Sally, a student in school. She was also my model in Help challenge. And she helps me set up a lot of my Challenge shots. She's a talented Art student in our school.
After the Results:
I am so happy this ribboned. I owe it to Sally.
This was a funny shot. When I learned about the challenge theme, I immediately knew I have to have an angel shot. The mist in the school was so thick every morning that week. Then Friday came. During the morning assembly, I could almost see the students and the soccer field looked like heaven because of the thick mist. I looked for Sally. I asked her if she could pose for me. I had the angel wing and halo in my classroom which was left behind by a student last semester during the Spirit Week. Sally asked what to wear...I said anything white, maybe a Science lab gown. Then she said she remebered wearing a gown during her theater arts days. She went and borrowed one from our Drama teacher.
We met in the soccer field and I shoot a lot of pictures. the gown got dirty that I had to have it laundered. That's the only expense I had. :)
PP notes:
I worked on the background...I used image/adjustments/variations to get a more cyan color. Then I used diffused glow. On the face, I used a dodged tool before applying diffused glow as well. The clothes and the hair was sharpened.
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Greetings from the Critique Club! This is my second ever Critique Club comment and I'd never expected to get a picture from Manny to critique :) Congratulation on n'th well deserved ribbon!
My standard text :)
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I'm by no means expert in area of photography. My comments are purely based on my limited understanding of technology and art behind digital photography. Apart from doing detailed evaluation of your submission, my intent is to learn different styles of photography by critically evaluating selective submissions.
Composition :
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Perfect!!!! Do I need to say more? This is great photo which really fits the challenge. The "feel" of being in fantasy land is what it communicates. I dont want to embarrass myself by leaving any comments which might sound silly (for such perfect photo) :)
Camera Work :
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Perfect. Period.
Post-processing :
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The idea of sharpening to enhance the pattern on dress worked very well. I dont know if a little more contrast would have been helpful for those who have their monitors on brighter side. Diffused glow really makes this from fairy land :)
Summary :
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Perfect picture. I did not voted for this challenge but would have voted 9 for this one (because 9 is the best I ever give :)) but I could have guessed it to be your submission. It really deserved to be in top 3 ... and I feel it should have been at top. But thats because of my personal preferece for pictures which look less of "digital art". Great work!
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Manny-I think this is one of your better entries. The PP is really effective and the compostition is on the mark. I myself have been playing around in various directions with my saturation levels to achieve a similar effect. Well done.
Congratulations...this is really stunning. I had just as much fun reading the comments, and seeing how people knew this was a "librodo". That's a super compliment to you from fellow photographers. I agree, beautiful model.
I thought this would be librodo! Amazing...you and scalvert were my top 2 pictures. This is another one of those images that you should be deeply proud of you are a real talent and I love seeing your work
This looks like one of librodo's shots. The symbolic connotations of the girl's pose really add a lot to this already strong image. The texture of the lace and wings make the image look slightly over-sharpened. The high-key lighting has washed out a lot of the tonal detail on her face (the symbolic differences between the lighting techniques would have been interesting too; making the light fade from light on one side to dark on the other would have been interesting as well, regardless of which side was lighter). Personally I'd have rather seen a lower-key version with more detail in her face. The lighting is a touch flatter than I'd like. Having said that, this is still my top pick for the ribbon in this challenge. Nicely done.
is this a fantasy? the cool thing about this challenge is that it forces you to see other fantasies and accept them. can't really argue with this challenge.. background is actually cooler than the overexposed subject. but brave attempt.
Perhaps the best photograph in the challenge from a portrature, technical point of view but I feel it may be lacking in the fantasy realm in that it seems more like a dress-up, model shoot, than an actual recreation of a specific fantasy or fantasy world. However, it is still one of the best photos in the challenge and I expect it to score well. I would just have liked to see something more engaging done with such a beautiful model, costume, and obvious technical and processing skills.
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