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Black Eye
Black Eye
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Circle II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
Location: Öskjuhlíð, Iceland
Date: Mar 11, 2007
Aperture: 1.2
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Mar 11, 2007

 This is Elísabet Thorlacius. Am officially on a break but the rest of my WPL teammates persuaded me to continue submitting till we either drop out of the 4th season or win the whole thing so am am merely submitting something for their sake. Specifically went out to shoot for this challenge but could only spare an hour, fortunately Elísabet was available on short notice. The ring around her eye is supposed to be smudged on purpouse, it was also raining but it didn´t show up as well as I would have liked on the face.

Don´t think this will do very well in the challenge cause of the noise and the "acid" look of the image, don´t care at all as I really like this shot.

Lit with two reflectors from each side. Henny took care of the makeup as usual and held a reflector on the left, I held a smaller one to the left of Elísabet.

Processing was mostly raw conversion, toned down colors, up with contrast, a little healing brush to remove a hair over her forehead, some dodge/burn, added some vignetting and finally sharpened after resizing.

Statistics
Place: 98 out of 283
Avg (all users): 5.7292
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.6591
Avg (non-participants): 5.8393
Views since voting: 2494
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 144
Comments: 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon Coolpix 4600
 03/18/2007 04:08:44 PM
great! You know what would have made this a REALLY great picture? a completely black background so that it looked like she had a hole in her head and the eye was just floating there...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 03/16/2007 02:57:42 PM
Great idea and I love the processing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 03/15/2007 09:37:26 PM
That is eerily cool. I like it!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
 03/15/2007 06:17:30 PM
this one means business.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/14/2007 01:47:26 PM
A very good photograph and I like the grain and the post on her face. Other than meeting the challenge, though, the black eye doesn't do much for me - it's too deep black and loses all the texture of the skin around the eye, which I think would have been better to have.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 V USM
 03/14/2007 05:56:57 AM
interesting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 03/13/2007 10:52:25 AM
Hmm... very good. Should have worked wonders in the Grain challenge as well - I think the graining adds a lot to the photo. Good make-up job. Maybe a bit softer contours on the black eye?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 03/12/2007 08:26:12 PM
At least this kind does not hurt when you get it - nice processing - love the rough look of the image - 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/12/2007 07:19:42 PM
dramatic
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 03/12/2007 06:52:17 AM
larus! I thought u gave up for a month
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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