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Challenge: Free Study 2009-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Old barn in the county, near Windsor, ON, Canada
Date: Jun 18, 2009
Aperture: 4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Fashion, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 24, 2009

 The lighting was a major factor here; I found this old barn, the sun was just about to set, yet the gold, warm light was hitting the side wall, coming in straight through the window. One section of the window was patched with a piece of nylon and that helped a lot diffusing the light.
As far as editing I did some cloning on the face to remove few red spots, a mild sharpening and after applying a 20% Gaussian blur I converted it to Sepia.
The relatively large aperture (f4.0) yielded enough depth of field for a clear face yet blurred some of the details in the background.

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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/08/2009 09:04:43 AM
Thanks a lot for your nice comments. The photo seems to have been very well received, both technically and artistically on different media, including iStock. The sepia toning makes a huge difference, this is definitely one of those photos requiring desaturation before anything else; the other elements make the powerful composition.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 07/02/2009 10:56:20 PM
beautiful shot. I like the perspective you used and excellent processing. 8
 07/02/2009 06:48:21 PM
Beautiful! I really like the sepia treatment.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/01/2009 09:13:31 PM
Nice, but the hand out of the window makes me wonder.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 07/01/2009 05:34:22 PM
Nice perspective, lighting and sepia tone
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/01/2009 10:23:52 AM
this is well done...I like the tones that you have in the shot and your focus with the dreamy effect is really good
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