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Maggie
Maggie
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Challenge: Color Portrait II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My Apartment
Date: Mar 18, 2007
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 2.5
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2007

 Shot with a flash in manual mode as the only light source. Used a cracked wall pattern as a background. Post processing includes levels and curves adjustments, dodging and burning of arms and face and some of the background to even out the lighting. Cloned out some areas of photo. Neat image and saved for web.

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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 03/28/2007 07:37:03 PM
Hello,
I have several problems with this photograph. Her arm is blown out, the ring on her finger instantly caught my eye & keapt drawing it back. Her hair to the left of the picture looks like a black blob, all detail in it was lost. The spot brushing left her chin sticking out like a sore thumb & her left eye 1/2 the eye is way to dark
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 03/25/2007 07:46:03 AM
good presentation
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 V USM
 03/25/2007 05:34:27 AM
needs a lot more editing to look pro.stray hair, patchy smoothing.4
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/24/2007 08:32:45 PM
Lights and shadows are harsh and it would work better if the eye was composed following the rule of thirds. Her hand is overexposed which is a little distracting and also her skin looks as it was over-neatimaged. Also a few artifacts of improper blurring can be realised on her face and hair (on the left size for example, the background texture totally disappears behind her hair).
Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/20/2007 07:25:24 PM
I like the background, how did you do that?
Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
 03/20/2007 07:15:01 PM
I can spot all the areas where the spot healing brush is used. She has great eyes and beautiful features but the editing done to cover the blemishes actually emphasized that she has blemishes.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM
 03/20/2007 02:46:46 AM
The smoothing here seems really uneven and throws things off for me
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 03/19/2007 01:26:05 PM
her skin looks very unnatural
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