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09-MAY-2006	Lonnit Rysher

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/180s f/3.5 at 70.0mm iso400 hide exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge		16-May-2006 12:52
Thank you Ks. :) ~ Lonnit

kyoung kim photography		16-May-2006 06:00
Wonderful portrait, excellent lighting, love her natural expression.

Canon DSLR Challenge		16-May-2006 04:17
Thank you, Ronald. :) ~ Lonnit

Ronald Gale Johnson		16-May-2006 03:46
Really a pleasing portrait. The lighting and expression work great together. You leave the viewer wondering 'what did the photographer say to her to get that little smirk?' Nice job.

Canon DSLR Challenge		12-May-2006 23:13
Thanks Olaf! ~ Lonnit

Guest		12-May-2006 20:48
Excellent!

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-May-2006 13:34
Vikas, coming from an outstanding peopleshooter such as yourself, I deem that high praise. Thank you. :) ~ Lonnit

Vikas Malhotra		11-May-2006 08:19
Excellent portrait Lonnit, gorgeous soft lighting, a great Mona-Lisa-like enigmatic smile and of course, that ubiquitous red wall, all combine to make it a lovely shot :-) Cheers, Vikas.

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-May-2006 21:23
That's ok Michael, I'll settle for "beautiful" and "sparkles". ;) Thanks. Victor, I still believe you are referring to the post processing in the red. ~ Lonnit

Guest		10-May-2006 19:43
Beautiful natural light portrait, she just sparkles. What more can I say. -Michael (I would have said I liked it a passle and a bunch, but Traveller already said that.)

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-May-2006 17:05
Lonnit, I wasn't referring to the grain. I was referring to the horizontal and vertical stripes in the red. As I said, it's not obvious, but it is there. Try setting a white point from the light portion of the wall and black point from the dark portion. That exaggerates the noise I'm seeing. Or, just look at the red channel. -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-May-2006 14:53
Victor, The size was b/c that's Flickr size, so out of habit, I just made it 500 wide. Just for you, I've reposted larger. :) Thanks. It's not camera noise, btw, it was grain from my processing. And, boy do I love this new toy! ~ Lonnit

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-May-2006 14:47
Trav, it's hard to misinterpret "blown away by this and very impressed" as an insult! LOL! ;) Oh, and by the way, I also just hate when people talk about my work and then refer to any Great Masters in the same sentence. Now I just hate hearing Matisse, Vermeer, and Rockwell. LOL! ;) Thank you again for the grand statments. ~ Lonnit

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-May-2006 05:34
Why so small? It's a nice picture, but I'd like to see a bigger version. I also notice a surprising amount of banding or pattern noise in the red wall. It's not objectionable, but I didn't expect to see so much from that camera. -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-May-2006 05:00
I'm glad that you took this as a Rave Review...because it really was meant as such. Sometimes I fear that we stretch a little too far in our quest for these Challenges...forgetting how memorable a normal photo can be....and in this instance, turn into art. Think Vemeer at his best. Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-May-2006 04:42
Thanks, Bob. :) It's not CA, it's just jpging. I've not noticed any recurrent problems with CA and this lens/body combo. Some, occasionally, but nothing more than usual. Not even enough to take note - your comment took me by surprise. Extremely sunny shots and tree leaves tend to fringe anyway when things are starting to blow out. What about underexposing a bit in those conditions? ~ Lonnit

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-May-2006 04:37
Thanks, T, very much. :) The vignetting was natural to the scene. Overhead is a 4 headed pin spot fixture. I turned the head a bit so it was shining on the chair instead of the counter. As for this one, it's probably the best portrait I've done yet. Thank you for the rave review. :) She came home from school and said she needed really, really, really current pic, and a baby pic, to bring to school tomorrow. They're preparing a slide show for graduation. I just cut her hair on Sunday, so to have anything that looked recent, I had to shoot a new one. Now I wish I would have had this for the yearbook. So, there I was, back in my wonderful red room, with her standing in front of the window. Love that natural light! I can't wait to print this in 12x18 for the wall. Oh, and if my father-in-law doesn't approve of this one, he's NEVER getting another pic of the kids from me! LOL! ~ Lonnit

Bob AYTON		10-May-2006 04:37
"a penny for her thoughts?" this is a lovely portrait, great lighting and good backdrop. As fantastic as that 24 - 70 is, the 5D really puts extreme demands on it in respect to CA. Your background really tests the lense if you look critically at the fine hairs on the RHS against the background. But could just be downsizing/jpg that cases this. Be interested to see that same shot with a 20D attached to that lens. I notice it with extreme sunny shots and tree leaves etc., either purple fringing and/or CA not sure? Great image though.. Bob

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-May-2006 04:13
I actually like this a passle and a bunch, Lonnit. I didn't much care for Mop at Rest, (and what was all that vignetting all about in that image...intentional or no?), but this, this I really respect. Simple, elegant, kind and true...as a photographer, it doesn't get better than this. Really nice work. I'm blown away by this and very impressed. Best Wishes, Traveller