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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: A dark room
Date: Sep 29, 2008
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 0.6s
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2008

 The only light source was a small flashlight covered with wax paper.

Taken in RAW. In Lightroom, dropped the exposure and fill light, upped the blacks. In Photoshop cropped, resized image, USM, SFW.

And yes, I was pushed.

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Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 10/07/2008 12:25:23 AM
I know you were looking for a dramatic effect here and you got it. I am just not so sure that a half of a floating head really works for me. Even a half a stop of fill would have made this much more interesting to me.

I hope it does well for you because it is certainly different then the rest, and that is not always a bad thing. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7500
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 10/06/2008 01:49:37 AM
Interesting lighting here. I'd like to see a bit more of the face though. A tighter crop would also help as the face looks like its floating.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
 10/03/2008 03:21:42 PM
excellent portrait and the title is so descriptive and perfect
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