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"Dear Lord, Please Make Him Stop!"
"Dear Lord, Please Make Him Stop!"
BHuseman


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Challenge: Single Light Source III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Seojong-Dong, Republic of Korea
Date: Nov 4, 2007
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 3, 2007

 We started this shoot by putting little reindeer antlers on top of her head, but I didn't think that would do so well here in the challenge so I went with this entry. This poor girl has been tortured with the camera since I got my new 85mm f1.8 I found that the sunroom windows on our home make a good natural lightsource, that mimics an artificial lightsource, for portraits. They have white vertical blinds which were closed during this shot. Even with them being closed though, the lighting is a little harsh as the late morning sun was peering through. The windows face south, and we are definately getting a southern sun right now.

PP was pretty simple. I opened in DPP, set the picture style to faithful, then lowered the brightness a bit, increased the contrast by 1, the saturation by 2, cropped it, and then sent it to Photoshop. I then adjusted the midtones with a levels adjustment layer, added a little saturation with an adjustment layer, then flattened the image and used Apply Image 'Soft Light' at 30%. I resized, used Smart Sharpen, and then added the small border followed by save for web.

Oh yeah, one more thing, if you don't have an 85mm and want one, this 85mm F1.8 lens is awesome. I have applied very little sharpening to the images I have taken and they look beautiful! I should have purchased this lens 2 years ago!

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 199
Avg (all users): 5.8476
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.3529
Avg (non-participants): 6.0063
Views since voting: 1263
Views during voting: 301
Votes: 210
Comments: 14
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/04/2008 11:41:18 PM
Sweet shot! I love the facial expression
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 07/04/2008 08:12:03 PM
What a great photo.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/13/2007 07:24:25 PM
Good image but no dramatic lighting. Flat lighting.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 11/13/2007 06:49:47 PM
Amen :-) You already got "adorable" so you should quit while you're ahead!
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Sony DSC-R1
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 11/13/2007 02:00:46 PM
he does look like he is praying, maybe for higher scores, :-) good luck
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/12/2007 10:44:41 PM
Soooo cute!
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 11/12/2007 11:45:59 AM
nice and crisp, great color
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Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 11/11/2007 09:37:03 PM
This picture is adorable!
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Sony DSLR-A100
Sigma 35-135mm f/3.5-4.5 for Minolta AF
 11/10/2007 03:08:24 AM
a 9+ when sharp from front to back. but a great motif, hope you have the chance to present some more of that in the future.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
11/08/2007 08:53:28 PM
Gotta love it!
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/08/2007 04:09:44 PM
This looks like it was taken by a woman. Nice picture - trust that the light was artificial and not coming in through a window.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 11/08/2007 03:42:08 PM
very good detail and lighting, good POV. wish the DOF was less shallow to have his mouth a tad sharper. cute boy, BTW
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Nikon D60
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 11/08/2007 12:21:27 PM
Single artificial light source ?
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Pentax K-R
Promaster 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 XR IF
 11/07/2007 09:05:50 AM
Sorry but the catch light in the eye appears to be window light. The challenge description calls for artifical light. A very nice image overall.
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