DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Wishing Waiting
Wishing Waiting
ScooterMcNutty


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Self Portrait VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Inside
Date: Jun 1, 2010
Aperture: 20.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 1, 2010

so obviously this is me. So with the freestudying going on right now, im not expect much since apperently voters cant vote right... =[ oh well. This is natural light, which has to be my favorite lighting =] To be modest i hope for a 5.4 we'll see though...



noise ninja
cropped
cloned our left corner and fold in material
coppied layer
topaz adjusted 3 (portrait smooth)soft light > 20 or 25%
silver efex
added border
resized
saved
submitted

_______________________


NO WAY!!! A pb and 20th! Thank you all for the comments and votes!! I wasnt planning on 6.3 at all!

Again thank you all!

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 131
Avg (all users): 6.3034
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.1017
Avg (non-participants): 6.3714
Views since voting: 2911
Views during voting: 520
Votes: 234
Comments: 29
Favorites: 8 (view)


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
10/26/2013 07:05:05 AM
Just having a roam around various portfolios and commenting on any I like.
Love it all.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/18/2011 10:50:50 PM
Beautiful self portrait!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/14/2010 10:13:44 PM
Just a fantastic self-portrait. Such fantastic emotion in this shot. You'll treasure this for many years to come and so will your future children (if that's a road you choose).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/10/2010 11:34:55 PM
Good job on your pb. I gave it a 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2010 01:29:43 PM
Congratulations on your PB and top 20!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2010 11:10:02 AM
This is beautiful...deserved better
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2010 05:24:03 AM
A BIG congrats on a top 20!!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2010 04:09:41 AM
congrats girl, you got your 6.3! woo :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2010 03:47:15 AM
this is a stunning portrait sofia .. well done in the challenge .. :0
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2010 02:26:07 AM
Awesome Sophia. You're on a streak!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2010 12:48:33 AM
alot of nice comments, fav's and a personal best! good job sweetie, its been a good week for both of us....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2010 12:26:18 AM
I love this portrait for it's pose and expression. Very evocative and very classic too. I agree with what others said about the dark thick line on the right as being problematic, but I'm going to add a couple of things I see that I believe should be improved upon. First, the lighting is a bit too harsh and contrast too strong to the point where you've blown out the highlights near your left cheeck and eye resulting in a fusion of your skin and background. Equally, you've plugged the shadows on the opposite side of your face and I wish there were a bit more detail in your hair. For me, you've also cropped the top of your head a bit too much and while you don't have to see your entire head, I wish there were more head room. That and the side crops also being too tight give the feeling of an image that is too cramped. Still, this is a GREAT effort and one you should be very proud of. Keep up the great work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2010 12:20:48 AM
Awww, this should be on the front page eeeeeeeasy! Congratulations, Sofia, you are doing SO GOOD with your photography!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/08/2010 08:49:13 PM
I thought this was the best of the bunch as far as lighting is concerned and i really like the almost graphic feel it could be a very realistic pencil drawing. well done 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/08/2010 05:03:22 PM
Great pose. Like the mood and lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/07/2010 12:04:55 PM
One of my 10s - lovely work, subtle, delicate, full of mood. I'm not sure I like the dark edge (wall?) on the right of the image but I like the rest of it enough not to let that bother me too much.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/07/2010 07:38:28 AM
very delicate... i like very much this shot... compliments....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/06/2010 09:10:37 PM
Nice dreamy effect! Though I find the dark stripe along the right edge somewhat distracting. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/06/2010 03:40:24 PM
This is out of focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/05/2010 10:34:10 PM
lovely work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/04/2010 09:35:03 PM
Very classic stuff here. I hope they don't ding you too much for not being razor sharp, but I think it's perfect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/04/2010 08:36:56 PM
This could have been so much better if only for the vertical line running next to the face. So very distracting, really spoils an otherwise good image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/04/2010 02:23:09 PM
Would have been a stunner but for that hard dark line to the right. It just destroys the symmetry of this portrait in my view. Otherwise, you have used what appears to be natural light beautifully and to great effect, unlike so many in this challenge struggling with their flashes, and this portrait absolutely begs for the soft treatment you've given it. Your pose is touching, your lovely face enigmatic, the contrast dramatic for such an intimate portrait and therefore a curious piquancy. Everything about this is just beautiful but for the line, but 8 from me despite it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/03/2010 11:15:13 PM
I love the emotion in your pose! The dark background line on the right is somewhat distracting though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/03/2010 04:30:04 PM
Sofia??? OHMY what an artist you have become! This is absolutely fabulous! And so are YOU!

Message edited by author 2010-06-09 00:20:03.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/03/2010 11:28:31 AM
very melancholic, i like
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/03/2010 12:58:36 AM
so sweet! your hand placement felt a bit off to me. Perhaps holding a flower or fiddling with a necklace would of felt more natural.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/02/2010 09:13:09 AM
Nice lighting. (no vote)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/02/2010 12:48:52 AM
nicely done
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Prints! - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2024 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/24/2024 05:35:36 PM EDT.