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melodicgrace


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Challenge: Coin Slot (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Date: Oct 7, 2011
Aperture: 16.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 7, 2011

This is a self portrait. Honestly, it's a little more raunchy of a theme than I prefer to have my face on. It will probably haunt my portfolio for the duration of my membership, but ya know.

I really need to find models so I can remain safely behind my camera...

LoL.

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 57
Avg (all users): 5.1429
Avg (commenters): 6.7143
Avg (participants): 4.7857
Avg (non-participants): 5.2109
Views since voting: 972
Views during voting: 497
Votes: 175
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)


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10/19/2011 11:39:58 AM
I,m sorry this didn,t do better for you as its a good image.
Amazed to see its ISO 1600 ( looks good )
As for offensive................it,s not.
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10/19/2011 06:11:12 AM
It is a very nice portrait. The raunchy-ness is minimal, much more of a fun photo. The DPC'ers didn't appreciate just how good an idea this was. Well done.
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10/19/2011 06:03:17 AM
Forgot to mention before how much this reminds me of this song/video. Anyway, glad you got over a 5 in the end!
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10/19/2011 02:20:02 AM
Haha - you're right, it will haunt your portfolio. ;-) But for the coin slot and it's implications, it's a great portrait and you're a gorgeous model. Don't fret about it. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/18/2011 10:03:18 PM
I think you forgot a dollar sign and at least a few zero's. Great idea and photo!
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10/17/2011 12:38:17 PM
Oh yeah
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10/17/2011 09:29:27 AM
Well worth it!
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10/15/2011 10:52:18 PM
This is actually pretty offensive.
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10/12/2011 12:35:16 PM
Ha!
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10/12/2011 12:18:33 PM
I think I recognise the face ? But I may be wrong. Neat idea , nice light and face.
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10/12/2011 10:03:34 AM
What does she do for a quarter?
BTW, nice..er..lighting and "slot" (voting later)
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10/12/2011 09:52:20 AM
Hmm, out of all the entries I probably found this one the hardest to mark. I gave it a 5 in the end but almost gave it a 6 (I think a 5.5 would be about right), although that's a 5 meaning average, not a 5 meaning bad, as is the case with some voters.

The portrait itself is decent I think, although the bright spot from the lighting as well as the messy hair on your right shoulder I find a little distracting. The purple fringing in the eyes is also unfortunate and easy to fix in advanced editing. I guess being picky I'd have probably give a slightly tighter crop to the left of the frame also, but this is a more subjective preference.

In terms of fulfilling the challenge I think the picture does an alright job. I'm guessing you're going for a double interpretation of the challenge with the shot going down your top, although I don't think I'd have made the connection between cleavage and coin slot without having read the discussion on this challenge first.

As for the painted-on coin slot I think I'd have scored a lot higher if it were more realistic, appearing as though you could actually put a coin in there, perhaps a stuck on metal plate or similar would have worked well to that effect as opposed to only using body paint. A final very minor point is how your tops strap slightly covers the cent symbol, I think the image would be better with the slot (and markings) completely unobstructed or if they're going to be obstructed, obstructed to a larger degree so the slot itself is more subtle in the photo - also on the same area the two bright pixels on the strap (I don't know if they're artefacts or were in the original image) are a little distracting.

Anyway, hope this is helpful to you and not just mean/picky =).
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