Age of Innocence #3 [Contest Finalists May 2005]
Uploaded: May 13, 2005 08:09:55
This is another shot of one of my little cousins I took last weekend. It was overexposed unintentionally. However, the expression on her face was so wonderful, I decided to work with it. This is what I ended up with.
Dale Ann Cubbage May 13, 2005
Here is the original for comparison.da #248631
Brinn MacDougall May 13, 2005
I think you did a wonderful job! Love how it turned out! #1347820Liza M. Franco May 13, 2005
I always say, "no mistakes, just new creations." This has an incredibly eye catching look. #1347865Melissa L. Zavadil May 13, 2005
This is wonderful! Just a beautiful creation! #1347877Carla Metzler May 13, 2005
Wonderful, Dale Ann! Great job! #1347894Mary J. Costa Pearson May 13, 2005
this is fantastic!!! Love what you did with this ! Great job! #1347938Tammy L. Odell May 13, 2005
Your effects are perfect for this image Dale Ann!!! #1348113Kara L. Hendricks May 13, 2005
LOvely work on this Dale!! I love it! #1348119Lori S. Aschbrenner May 13, 2005
Oh, Dale Ann! I think this one is my favorite! Could you please share what you did, because I just love it! #1348142Lori S. Aschbrenner May 13, 2005
Oh, Dale Ann! I think this one is my favorite! Could you please share what you did, because I just love it! #1348144Laurence Saliba May 13, 2005
This is Superb Dale Ann!!!!! What a gorgeous portrait!!! Nice work!! #1348192Dale Ann Cubbage May 13, 2005
Thank you so much Brinn, Liza, Melissa, Carla, Mary, Tammy, Kara, Lori, & Laurence for those wonderful comments. I'm so pleased you all liked it.Lori, the first thing I did was shoot in very bright sunlight, which made it hard to check my LCD screen. So on my screen it looked ok, from what I could tell. My settings were shutter @1/500, and F4. It should have been at about F10! Anyway, after that I did auto levels on it. Which brought back some detail in the face and hair. Then I used a midnight sepia action on it, and adjusted the hue and saturation till I was pleased. Same with the contrast, just adjusted it till it was where I liked it. Then I sharpened the eyes, whitened the whites of eyes, cropped it, and then converted it to black & white. I also burned her lips in a little bit, so they would show up more. I think that's about it. I hope that inspires you to try something similar!
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Tammy Nuxoll May 13, 2005
WOW, You did an Excellent job on the Dale Ann!!! I love it!! Hope you have a Wonderful Weekend!!! #1348339Paul Michko May 13, 2005
WOW!!! This has such a retro 20's feel. I love it, Dale Ann. Great work on this. #1348423Murry Grigsby May 13, 2005
Thanks for sharing your magic with us Dale Ann! You've got to learn to always say INTENTIONAL high-key exposure :0) This really is a marvelous pose and portrait (and great SAVE)!! #1348456Michelle R. Kovach May 13, 2005
Wonderful save sista! These are all so beautiful! Great shot! #1348496Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
This is a winner, DA!!! Wonderful!! #1348549Lori S. Aschbrenner May 13, 2005
Thank you, Dale Ann! It will make me rethink some of my photos! Again, great job! I love this! #1348638Jacquie Palazzolo May 13, 2005
Wonderful work in making the best out of an image that may otherwise have ended with a push of the "delete" button. So often I'm tempted to throw things like this away, but you turned this into a beautiful piece of work. Nice job. ~Jacquie :) #1348707Deborah Sandidge May 13, 2005
Beautiful save, Dale Ann - I agree with Murry, "intentional high key" - :o) great work! #1348735Dale Ann Cubbage May 13, 2005
Thank you Tammy, Paul, Murry ;), Michelle, Colette, Lori, Jacquie, & Deborah for those great comments! I'm so glad it worked out and you all liked it!da #1348754
Amy M. Parish May 13, 2005
The end result is perfection! #1348906Margot Petrowski May 13, 2005
Great save!!!!! #1349104Kathryn (Love) Scheet May 13, 2005
excellent DA !!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1349176Dale Ann Cubbage May 13, 2005
