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Darkness & Light, the Eyes See It
Darkness & Light, the Eyes See It
Jacques123


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Eyes Have It! (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Minolta
Location: Indoors, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Date: Feb 3, 2008
Aperture: F5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 5, 2008

 Darkness & Light, the Eye See It

A photo of my girlfriend’s eye. She stood in front of a softbox and some more light was provided from her right hand side with another softbox.

Camara settings:

1/125s,
F5,
Ex. Correction +0.0Ev
ISO 400

Using Photoshop CS2 Camera Raw:

Adjusted the .ARW file under the following tabs:

Adjust:

Temprature 4300F
Tint +60
Exposure +1.15
Shadows 4
Brightness 60
Contrast +50
Saturation +5

Detail:

Sharpness 100
Luminance Smoothing 75
Color Noise Reduction 75

Lens:

No adjustments

Curve:

Tone Curve

Input; Output values:

Linear

Calibrate:

Shadow Tint -5
Red Hue +10
Red Saturation +10
Green Hue +10
Green Saturation +10
Blue Hue -5
Blue Saturation +10

Opened in Photoshop CS 2

Rotated: 3 degrees CW,
Cropped
Cloned out dust specs

Exposure
Levels
Curve
Colour balance
Hue / Sat.
Brightness, contrast

Canvas resized by 20px, white
Canvas resized by 50px, black
Resize to 640 * 478
Saved for web, 93% quality, 149Kb

Statistics
Place: 58 out of 299
Avg (all users): 5.6847
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.3924
Avg (non-participants): 5.8462
Views since voting: 1120
Views during voting: 372
Votes: 222
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 02/11/2008 12:00:03 PM
Beautiful. Very creative.
Canon PowerShot Pro1
 02/11/2008 02:00:59 AM
i love the contours
 02/09/2008 06:46:15 PM
great sharp image, also love the colors and the curves in the image.
Kodak CX4230
 02/09/2008 05:09:17 PM
Amazing photograph, the contrasts, and the lashes in the white especially, blow me away.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/08/2008 07:11:31 PM
Stunning!
Olympus PEN E-P3
Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7
 02/07/2008 11:39:35 PM
i love the bright backlighting in this. 7
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 02/06/2008 09:08:47 PM
Background is too blown out for my taste. I think it might work better with a greater DOF so the nose is a little more in focus
Sony DSC-W80/W85/W90
02/06/2008 05:58:00 PM
Beautiful contrast.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/06/2008 03:29:05 PM
I like this one alot!
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 02/06/2008 03:26:21 PM
love the detail of the eyelashes in this shot!
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 02/06/2008 09:00:16 AM
Nicely framed
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