This is my Daughter sitting on the front porch of a pre civil war cabin. I have to admit I set out with the intention of getting a picture for the Grain challenge. This picture told so much about her delicate soul I knew I had to change my entry. Her hair color really is that beautiful, I'm so jealous!
This was the first time I set parameters in my camera, if you haven’t tried it you should! It saved so much time during post processing.
I am honored to win a blue ribbon!! Thank you for seeing the beauty in this. I appreciate all of the nice comments and votes. I’ll be grinning for days :)
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Lovely portrait! I liked it very much! But, as Bluelemur said, the white clothes are overexposed. Not really a big problem for this fantastic shot!
Congratulations
hi Jaxed,
I love this photograph. To me, the softening *works* -- when I first looked at the photo, I was amazed at how smooth and soft and flowing her hair, face skin were! I love the effect here -- it's fantastic. My eyes kept coming back to her hair, her face, her skin; to me, that's one sign that a photograph is good -- you want to keep looking and looking. She's a lovely girl, and you captured natural light on her face in a very attractive way.
My only suggestion would be to be careful when shooting white clothing on kids/people, b/c they often tend to "flouresce" and look blue-ish or over-whited in a finished digital shot. For me, anyway, it's really hard to get white clothes to look best in a digital picture. Sometimes I deliberately ask people to change, just b/c it's so hard to get the white clothes to look their best when the face/skin look THEIR best.
But that aside, I still love this picture. I'm new to this forum, hopefully will register soon, and I really look forward to seeing more of your work. Thanks for sharing this photo! :)
Jennifer
I just took the garbage out...I do apologize for my rant on a day that should be filled with joy for you. I did take a look at your profile and I think all the comments concerning your abilities are true. Don\'t let an old godger like me throw you off track.
Jaxed, you just keep taking great photographs like this. Don't let any of the self touting critics discourage you. I see more top ten finishes and blue ribbons in your future.
Thanks for the encouragement! I'm flattered that Tinmason thinks I know so much about editing. I still have my training wheels on as far as computers are concerned. My original picture was sent in during voting and validated by the site council, surely it would have been disqualified if I had photo chopped.
Tinmason,
Thank you for your opinion and the 7, I consider it a compliment:)
Jaxed, you just keep taking great photographs like this. Don't let any of the self touting critics discourage you. I see more top ten finishes and blue ribbons in your future.
I didn't see this until today. It is just beautiful, capturing her in a thoughful moment. The background just enhances the skin and hair tones. I enjoyed your comments about the parameters in the camera as I have that camera and lens. We can always learn something, with photography it can be like an epiphany.
And it's obvious to me that (shaunjchang) you also do not know what you're talking about. Let's see...doesn't own a camera...never done a lick of photo editing in their life. You want to judge my skills...here it is: in addition to the twelve years of photo editing, I also spent eight years repairing cameras as well as working behind them...you go take some art classes...you go take some photography classes and after you have removed your head from where it's not supposed to be...then you can come tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about...Jaxed I do apologize I fotgot to congratulate you on nice image...However, I still stand by my opinion and my rating of a seven...which is what you averaged in the voting.
Never said I was a photographer...good bad or otherwise...but I am a damn good photo editor and IMO if you want this type of thing then throw out the basic editing rules and the advanced editing rules and let the photographer decide what an image needs in the way of photo editing and then judge that.I thought I lived in America where an Artist is not restricted by other peoples ideas of what should be allowed because it gives them a safe, warm, and fuzzy feeling when they go to bed at night...buy a camera, take some photos and then try some photo editing. You might learn something and then be able to give an honest opion of someone else's skills.
This picture is remarkable. I have no idea what tinmason means by well beyond basic photo editing. I wonder if tinmason has ever actually just taken a good photograph. After 12 years of "photo chopping" I guess there would be no need for talent, just computer skills. I don't see anything more than a small amount of softening. Other than that Kudos Jaxed!! Great talent in just the basic photo. It actually shows that you know how to compose a good photo shoot, without having to fall back on Photoshop just to make the photo pleasing. "IMO" there is art and then there is color by numbers. This is Art, this is talent.