Thanks so much Amy, Margot, & Kathryn, I'm so happy with all these great comments on it!da #1349591
Karma Wilson May 14, 2005
This is great DA! It looks like you did it intentionally! This is called a porcelain effect I believe.Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 14, 2005
WOW, this is fabulous, amazing what you can do Dale Ann!!!! Keep up the great work!! #1352298Dale Ann Cubbage May 14, 2005
Thanks so much Karma & Donna! I'm glad you like it!da #1352788
Tammy McAllister May 15, 2005
What a beautiful image DA!Dale Ann Cubbage May 15, 2005
Thanks so much Tammy!da #1355782
Elisabeth A. Gay May 16, 2005
It turned out to be a really stunning portrait, especially the black & white, and the crop.Dale Ann Cubbage May 16, 2005
Thanks so much Ann!da #1357909
Marcie A. Fowler May 16, 2005
Another wonderful "save" Dale Ann. I love this one and that expression is priceless for sure!! #1358357Lynn Crawford May 16, 2005
Wow Dale Ann, I just think this is beautiful, what a great expression on her face, her eyes stand out so much using the B&W. Beautiful job :) #1358695Dale Ann Cubbage May 16, 2005
Thanks so much Marcie & Lynn, I appreciate your comments!da #1358920
Wendy Jones May 18, 2005
Dale Ann, this is so pretty! I'm inspired by what you've done, b/c I have plenty of pictures that I can go work on! Thanks for reminding me to look beyond the original. #1365084Dale Ann Cubbage May 18, 2005
Thank you Wendy, and good luck with your images.da #1365089
Alisha L. Ekstrom May 18, 2005
WOW WOW WOW!!! Oh my gosh I absolutely LOVE this image. You did a marvelous job. I will have to try this. I hope this wins cause it's fabulous!! I love her expression & the whole look!!!:) #1366343Dale Ann Cubbage May 18, 2005
Thank you Alisha, I appreciate that very enthusiastic comment!!da #1366811
Michael Khoury May 29, 2005
Hi da,Dale Ann Cubbage May 29, 2005
Thank you Michael, I love your interpretation of it.da #1408641
Laura E. OConnor June 04, 2005
Certainly looks like everything you did was intentional! Wonderful PS work! I love the crop! #1430244Dale Ann Cubbage June 06, 2005
Thanks so much Laura!da #1436090
Lynn Crawford June 21, 2005
Congrats on being a finalist :) #1498924Margot Petrowski June 21, 2005
CONGRATS DA!!!!!! #1499548Kathleen R. Struckle June 21, 2005
Gorgeous!! CONGRATS DA!!! #1500158Deborah Sandidge June 21, 2005
Beautiful image, Dale Ann - congratulations! #1500716Donna J. Taff June 21, 2005
Congrat's on your finalists, Dale Ann!!! #1501175Jennifer Rennison June 21, 2005
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Dale Ann! #1502120Danilo Piccioni June 21, 2005
Dale Ann, did you see? trying to fix something "broken" may gives you ecellent results sometimes!Debra Booth June 22, 2005
Wonderful work on this beautiful portrait, Dale Ann! Congratulations! #1503563Dale Ann Cubbage June 22, 2005
Thanks Lynn, Margot, Kathleen, Deborah, Donna, Jennifer, Dado, & Debra!da #1504435
Norman P. Banks June 22, 2005
And Congrats to you DA! I see that you are really perfecting your craft! (smile)Norm ,:-) #1504618
Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 22, 2005
Excellent finalist Dale Ann, so pretty and original!! #1505600Dale Ann Cubbage June 22, 2005
Thanks Norm & Donna!!da #1505759
Kimberly J. Whipps June 22, 2005
Congratulations Dale Ann. Great shot. #1506259KHAWLA Haddad June 22, 2005
Congratulations on your finalist Dal Ann!!! #1506872Dale Ann Cubbage June 22, 2005
Thank you Kimberly & Kelly!da #1507023
Michelle B. Prince June 28, 2005
Wow, great save. I love the outcome. what is a midnight sepia? if you don't mind. #1532545Dale Ann Cubbage June 28, 2005
Thanks Michelle. Midnight Sepia is a photoshop action. You should be able to do a search for it on the web and get a free download of it.da #1533063
Karen Slagle July 12, 2005
Wow!!! This is gorgeous. The overexposure and BW make this work. This one should be on your business cards. Great shot!!! #1584752Dale Ann Cubbage July 12, 2005
Thanks Karen! I'm so glad you like it!da #1584856
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