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Shy Marija
Shy Marija
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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: Jun 24, 2004
Aperture: f5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2004

 Tried very hard to coax my technician out of her shyness ... this was the result. I love the sly smile that I was able to get out of her.

We were both novices at this - she, ' modeling' for the first time, and I doing somekind of 'formal' portraiture.

Tech: NeatImage, duplicated layer, then gaussian blurred the duplicate, then adjusted opacity. Not sure what the ISO I used, but this was handheld using VR lens. Lighting is composed of two ordinary bulbs from the side.

Statistics
Place: 65 out of 92
Avg (all users): 5.1475
Avg (commenters): 5.8529
Avg (participants): 5.1493
Avg (non-participants): 5.1469
Views since voting: 977
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 244
Comments: 35
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/04/2004 10:23:28 PM
Lighting: The lighting is good, but seems to have a bit of a color cast. The soft-focus is a bit much for me.
Pose: conveys the emotion well, but I would not have cut off her arm.
Background: works good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2004 02:42:27 PM
Very cute composition. The pose does make her look 'shy'. The focus though IMHO is way too soft. Nice lighting to bring out the depth, just needs more focus.
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2004 09:40:09 PM
Great portrait. The expression really brings out her shyness, and the soft focus adds mystery.
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 07/03/2004 09:45:31 AM
I like her pose and expression and also like the soft, unfocused look of this image. I also like inclusion of negative space. Lighting is good too, and I especially like her red/brown hair color near to frames edge. Skin tones appear too green.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2004 01:52:55 AM
Really liked the soft focus. Off center adds to mode. Nice shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/02/2004 12:30:33 PM
Too blurred,I want to see some eyes ! 6
 07/02/2004 12:45:18 AM
Good time to use a soft-focus technique, and I like the colors. I personally like the negative space, but it would probably be stronger as a "portrait" if cropped from the left to about the center of her arm.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 09:09:59 AM
really feels like you've gone overboard with the softness - looks like it could have been a good portrait, but I can't really tell any more
 06/30/2004 11:52:14 PM
Nice soft lighting...but the focus or gaussian blur is a tad too soft for my taste. The portrait itself is nice, with pleasing tones and nice composition. :o)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 02:00:02 PM
The light seems a bit off as it has created hot spots on the right of the frame above and below. I think you were going for soft focus, but it looks more out of focus than soft. She looks pretty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 11:48:03 AM
soft focus is cool for this type of shot but yours is almost too soft, nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 11:01:16 AM
Very nice lighting and background.

Critique: The head is to tilted for me and is a bit to soft.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 12:31:43 AM
Way too soft for me, but otherwise, this is very nice. 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 10:04:26 PM
Lighting is very nice on her hair. For me - I'd like to see her eyes - and the OOF does not work well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 07:34:35 PM
Good idea but way too blurry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 06:25:40 PM
blur works well here
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 05:27:36 PM
I probably won't be the first to say this but photo is out of focus.
 06/29/2004 04:42:45 PM
I like the soft focus. It isn't out of focus. Good expresion. Nice background. Light on the right seems a bit bright (in the background). But overall, very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 02:01:37 PM
Stunning colors! The soft focus works well, but may be a little too much. Takes the subject to the point of "bad focus." Like to have the areas near the eyes with some detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 01:37:41 PM
dont like the blur
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 12:45:04 PM
I think this is just a bit too much blur IMO
I like the crop though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 09:27:42 AM
The soft focus might have worked better if it wasn't quite so out of focus.
 06/29/2004 06:24:19 AM
Focus is just a little too soft from my taste - nice lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 12:52:31 AM
This is just plain out-of-focus.
 06/28/2004 10:10:49 PM
Nice photo too much blur.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 08:28:11 PM
I understand what you've done here, but I'm afraid a lot of people will call this out of focus . To me, it's a beautiful shot, exemplifying the "rule of thirds". The softness/blur works with her expression and the title. Beautiful work...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 06:08:15 PM
I like the softness and the colors, good light on her hair.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 06:06:47 PM
A bit too soft for my taste, but nice picture (6)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 04:12:17 PM
i like out of focus photography
this one doesn't quite work in m opinion, and i'm not sure why.
good luck
 06/28/2004 02:42:08 PM
the soft focus was just a little overdone, to the point where it looks more out of focus than soft focus. lighting, pose, and background are good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 01:40:05 PM
nice "shy" or "coy" portrait...like the soft focus....very nice...well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 01:19:16 PM
This is beautiful, lovely colors, I love the soft feeling of it :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 10:59:11 AM
I sould said that i like the softFocus a LOT.... but i used to put it at 30% because it seem too much (to me)... you composition is effective, i like the color o lot (make me think to use gel more !) and the face expression is amazing... just a little yellow cast in the face... a9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 08:23:41 AM
beautiful, but a tiny bit TOO soft for my liking.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 12:39:43 AM
A 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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