looking I bet!

The lighting seems a tad bright overall and the focus seems a bit too soft. I had this at a 5 but am bumping to a 7
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07/04/2004 03:02:52 AM
Pretty hard to get a decent baby picture sometimes ... to "double-dip" like this seems like taking maximum advantage of a rare stroke of luck.
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07/03/2004 10:02:33 AM
Great capture of the wonderful expressions of these babies! Lighting may be a bit too strong, but still an excellent portrait.
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07/02/2004 06:30:12 PM
Cute! You must like to be hard on yourself, trying to do two at once! I'm guessing its motion blur that causes the twin on the left to be slightly fuzzy? Lighting could be softened somewhat to prevent the harsh lights in the eyes (or you could photoshop them out)--just that they look a little like deer in headlights, I'm afraid.
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07/02/2004 12:10:57 PM
How very cute. Love their expressions. You had tow ork hard on this one, I'm sure!!!! Great poses, expressive eyes, good catchlights. Well done for working with babies! :o)
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07/02/2004 01:57:55 AM
Lighting: Well balanced with strong spark of life from the catchlight.
Pose: The poses work well as they are each displaying their individuality in the face of the obvious similarities.
Background: Works well with the models. the only thing I would attempt to change would be to move the models and the background further apart to minimize the shadows.
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07/01/2004 07:55:50 PM
Cute kids, especially the expression on the left. Focus appears a little soft, but that could be from resizing. Would love to see more dramatic lighting.
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07/01/2004 07:52:46 PM
Adorable. Good job.
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07/01/2004 01:36:19 PM
Very very cute. I like the softness. Wish the background is even softer. 9
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06/30/2004 12:29:32 PM
Great photo. How'd you get them both to smile?? Only thing I'd change is the background...darker without stars. That way, those cuties would stand out even more.
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06/30/2004 10:43:44 AM
These little guys are just beautiful. Kids are soooo hard to shoot. I know from experience. I have 4.

Critique: You did good, but the background is very distracting. Try using a solid color. Black might be nice.
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06/30/2004 02:39:28 AM
Absolutely adorable, wheww, I bet they are a handful. Beautiful eyes and wonderful smiles. great shot
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06/30/2004 01:49:44 AM
Beautiful boys! Too bad they look so flat. It doesn't do them justice... Try moving your lights around to the sides. Also, it looks like ya might have used a flash here, try it without. You'll definately need a tripod and a little luck cause kids are a little squrimy, but it should pay off!
TC
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06/29/2004 11:21:25 PM
They are awfully cute, but the blue color-cast really detracts from the overall effect
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06/29/2004 09:38:45 PM
Ah - a double! Eyes are great as is the your placement, exposure and focus. The boirder detracts for me.
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06/29/2004 07:15:19 PM
Bluish cast,, blown highlights...distracting background...but great models
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06/29/2004 06:28:04 PM
double joy ,good shot for the album
06/29/2004 05:37:50 PM
So nice twins. I have twinboys myself. They are 12 yers old. It´s not easy have both of them so good . I give you a 10.
06/29/2004 02:51:07 PM
Must have been hard to get them both to smile at the same time. There seems to be a blue cast on the photo and perhaps some more depth of field would have rendered both guys in sharp focus.
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06/29/2004 02:00:15 PM
Cute little ones! A touch deeper DOF to get the back twins eyes more in focus. Some warmer color may have helped this a bit also.
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06/29/2004 10:50:03 AM
Not 100% a studio portrait.
06/28/2004 10:20:38 PM
Just to great!!
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06/28/2004 09:19:41 PM
Image has slight bluish tint, or maybe the blue stripes don't contrast the background enough. The stars & circles on the background are distracting.
I used to have babies. Then teen-agers.
Cute kids.
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06/28/2004 08:17:38 PM
man...I'm sure this was a tough one to get! Just for that, I'm scoring you a 7, and then upping it to an 8 for the cuteness of the kiddos. Lighting is beautiful. :)
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06/28/2004 04:55:21 PM
Nice shot for the family album, bit too like a snapshot for me
good luck though
06/28/2004 02:20:14 PM
The models are cute. They are a little too close to the background. They should be placed about a foot and half away and then a separate light should be directed at the background to eliminate shadows.
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06/28/2004 12:25:34 PM
they are adorable, but the left one (viewers left) is a bit out of focus. The background color makes them very pale.
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06/28/2004 11:55:15 AM
Very cute, very. I think the back drop is bit busy, but this is good.
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06/28/2004 09:22:37 AM
Love this! What great expressions.
06/28/2004 12:28:54 AM
Cute!


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