In addition, I deducted points for lack of originality...I have seen an almost duplicate of this image in a previous challenge...it was also a first place winner which IMO also did not deserve a blue ribbon.
Congrats on your first blue ribbon!
Given your excellent start at DPC and the overall care that you put into your work it is likely there are more ribbons to come.
This is a gift that just keeps on giving! The colours are gorgeous, the composition stunning - there's so much to look at and yet none of it competes with or distracts from the rest. The girl looks perfect for this sort of shot, and the focus is great with just the right amount of softness. I didn't vote on this challenge but I hope I would have had the sense to give this a 10 like 41 other voters did. The other voters clearly don't know one end of the camera from the other! (just kidding about the last bit) Seriously though, this is a great photo by any measure, tells a great story.
It is a little too over-NeatImaged for my taste, but that kind of photo is going down well on DPC at the moment for some reason. A lot of detail has been lost and the hair comes over somewhat smudgy. Congratulations on your ribbon anyway.
Congratulations on your ribbon! If I had've voted in this challenge I would have given this a 10! It is even better than the other photo of her I commented on in your profile. I love the muted dry brush look.
Don't worry Ken, that ain't gonna happen. I was lucky enough to be there to witness this work of art in progress. Simple, elegant and organic. Eden is a Photoshop novice, lord help us when she learns all the fun stuff. :-)
Oh and you can kick me for introducing her to this place ... I know I am. **Mumble mumble...Blue ribbon on 3rd entry... mumble, must throw my camera away now.. mumble**
Doh! I tried to add it to my favorites but it is already there! :) Congratulations! I didn't enter this challenge and didn't vote, but scanned through at one point and found this and immediately added to my fav's. FANTASTIC image! Very, very much deserved!
Beautiful! I realy like the color contrasts, as well as the color matching! It's very intersting. With the harshness of the background, you have a delicate little girl with tiny little toes. But even further, you have a little girl holding a delicate little yellow flower.
Great colours, textures, pose, composition. This really works, and I HATE pictures of children ;) So that's a 9. I'm going to hate myself for this. 10 ;)
I don't know how you did it. This looks like something that normally comes out of a 'Advanced Editing' Challenge. The only issue is that the front of her dress seems a bit over-exposed. But maybe that is the price to pay for the other wondeful deep colours.
She is beautiful and delicate and you have captured it so well, she must be someone special to you. Amazing 10
Had to come back and look again and have to say I wish that I could give you more than a 10.
it looks like major neat image here. or just blurred. i like the image a lot. the soft effect adds to the delicate feel of the portrait. good job keeping the subject away from the center of the frame.
Great photo, very sharp and clear with good lighting. Her hair is fantastic and I love the contrast between the soft skin and colors and the dark, harsh background.
We have a ribbon! :) The way the color on the wood ties your eyes to her hair, the beautiful tonal range and the composition all work so well together, here. And easy 10. Great photograph.
Just superb, in every way. Her mood, expression, contrast with the darker background, exposure, desaturation....all do it for me. I love the flowers at the bottom right....they make it what it is.
at last an image i can enjoy, super work a bit too smooth for my liking but none the less very well captured an edited. I just started voting and this is the first -8- ive given out.. super well done
which colour ribbon would you like? Placing the subject to the side is overtly fashionable but in this case the hot orange balanced the picture as I'm sure you know. Did you consider a 1 degree rotation to level the horizon?
Great shot. While it may be stating the obvious, the situation of the image and those little flowers did a great deal to emphasise the 'delicate' message for me. I like it.
Ok - Somebody put something VERY nice together here! I like the way her hair color is accented by the color on the door/wall. Nice filtering (Gothic Glow perhaps?) - has a warm soft feel to it that is quite appropriate for this subject.
I really like this picture. It's beautiful yet still true to the challenge--she is delicate! 9 of 10 only because I don't think I'm qualified to give out 10s!
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