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The Eyes Have It - Soft Focus-
The Eyes Have It - Soft Focus-
The Eskimo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
Location: Sun room - Home
Date: Nov 25, 2006
Aperture: f5,6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Nov 26, 2006

 Normal PP stuff
Levels
NI
Cloned out blemish
USM
Applied soft focus using Picasa

This is Kaiya who loves to pose for the camera. This was one of many taken this day. She is usually not this serious but maybe that is why I picked this one. Kaiya is three years old.

Statistics
Place: 200 out of 501
Avg (all users): 5.8129
Avg (commenters): 6.5714
Avg (participants): 5.7909
Avg (non-participants): 5.8667
Views since voting: 1213
Views during voting: 219
Votes: 155
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/16/2006 10:14:36 AM
this is so beautiful! should have scored much higher!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 12/07/2006 11:43:08 PM
The spark in the eyes is enough to take this image to the highest level. Beautifully done. Good luck!
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/07/2006 01:21:17 PM
The eyes are gorgeous! If it were me (and it isn't), I'd leave the focus just a bit more on the mouth and fade below that. I do love what it does with her curly hair, though.
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Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/06/2006 06:21:27 PM
Awwwwww! Love the softness and the beautiful eyes. What a cutie!! The red is a tad distracting...wonder how it would look in b&w? Nicely done. 7
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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 12/06/2006 12:23:53 PM
The eyes being so in focus with the rest so soft doesn't work for me.
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Nikon D70
 12/05/2006 06:03:45 PM
Adorable !
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 12/03/2006 11:23:51 AM
I love everything except the crop. Just an opinion but I think you could have gotten in tighter and maybe even cropped off the top of her hair maybe a 1/3 of the way and the sides a dash. Good Luck!
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 12/01/2006 09:18:32 PM
Nice; I like the focus and softness.
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