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Sinister Sam & Miss I. Shadow
Sinister Sam & Miss I. Shadow
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Shadows VI (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: BlackWatch Studios, Cleveland, OH
Date: Mar 7, 2010
Aperture: f 4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Mar 7, 2010

 The shadow of the hat forces you to look under it. I think your eye is attracted to the female first then you start searching under the hat.

Window light: A photo shoot seminar.

In Photoshop:
Adjusted levels,
cloned hair strands,
cropped,
sized,
applied Gaussian blur then faded to 40%,
smart sharpen: 91%, .4, 1,
adjusted levels slightly, sharpened 28%, .2, 1,
saved for web

Statistics
Place: 126 out of 139
Avg (all users): 4.0000
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 4.0588
Avg (non-participants): 3.9800
Views since voting: 770
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 201
Comments: 6
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/28/2010 05:21:41 PM
This should have scored higher. Much stronger if the left arm was not showing so as to let eyes slide down the curls of hair with the beautiful neck contour.
 03/19/2010 11:52:56 PM
Heavily underrated!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/16/2010 04:29:57 PM
Like the photo- think that stronger highlights in the girls eyes are needed.Think that you are pushing the boundries for the challenge, good luck
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 03/14/2010 05:22:18 AM
They look like couples ice skaters...Good portrait.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Canon
 03/11/2010 02:57:35 PM
Interesting take. Not quite sure I would think of something like this first for a Shadows challeng. Technically a good photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR
 03/11/2010 12:56:17 PM
I get the idea... HOWEVER you will prolly not do well because "shadow" to most people is light being blocked not eye shadow... Maybe if you were to only have the eye with the eye shadow the people would have gotten it but many people will say this DNMC
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