Sentimental [Contest Finalists July 2006]
Uploaded: July 24, 2006 23:21:12
*August Finalist*
Turned to a sepia tonal black and white for an aged look. Full frame. 18-55mm lens.
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Lavone Vannoy July 24, 2006
Please give any advice on this photo if you see any improvements to be made. My intent is an old or aged antique look. With an old fashioned feel to it. All comments appreciated! Thanks!! #490604James Whitbread July 25, 2006
I think you have done a wonderful job,very nice portrait.....:)Kind Regards James Whitbread #3074026Pat Gamwell July 25, 2006
You have definetly achieved your goal, Lavone! This is absolutely fabulous! #3074059Bill Wyatt July 25, 2006
Gorgeous portrait, love the tones and pose. Excellent work Lavone! #3074669Colette M. Metcalf July 25, 2006
Beautiful portrait, Lavone!! #3075389Tressie Davis July 25, 2006
Oh Lavone, this is gorgeous! Love the "aged" look, and her pose and expression are priceless! #3075621Lavone Vannoy July 25, 2006
Good-morning!Chastity Abbott July 25, 2006
Manuel Barrera July 25, 2006
It is a beautiful portrait, Lavone. #3077513Lavone Vannoy July 25, 2006
Thank you so very much Chastity & Manuel!!! :) #3077623Lavone Vannoy July 25, 2006
Thank you so very much Betsy! Your CC means a lot! #3078551Nancy L. Green July 25, 2006
This is wonderful Lavone!! I love the expression and the B+W is stunning!! <>< #3081276Lavone Vannoy July 25, 2006
I appreciate your nice comments Nancy! Thank you so much!!! :) #3081329Datha Y. Thompson July 25, 2006
Very "old fashion" feeling.. I Love This Lavone!!! Excellent!!! #3081592Lavone Vannoy July 25, 2006
Wow~ Datha, thank you so very much! That is exactly what I was trying for. I appreciate your comments!! :) #3081601Lavone Vannoy July 26, 2006
Thank you so very much Reine!!! You are so kind!!! :) Have a wonderful evening!!! #3086860Rachel E. Slepekis July 26, 2006
Beautiful shot! The little girl is really lovely, and the setting works really well!Lavone Vannoy July 26, 2006
THAT is completely what I was going for! Thank you SO very much for saying that! It makes me feel good to know how people "see" my work!!! I wish I could find an old antique frame with glass that bulges outward. It would be perfect for it. Don't you think?? #3087131Rachel E. Slepekis July 26, 2006
I think an antique glass frame would be beautiful! I hope that you find one : ) #3087410Lavone Vannoy July 26, 2006
Thanks, Rachel! I hope so too. If you ever see one...drop me a line if you get a chance! Have a beautiful evening!!! :) #3087420Jenny Bosmans July 27, 2006
Excellent portrait capture, Lavone! And a beautiful girl too! :) #3087905Lavone Vannoy July 27, 2006
Good-afternoon, Thanks Jenny!!! I really appreciate your kind CC on my work!!! :) Have a wonderful day! #3090184Candy Avera July 27, 2006
I think this is a wonderful portrait. Love the background and the reclining position. She's a stunning model. I would clone out the extra catchlight in the left eye. Not that noticable until you blow up a pic. I've had to redo enlargements for that reason alone. #3090466Lavone Vannoy July 27, 2006
WOW~ Candice, THANK YOU so much for noticing that for me!!! I will do just that! You don't know how much your honesty and CC means to me! That's exactly what we are all here for. To learn to better our photography, in skill and in practice. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!I have been a "natural light" photographer for years and it is quite different in many ways than studio lighting. Studio lighting is new to me and I am taking baby steps to get everything right. Thank you so very much for pointing that out for me!
I'm sure your advice will save me time and money!!! :)
Have a wonerful day~ And THANKS again!!! :) #3090536
Lavone Vannoy July 27, 2006
Good-afternoon Trula!It's funny, my father, when he saw this photograph said "it looks very old fashioned but she seems so non-expressive...I love it when she smiles"...I said yeah, I do too, but have you ever seen an old fashion antique photograph where someone is smiling? And he laughed and said smiling "No, I quess not."
