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  Shawn Dougherty

• Oct 15, 2004

cut, fun moment. the right side of the image, the left side of her face, seems a bit blown out to me. i would print the whole image just a tad darker and burn from her mouth to her left eye just a bit. true value fan blowin' the hair hey, nice doc

 

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  mikepry

• Oct 15, 2004

The detail is there in the original print on the her left and as usual the scan doesn't do this print justice. The one thing that bugs me about the softening thing is that the black tule has a wierd effect on highlights. If you look close at the teeth, they seem to have a wierd glow or almost a flare thing happening. It's the black fabric causing that. So, It is wonderful for being kind to the models skin and such but on the brighter areas...not so kind. What do you all think?

 

• Jorge

• Oct 15, 2004

So tell us the joke, she certainly thought it was funny....

 

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  Grace Cox

• Oct 18, 2004

Fans are good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fans are fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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  mikepry

• Oct 19, 2004

hey grace...................RIGHT ON!!

 

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  Thomas Bertilsson

• Oct 19, 2004

Mike,

good spontaneous portrait.
I find it difficult however, to focus my eyes on it for a prolonged period of time. I think it's the lack of overall sharpness (in the scan, don't know about the print).
But it's a superbly captured moment. The photo makes me happy, and conveying emotions in portraits I think is the most important thing.

Thanks for sharing,
- Thomas
Saint Paul, MN

 

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  Grace Cox

• Oct 20, 2004

Thomas,

I believe that you can't see the forest for the trees. Mike has chosen a soft light with a black tulle filter over the lens. The overall effect to create a kind and flattering effect on the model. That means that the overall image will be soft (because of the light) and diffused (because of the black tulle).

 

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  Thomas Bertilsson

• Oct 20, 2004

Grace,

obviously you're more technically experienced than me. I still stand by my opinion. It is how I feel about this image. Don't get me wrong, it's a great portrait. I just don't like the softness.

- Thomas
Saint Paul, MN