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Ida's Story
Ida's Story
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Green IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f1.2 L
Date: Mar 18, 2014
Aperture: 2.5
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/160
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2014

 Very quick photo-shoot with my youngest daughter, speedy processing, and then submit. The title comes from another session I did with her two years ago.

"The Story of Ida":


Thank you so much!!

ETA about the DQ: The background was not removed as per the DQ, just blurred. Below is the original, you can still see the background in the submitted image....just with a layer of Gaussian blur over it. Site Council agreed that to much blur was used, even though I can still see the background (both the lines of the cabinet and the blanket near her lower left shoulder). Don't agree with the DQ, but it is what it is.

This is a case of obscuring vs. obliterating. Obscuring is tolerated and obliterating is not.

Here is another example of what is accepted vs. what is not accepted.

The first one would have been legal, and the second one was DQ'd:


Disqualification Details
You may not use ANY editing tool to move, remove or duplicate any element of your photograph that would change a typical viewer's description of the photograph (aside from color), even if the tool is otherwise legal, and regardless of whether you intended the change when the photograph was taken.

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Nikon D3100
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G
03/28/2014 04:12:57 AM
I completely agree with all the post DQ comments. Especially the one about the editing - well done on that!
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 03/27/2014 11:18:56 PM
Booo!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 03/27/2014 09:30:04 PM
Can't say much about the DQ but I will say that editing is beautiful! You really pulled out a lot of emotion in your entry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
03/27/2014 06:34:39 PM
Wow. Not sure that I agree with that, and it's a great image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 03/27/2014 06:27:34 PM
What a pity!!!! This is so beautiful. Your daughter is stunning!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 03/26/2014 07:59:20 PM
Congratulations on the blue ribbon. Great portrait - beautifully lit and composed. I love the way the green scarf matches the model's eyes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 03/26/2014 04:17:46 PM
beautiful image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/26/2014 08:14:28 AM
I like how it comes in from the bottom left out of the "nothing" into sharp focus at the prime focal point of the eye- and the fringes seem to be purple, quite complementary.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm x100
 03/26/2014 06:24:19 AM
Congratulations on your blue !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D800
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 03/20/2014 03:33:15 PM
beautiful light, framing, processing and model

10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 03/20/2014 02:36:42 AM
Fabulous portrait....beautiful!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 03/20/2014 12:44:25 AM
lovely portrait,well handled
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 03/19/2014 11:05:21 PM
Top 2, well done portrait.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 MZuiko Digital ED EZ
 03/19/2014 08:18:25 PM
Beauty
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/19/2014 12:51:41 AM
Beautiful. Top ten five, easily.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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