I thought that was funny too. #3090812
Candy Avera July 29, 2006
Funny you should say that about your father. I get that a lot from my mom. A friend and I have decided that it's a generational thing. Their generation wants only smiling portraits. (Or is it that they just can't stand to see their grandchildren looking serious.) Personally, I love the look! #3098386Lavone Vannoy July 29, 2006
Thanks Candice!!!I am a huge fan of seeing ALL sides of children's personalities captured! :)
They all many sides to them and I hope to capture them all. Some of the best photos I have seen of kids have been a funny expression or seeing part of their personality exaggerated in a capture. These are the ones that tug at your heart and make you smile!
Thanks again Candice!! I really appreciate it!!! I love hearing others encounters and stories too :)
Have a beautiful day!!! :) #3098501
Tiffani S. LaNeave July 29, 2006
I love this Lavone! I love that she's not smiling. It truly adds to this in my opinion. Your composition, catchlights and tones are fantastic. Beautifully done! #3099135Lavone Vannoy July 29, 2006
THANK YOU Tiffani!!!Have a beautiful weekend!!! :) #3099265
Daniella Puente July 31, 2006
Wonderful portrait, well composed and the sepia tone works really good! #3106332Lavone Vannoy July 31, 2006
Good-afternoon, Daniella!Connie J. Turner August 04, 2006
Very nice, I love the set up! #3125510Lavone Vannoy August 04, 2006
Many thanks to you Connie!!! :) I appreciate you taking the time to comment! :) #3125595TS August 17, 2006
Your work is beautiful. I love this image. #3177871Wende Trew August 26, 2006
Big Congrats Girlfriend!!! I am sooo proud of you!!! Great job!!!! Good luck in the next round!!!! #3218262Chastity Abbott August 26, 2006
YAY!!!!!!! I am soooo happy to see this one win!!!! Gorgeous and congrats!!! #3218272Megan p August 26, 2006
So beautiful and utterly timeless!!! Congratulations Lavone and a very deserving Finalist!!! #3218445Kay E. Mahoney August 26, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3218474Datha Y. Thompson August 26, 2006
BIG BIG Congrats!!! Love this!!! #3218760Denise M. Snyder August 26, 2006
Congrats on your finalist Lavone! #3218839Sharon King August 26, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist! #3219472Suzy Betancourt August 26, 2006
I knew this photo was going to win!Suzy #3220055
Kimberly J. Whipps August 26, 2006
Wonderful image Lavone, congratulations. #3220199Nancy L. Green August 26, 2006
Congratulations Lavone!! <>< #3220231Lavone Vannoy August 26, 2006
Thank you ALL so very very much! I'm very excited to have another finalist! It is quite an honor :)
Have a beautiful day!!!! :) #3220245
Erica Murphy August 26, 2006
Congratulations on this lovely finalist Lavonne!!Erica #3220539
Sherri Gorman August 26, 2006
Congratulations Lavone. #3220612Tressie Davis August 26, 2006
I'm glad the judges recognized this one - I fell in love with it when I saw it the first time. Congrats!! #3221040Candy Avera August 26, 2006
YEEEEEE HAW Girlfriend! Congratulations! I'm so proud of you!Candy #3221561
Pat Gamwell August 26, 2006
Well deserved! Big CONGRATS! #3222115Jane M August 26, 2006
Big congrats Lavonne! #3222253cj patterson August 26, 2006
congrats lavone!! I am so happy to see so many of "us" here in the finalist round!!! this is beautiful! #3222263Nadya Johnson August 26, 2006
Beautiful, Lavone! Congratulations on your outstanding finalist! #3222624Tracey R. Hart August 26, 2006
You did it. This could be my grandma. You are absolutely right on with the expression. I've been blessed to be the keeper and scanner of both of my grandparent's photograph collections. All of the children have this expression, none of them are smiling in studio portraits, neither are the adults. One of my grandmothers was a complete ham and her grandfather had a camera at home, so I do have a lot of snapshots of her smiling but that was at home in the 20's and 30's.Great portrait! #3222751
