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Riverside Relaxation
Riverside Relaxation
emlbaker


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candid IV (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II
Location: Swan River, Perth, Australia
Date: Jun 10, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2007

 Taken by the Swan River in Perth, Australia. This lady walked by and took a seat to rest by the river. She sat there for some time and listened to some music in the relaxing atmosphere.

Processing:
Levels, Curves, Convert to B/W, Dodge, Burn, more levels, curve, Neatimage, Resize.

Conditions:
Bright sunny day, just after Noon. Sun was behind both me and the subject. River to the front of the subject provided some reflective light but not all that much. Bright blue skies, no wind and people passing down both sides. Used CP filter for the shot to try and damped the highlights that I expected to encounter from the extremely bright sun against here pale skin and silky hair. Reason for B/W conversion was due to the subdued colours in the original shot. Lady was wearing a black jacket with blue river in her background.

Thanks for looking

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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 06/20/2007 06:23:13 PM
Hi Mark,
Nice relaxing image here. Very much agree withthe placement of your subject couldn't have been better. The tonality is great and the exposure is dead on. The image is sharp,crisp and the details splended. The two things here that caught my eye 1) The pole, not sure if it was to close or it's angle in relation to her but it kept catching my eye. 2) This is more of a title thing then anything else, " riverside relaxation" don't get me wrong your dof works very well here but we can't see nor get the feeling she is at the riverside.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 06/13/2007 10:40:11 PM
good composition. I find myself wanting to know what she is looking at (context of the shot) or wanting to see more of her face, though.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 06/12/2007 08:39:13 PM
This shot does look relaxing, nice PP
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 06/11/2007 07:19:28 PM
I feel like the fuzzy pole isn't quite enough to balance the composition, but she looks great.
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Sony DSC-H2
 06/11/2007 03:40:48 PM
plain, but very nice composition and tones
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 06/11/2007 10:03:21 AM
Nice shot! Black and white works nicely here.
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 06/11/2007 09:06:10 AM
I wonder what this looks like in colour...
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 06/11/2007 08:21:26 AM
super dof and the B&W works well
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 06/11/2007 05:47:04 AM
Cool capture. Yes...a candid.
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