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Challenge: Natural Light Portrait (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Eastham, Cape Cod, MA
Date: Jul 16, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Jul 16, 2007

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Meet Brian. He has lots of testosterone and *used* to have lots of charcoal lighter fluid; but he used it all starting this BBQ fire, and the blowback left this oily soot on his face. I forced him to pose. That's his sheepish look...

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Place: 137 out of 366
Avg (all users): 5.6820
Avg (commenters): 6.1000
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Views since voting: 947
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 217
Comments: 11
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 07/25/2007 12:19:16 PM
I LOVE this! I totally disagree too with Noel_ZH. The detail and rich exposure make this so beautiful!

I can't even count the number of photos in this challenge that seem ridiculously underrated!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 07/24/2007 07:09:10 PM
The HDR kind of kills it, like the idea behind it though, 5
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 07/22/2007 02:09:24 AM
looks real good, but seems overprocessed
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Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 07/20/2007 01:03:29 PM
Cool! The skin looks somewhat unnatural though - too much post-processing maybe?
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Canon EOS-10D
Tamron SP AF 11-18mm Aspherical Di II LD IF f/4.5-5.6 for Canon Digital
 07/19/2007 11:47:20 AM
the fire is cool, but theres just something in the guys face that is strange. somehing you did in photo shop. (6)
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM
 07/19/2007 11:02:32 AM
If this was in B&W but just the flame in colour that be cool. give it a try
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/19/2007 12:12:11 AM
Well done! No pun intended;)
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Pentax *ist DL
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 07/18/2007 10:02:16 PM
Great job focusing but the fire does nothing for the portrait.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300
 07/18/2007 09:49:19 PM
Maybe a tad bit overprocessed, as the subject (man) appears a wee bit too hard sharpened. But it's an excellent capture none the less!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8-4.0 Aspherical DG for Canon
 07/18/2007 10:30:14 AM
his face seems a little over sharpened imo
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Canon EOS-1Ds
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/18/2007 03:22:24 AM
Very cool shot
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