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Camera: Olympus C-8080
Location: Zona Rosa--Kansas City, MO
Date: May 20, 2006
Aperture: 2.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Emotive, Nude
Date Uploaded: Dec 20, 2006

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Comments: 3
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 The model is Jennifer. Her husband asked me to come over and help him out with a few shots of her. They picked out what she wore (although I told her to lose the top).

This was a quick snap I took while testing out my Lightsphere and showing them how it worked.

Post: Levels & curves adjustment layers. Duplicated the background layer and gave it a High Pass filter, inverted that and blended with Soft Light to get the soft look. Added some soft light history brushing to bring more of the color out in her lips and then chose a larger histroy brush to darken some of the background (mode was Multiply). Changed the history brush to soft light again and did a quick pass on her body to draw the attention upward. Took about 2 or 3 minutes altogether.

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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/21/2006 12:58:14 PM
Very nice. I like the lighting and the overall mood. Only thing I wish was changed was to either lose the bikini bottom altogether or go with something else. The strings/knots just don't fit the shot and the shadows they cast on her hips are a little distracting. You've got it cropped to where she could just lose the bottom altogether without the shot going into full on nude mode. Well, assuming she was willing I guess.

Anyway, nice work.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 12/21/2006 11:37:06 AM
nice soft tones ..good comp also ;-)
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/21/2006 12:34:39 AM
no more waiting... i'm here :-)
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