so obviously this is me. So with the freestudying going on right now, im not expect much since apperently voters cant vote right... =[ oh well. This is natural light, which has to be my favorite lighting =] To be modest i hope for a 5.4 we'll see though...
noise ninja
cropped
cloned our left corner and fold in material
coppied layer
topaz adjusted 3 (portrait smooth)soft light > 20 or 25%
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added border
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NO WAY!!! A pb and 20th! Thank you all for the comments and votes!! I wasnt planning on 6.3 at all!
Again thank you all!
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Just a fantastic self-portrait. Such fantastic emotion in this shot. You'll treasure this for many years to come and so will your future children (if that's a road you choose).
I love this portrait for it's pose and expression. Very evocative and very classic too. I agree with what others said about the dark thick line on the right as being problematic, but I'm going to add a couple of things I see that I believe should be improved upon. First, the lighting is a bit too harsh and contrast too strong to the point where you've blown out the highlights near your left cheeck and eye resulting in a fusion of your skin and background. Equally, you've plugged the shadows on the opposite side of your face and I wish there were a bit more detail in your hair. For me, you've also cropped the top of your head a bit too much and while you don't have to see your entire head, I wish there were more head room. That and the side crops also being too tight give the feeling of an image that is too cramped. Still, this is a GREAT effort and one you should be very proud of. Keep up the great work.
I thought this was the best of the bunch as far as lighting is concerned and i really like the almost graphic feel it could be a very realistic pencil drawing. well done 9
One of my 10s - lovely work, subtle, delicate, full of mood. I'm not sure I like the dark edge (wall?) on the right of the image but I like the rest of it enough not to let that bother me too much.
This could have been so much better if only for the vertical line running next to the face. So very distracting, really spoils an otherwise good image.
Would have been a stunner but for that hard dark line to the right. It just destroys the symmetry of this portrait in my view. Otherwise, you have used what appears to be natural light beautifully and to great effect, unlike so many in this challenge struggling with their flashes, and this portrait absolutely begs for the soft treatment you've given it. Your pose is touching, your lovely face enigmatic, the contrast dramatic for such an intimate portrait and therefore a curious piquancy. Everything about this is just beautiful but for the line, but 8 from me despite it.
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