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Embrace the Night
Embrace the Night
wingwham


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Darkness II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Oceanside, California
Date: Apr 30, 2009
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1.25 seconds
Galleries: Portraiture, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2009

 Taken after sun disapeared behind the horizon. Shot off of a tripod with One SB-900 Flash on a stand with Diffuser - (not an umbrella cuz it was too windy).

Post -
-Shot in Raw.
-in raw conversion i up'd the vibrance and the saturation.
-maid a layer of just the model, so i could keep her skin tones clean. (not to vibrant or saturated).
- Created a layer of the whole image and set it as a screen layer to "glow" the sky, then put a mask on that layer with a Horizontal gradient that disapears as it gets closter to the model.
-Rotated
-Cropped
-Saved for Web.

I am hoping to get a 6. But i don't know how well this fits the challenge

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 125
Avg (all users): 5.6219
Avg (commenters): 8.2500
Avg (participants): 5.2979
Avg (non-participants): 5.7208
Views since voting: 1180
Views during voting: 399
Votes: 201
Comments: 5
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/12/2009 09:07:21 PM
Lover her exuberance, and the incongruity of the location. Just wish the lighting had been less harsh, or a bit more like "twilight". It pulls me out of a natural mood, and makes her seem artificial.
Canon EOS-40D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 05/12/2009 07:27:42 PM
Foreground subject and colors are great but the blurriness of the pier detracts from the shot IMO.
Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 05/09/2009 06:03:55 PM
Nice use of OCF
Olympus E-520
Vivitar MF Zoom 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Series 1 for Olympus
 05/07/2009 06:53:11 PM
Elegant and graceful - simple yet detailed at the same time. Very effective lighting, rich color and detail, it evokes a sense of time and place very well. A little bit of a soft focus on the subject which might slightly affect the overall rating a little, it's really the impression left on the viewer that is an artistic success even with that very little minor technical issue. Worth every point given. Well done.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 05/06/2009 12:49:12 AM
i love the lighting here and how this shot really seems to stray far away from the doom and gloom of 75% of the pics in this challenge. the one thing that gets me ever time though is the blur on the lights on the pier... none the less 10 from me
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