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Challenge: Female Portrait (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: University of Texas in Austin
Date: May 25, 2008
Aperture: F3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400 s
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2008

 This is Megan, my youngest daughter. She sat for six photographers the other day and it is amazing that we were taking pictures in the same area but they look so different, depending on the photographer.

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/05/2008 12:42:23 AM
She's gorgeous. LOVE the hair, of course. But the eyes... so emotive.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 06/04/2008 06:45:26 PM
Well I would bet that none of the other five photographers captured her as beautifully as you did.

Very nice compositionally and a fantastic blend of femininity and toughness (the stare and the piercing)

Cracking shot and I hope she liked it
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 06/04/2008 12:20:18 AM
That's not too bad of a finish. I think yours did better than mine lol. I love her hair!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K-5
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 06/01/2008 05:56:09 AM
Looks like a gold reflector low on camera left. Would've liked a tighter crop just above the top of the clothing line.
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 05/30/2008 09:44:29 PM
Very well composed.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 05/30/2008 12:32:33 PM
pretty young woman and solid lighting - but there is something about the pose that makes the image seem unbalanced and a bit awkward
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Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 05/29/2008 11:24:16 PM
Sorry, I just can't be comfortable with the eyebrow stud. Apart from that, which quite negatively pulls my attention. Yes, I know: it is my problem, not hers.

Nice pose, good DOF control.
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 05/28/2008 09:09:18 PM
I think that with this composition the tilting of the head is causing me to look at all that blank space on the one side. Because the crop is so tight I would have had her tilt it the other way so that my focus would have only been on her and more specifically the stare which you were going for.
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/28/2008 06:41:18 PM
Weird pose
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Pentax K-5
Pentax SMC DA 55-300mm F4.5-5.8ED
05/28/2008 04:14:17 PM
Would like to see more light in her eyes, great dof and crop... 6
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Pentax K-1
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 05/28/2008 12:22:54 PM
Shame it wasn't advanced editing, you could have cloned out that distracting thing in her eyebrow. Otherwise, pretty decent effort.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM
 05/28/2008 09:23:56 AM
OK pose, I dunno about the head tilt and her expression. Lighting is a little flat.
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