Manuel Barrera August 26, 2006
Congratulations Lavone #3223068jennifer B. short August 26, 2006
I too love the expression and the choice of sepia. This is beautiful and congrats to you. A well deserved finalist. #3223514Lavone Vannoy August 26, 2006
Thank you all so kindly for your wonerful praise and encouragement!!! :)Have a beautiful day!!! :) #3223522
Petra Roth August 27, 2006
Lavone', this is GORGEOUS!!!! Big, big congrats on your well deserved finalist! I'm so happy for you :) Wonderful job all the way! #3223944Lavone Vannoy August 27, 2006
Mornin' Petra my friend!!! Thank you sooooo much!!! Congratulations to you too!!! :) #3225155Elizabeth Beaudoin August 27, 2006
Absolutely Beautiful Lavone! Congratulations to you! #3226241Tracy Jones August 27, 2006
Congrats to you :-) This is really beautiful! #3226770Emile Abbott August 27, 2006
Congratulation on great capture and finalist, Lavone. #3227043Susi Lawson August 27, 2006
Great job on this Lavone, really beautiful! I wish you the very best in the finals!! Congrats! #3227274Diane M. Rosoha Granger August 27, 2006
Congratualations Lavone! Best of luck in the finals. #3227907Bill Wyatt August 27, 2006
Congratulations, on your wonderful finalist, Lavone! #3228570Sherry Stricklin Boles August 27, 2006
Congrats on this finalist, Lavone...I think you achieved exactly the look you were going for...Great job!! #3228900Dawn Leslie August 28, 2006
Congrats on this beauty Lavonne! #3230585Carolyn Foster Spano August 28, 2006
Congrats Lavone!!! You so deserve this.. What an amazing image. I love it in the B&W tones. Awesome. Good Luck!!!! #3231229Lavone Vannoy August 28, 2006
Good-morning!!!! A HUGE "Thank You" to all of you for your kind support!! I really appreciate your comments as well!!! :)Have a beautiful day! :) #3231321
Tonya Shackelford August 28, 2006
Congratulations, Lavone, on this beautiful image!!! :) #3231740Tiffani S. LaNeave August 28, 2006
YAY! Many congrats to you Lavone!!!! #3234212Lavone Vannoy August 28, 2006
Thank you SO much Tonya and Tiffani!!! :) I am very tickled to have a finalist! #3236989Chastity Abbott August 28, 2006
Congrats to you!!! So proud of you and so happy for you!!! MANY MANY MORE....only I have my fingers crossed for you to get *Gold* :o) #3237006Carol Teal August 28, 2006
Congrats Lavone! I have not waded through all the finalist photos yet so did not know this one a winner! Everything about it is wonderful! :) #3237014Lavone Vannoy August 28, 2006
Thank you both Chastity and Carol!!! It means the world :)Carol Teal August 29, 2006
Lavone, I sent you an email tonight, wanted you to know because sometimes they don't make it where they should! :) #3237288Lavone Vannoy August 29, 2006
Thank you Carol. I replied straight away this morning :)Have a beautiful day!!!!!!! :) #3238669
Stephen Zacker August 30, 2006
Wonderful and Lovely portrait. Congratulations #3244357Lavone Vannoy August 30, 2006
Thank you so kindly Stephen! #3244504Amy JACKSON August 30, 2006
Wonderful portrait, Lavone!! Great work! Congratulations on your finalist award! #3247302Lavone Vannoy August 30, 2006
Thank you SO much AMY!! :) #3247325Peggy J. Maguire September 10, 2006
Lavone,improvment No.To me it is a fantastic job and the subject is outstanding...Peggy #3291036Lavone Vannoy September 11, 2006
Thank you so much Peggy! :) #3295922Kenneth Mucke September 27, 2006
Congrats on a beautiful finalist #3372039Susi Lawson September 27, 2006
Huge Congrats on this beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!! #3372083Lavone Vannoy October 15, 2006
Thanks Kenneth and Susi!!! :) #3452424William F. Clair November 10, 2006
WOW!!!! #3570561Lavone Vannoy December 28, 2006
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