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Contemporary Hair Style
Contemporary Hair Style
BrianR


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Challenge: Fine Arts: Exhibit I (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Home, Hervey Bay Australia
Date: Mar 4, 2010
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Black and White, Studio
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2010

While doing a shoot wiyh Jahn, a Family friend I noticed the the fine curves & turns in the hair style and hoped it would suit this challenge.

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Statistics
Place: 187 out of 193
Avg (all users): 3.7619
Avg (commenters): 3.9167
Avg (participants): 3.5000
Avg (non-participants): 4.0562
Views since voting: 650
Views during voting: 384
Votes: 189
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0


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03/15/2010 06:19:34 AM
There is something contemporary about this portrait that I really like. Sorry it didn't score better.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/14/2010 08:52:19 PM
This is wrong on so many levels. The pose is unnatural and forced, and the contrast is flat. But all this strengthens the deadpan feel of the whole thing -- and it makes me smile. Eight points for you.
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03/14/2010 04:14:38 PM
1 - Perhaps in years to come, but not right now this isn't saying 'art' to me.
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03/14/2010 09:28:16 AM
Nice image, but falls short as being fine art..
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03/12/2010 06:46:03 PM
Not loving this one. At all. :)
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03/11/2010 05:39:27 PM
I'm struggling to see the fine art connection here.
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03/11/2010 01:47:36 PM
Sorry but for me this really just seems like a portrait with nothing special and, imho, no Fine Art quality. May just be my opinion and the great, terrible, funny, crazy, stressful, interesting thing with art is our varying definitions. Good Luck.
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03/10/2010 11:34:08 PM
She's got a lot of character and your lighting is nice. I think maybe a tighter crop would bring that out. In this case, the negative space is working against you IMHO.
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03/10/2010 12:10:30 PM
sorry, nice lady I'm sure but the shot is a bit .... well.... snap shotty let alone whether it fits the challenge.
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03/10/2010 12:43:53 AM
nice.. extra points for props
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03/10/2010 12:38:25 AM
I'm sorry, simply not "fine art". This is a portrait, and would not work as fine art. I don't know her, and through her, I fail to understand you. My favourite fine art pictures force me to think in ways the photographer wants me to think, or to see that which is otherwise unviewable. I don't necessarily mean in terms of subject matter or the accessibility of the components of the image, but in that invested by the photographer in the image. I know what this is. It's a portrait. Technically, it needs lots of work; the sharpening did not work. The lighting is poor, and so the image is "flat". The tones are not good. Please try again, should there be another "fine art" challenge. Tell me something I don't already know.
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03/09/2010 04:49:36 PM
I don't know why but this is kind of funny. Maybe it's her smirk.
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03/09/2010 04:12:41 PM
I wouldn't consider a portrait to be fine art, it is a good photo though
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03/09/2010 12:03:27 PM
A bit dull and flat in your tones
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03/08/2010 11:38:52 PM
I like that this is an honest portrait. I don't much like the skin treatment, it seems a bit too plastic. I like her expression, and her direct way of looking at the camera, but I find that the background doesn't frame her, doesn't add much. Also, the processing is a bit on the strong side overall. Honest portraits are rare and good.
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