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Caught in a blizzard
Caught in a blizzard
LalliSig


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study X (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Date: Jan 13, 2006
Aperture: 2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Portraiture, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2006

 This is my wife Henný again as the model. The idea was to create an image that could work in a magazine as an advertisement for the jacket she is wearing. There is actually a logo on her left sleeve that was visible but I removed it in the PP as I was sure it would get too much negative attention.

Taken in a snowstorm, used a 580ex flash with a small softbox to the upper left triggered with a transmitter to both work as a fill flash and to freeze the snowflakes to make them stand out more.

As for the PP, first I "developed" two images from the .raw file with different WB settings, one for her face and hood and one for the rest of the shot and blended them together. Then I added some vignetting, removed her shadow in the bottom right, cloned out a couple of snowflakes, especially over her face. Curves to increase contrast, selective curves on the backround to make it darker and finally sharpened after resizing.

Edit after the challenge: Well as far as I am concerned, this is one of my favorite shots I have entered here at DPC since I joined, perhaps I am a bit biased since I really love the subject but who can complain with an average score of almost 6.

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Votes: 193
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/05/2006 09:59:18 AM
Something very 'James Bond' about this one :-) I like!
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 02/05/2006 01:46:52 AM
Love being able to see the snowflakes so clearly, nicel lit face in such dark surroundings, would like to see more of the eyes though..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 02/04/2006 11:07:50 PM
cool picture, i like it alot 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 02/04/2006 05:04:24 PM
Now this is different, eye catching, looks like she is modeling for an outerwear company ... 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/04/2006 07:45:04 AM
very pretty
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 02/03/2006 09:53:40 PM
Beautiful, looks like a catalog shoot. The way she is looking off to the side is classic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/01/2006 09:10:53 AM
That's NO Blizzard ! I've seen worse in central London and I don't even live there !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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