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Challenge: Celebrating the Vision of Grahamgator (Standard Editing)
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Nikon MF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 AIS
Date: Nov 19, 2020
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.4
Date Uploaded: Nov 19, 2020

 This was hard to do. Main challenges were:
1) composition, no too much, not too little, arranged in a balanced way
2) focus, again not too much, not too little, background enough out of focus
3) light balance, some color in the background, nice colors in the subject, without looking flat, enough shadows and depth

In the end I managed to achieve what I wanted with minimum post processing, but in order to get closer to Mary Ann's style I added an analog camera effect to the image (with analog effex pro 2 from the Nik collection), because the original image was a bit too clean. Maybe it is still too bright and saturated, but I like it anyway.

Setup: Natural light from a window on the right, black cloth to the left to prevent reflection, background approx. 1.5 m away and shielded from direct light coming from the window.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 35
Avg (all users): 6.3590
Avg (participants): 6.2857
Avg (non-participants): 6.4444
Views since voting: 454
Views during voting: 92
Votes: 39
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 12/06/2020 07:57:02 PM
Forgot to comment on this one, but I feel it should of been in the top five. Beautiful lighting and well composed image with all the items Mary Ann would use I feel.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/04/2020 08:56:18 AM
Lovely lighting, I gave it an 8
Beautiful naturally lit images are very difficult the end result can be amazing, as yours is.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/04/2020 08:54:25 AM
Lovely lighting, I gave it an 8
Beautiful naturally lit images are very difficult the end result can be amazing, as yours is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7R V
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 12/04/2020 03:01:57 AM
reading your comment on how you did this I can only say: I fully understand what you're meaning. It was harder to emulate Mary Ann's Style than expected.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/01/2020 09:39:21 AM
You have captured the light very well, something I am always striving to do to bring out the best in each element of a still life. I like all the natural elements and I especially like the watering can. Thank you for participating, I am honored.
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