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Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: bride parent's house, Omerville, QC
Date: Jan 7, 2007
Aperture: f/6.7
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/250s
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jan 7, 2007

 Shot at my first wedding as a photographer. I like the questionning and the vulnerability a lot in that photo. The last moment in life before becoming a wife.

PP involved converting the RAW file in ACR

photoshop steps are the following:

1. Duplicate base layer
2. Set the new layer blending mode to overlay
3. Apply a 250px gaussian blur to new layer
4. Create a brightness/contrast adjustment layer with 0 brightness and -20 contrast
5. Duplicate the base layer again and bring it on top of the brightness/contrast adjustment layer
6. Apply a high pass 2px radius on the new layer and set the blending mode to hard light
7. Create a new level adjustment layer on top of that with these settings: Red channel input, 30, 1.28, 225 blue and green channel untouched.
8. Create a channel mixer adjustment layer in greyscale with these settings: red 100%, blue 0% and green 0%
9. Flatten image, downsize to 630px X 420px
10. Convert the base layer to layer 0
11. Create an inside border 1px white
12. Increase canvas size to 640px X 430px
13. Create a new empty layer
14. Bring down the new layer under the layer 0
15. Transform the new layer as a color layer pure black
16. USM on layer 0: 200%, 0.5px, 3
17. Flatten
18. Convert to sRGB
19. Save for web and here we go

Not the type of glamourous shot with ultraclean background and ultra sharp details that usually score well here on DPC but hey, I'm proud of it and that's what matters, isn't it? ;-D

Tamron 28-75... Seriously... what a lens!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 01/16/2007 02:55:15 PM
Delightful! Love the soft glow and the well focused face. Nicely done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 01/15/2007 08:23:26 PM
really great picture and model pose. My only complaint is that the bottom left hand corner of the picture is so bright and draws attention away from the pretty model.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/14/2007 07:42:40 PM
very nice capture.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D60
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
 01/12/2007 12:10:55 PM
Is it ME or does it look like she is regretting it already? Nice light though. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Nikon
 01/11/2007 05:47:45 PM
very nice high end type shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/11/2007 12:19:03 AM
classic, any bride would love this
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 01/10/2007 02:57:37 PM
The very bright white at the bottom half is very strong competition for attention with her look. I keep switching between top and bottom half. vote=5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 01/10/2007 02:04:09 PM
Like the transparent effect but no expression on the face
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z9
Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
 01/10/2007 10:37:23 AM
Very well done, dicely composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/10/2007 12:53:33 AM
She looks so serious..... Perhaps you're having the same problem I have. I have a hard time getting a serious / contemplating look to "look good". But I keep trying. I tend to find that gazing downward across the shoulder works well. Or on a pose like this one, looking slightly upward helps.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 01/10/2007 12:33:10 AM
Nice lighting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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