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Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon
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Challenge: Faceless Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Williamstown, MA
Date: Oct 8, 2006
Aperture: 10
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 13 sec.
Date Uploaded: Oct 8, 2006

 Taken when the moon was high and lighting up the back deck. She had just picked the eggplant to save them from the frost.

RAW in DPP:
Adjustment - tone curve assist
Convert to .tif @96 dpi, max quality

.tif in PI12:
neat Image, default profile
Levels 0/1/227
Sat +10
Lightness +5
Slight dodge on eggplants
Straighten using horizontal line
Crop
resize
Sharpen+30
USM .5/150/0
Cloned out some specks
Save for web as .jpg

The only light used was the moon. I was surprised, since it was so bright being full, that it took a 13 second exposure to get workable shots. I know, there is motion blur in her hair. A breeze was blowing and it just couldn't be helped. Shot at 1:30m a.m. - exif says 2:30 because I never changed it at daylight savings time. It was cold - about 35F. I was real happy to actually be working with a model. Only did this once before, just the other day, same model, for an entirely different shot for the same challenge. It just didn't work out though - elements in the shot were not removable and no way to eliminate them naturally. So however this did, I am happy. Learned a lot about the camera, processing, and got to work with a beautiful model.

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Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/12/2006 11:04:46 AM
This image suffers from underexposure quite badly
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 10/11/2006 08:16:38 PM
the lighting give this a very cool, creepy feel for me. Of course, the toting eggplants doesn't help to emphasize it, though ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 10/10/2006 07:29:12 PM
A bit too centered and a bit soft at the top.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 4
 10/09/2006 10:24:49 AM
hmm ... too dark maybe ? no details in shadows, too soft ... subject out of focus ...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax *ist DL
Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 Aspherical XR IF Super Zoom for Pentax
 10/09/2006 10:11:20 AM
Top half of image is too dark. Some better lighting is needed on this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/09/2006 09:07:29 AM
nice atmosphere like the subdued colours
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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