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Challenge: Self Portrait VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Home
Date: Jun 1, 2010
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Portraiture, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Jun 1, 2010

 I have to pretend that I work sometimes...

Taken with one light source (fluorescent bulb) on right side. Most likely not the most creative portrait out there. I just wanted to focus on the basics.

Following considerations:
- Have focus on eyes and pen hand with short DOF.
- Make sure both eyes are lit.
- Make it seem like I'm interested in what I'm doing.
- Make sure I look like I am writing.

Post-processing:
- A bit of sharpening
- Some color and level adjustments


Statistics
Place: 26 out of 131
Avg (all users): 6.1360
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 5.8197
Avg (non-participants): 6.2515
Views since voting: 1441
Views during voting: 408
Votes: 228
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 06/09/2010 03:01:07 PM
Thanks Lonni!

Originally posted by Lonni:
I really love the light in this. I was one of your 9s.
06/09/2010 10:03:27 AM
I really love the light in this. I was one of your 9s.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2010 10:44:56 PM
as a self portrait this really has a great deal of reality to it
 06/03/2010 02:00:08 AM
I like the depth or layers in this image.
 06/02/2010 10:36:37 PM
I like the lighting, the focus, the colors, and the foreground. I find the subject's right shoulder and hand distracting. I think this might look better with some of the left side of the shot cropped out. This would also move the face a bit to the left and into a "rule of thirds" location in the frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2010 11:53:11 AM
Strong portrait - great composition, excellent use of DOF, good pose and lighting. Only criticism, really, is the brightness of some of the highlights, namely on the hand, and to a certain extent on your face and shirt, too. If you were shooting in RAW, you could have output a darker JPG/TIFF and done a faux HDR to tone down the bright spots. In any case, strong image, and good luck in the final standings.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2010 10:18:16 AM
That's cool. I prefer the "environmental" portraits, or the ones that tell us a bit about who the individual is, or what he or she does. This is nice. The light's done well and evokes an atmosphere suitable for the activity, the focus is perfect for the scene. You're a lefty, so an added point. :-P 8
 06/02/2010 04:17:47 AM
Beautiful lighting. Great portrait.
 06/02/2010 12:57:40 AM
nice job


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