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kodak_challenge | all galleries >> Kodak Challenges >> Challenge 18: Shades of Grey-portraits in black and white >> Challenge 18: Competition Gallery > Inka by Flick Merauld - 1st Place
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16-OCT-2005 Flick Merauld

Inka by Flick Merauld - 1st Place

Oxford UK

My Saluki bitch.

Kodak DCS Pro 14nx ,Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro
1/250s f/4.0 at 60.0mm iso160 hide exif
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Date/Time16-Oct-2005 11:11:04
MakeKodak
ModelDCS Pro 14nx
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length60 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent160
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Mode (4)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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kodak_challenge26-Oct-2005 07:18
Thanks Kate and Albert for your lovely and constructive comments.
Flick.
Guest 26-Oct-2005 02:03
Gorgeous shot & dog Flick. Exceptional softness to this image... just wonderful! - Albert
kodak_challenge25-Oct-2005 16:19
Flick this is absolutely wonderful. Her eyes tell such an amazing story and I love all the abstract patterns in the background. A fabulous shot. Kate
kodak_challenge22-Oct-2005 06:55
Thanks for the comments, both of you.
Flick :-)
kodak_challenge22-Oct-2005 00:34
AH yes, very cool, elegant. I like it. Regards

Paul
kodak_challenge21-Oct-2005 21:09
I love dogs and this picture caprures the dog perfect its a girl and she seems to wind up into the photo. Great shot Flick, CCClark PS the more Dogs the merrier
kodak_challenge20-Oct-2005 16:29
Hi jono, thank you - but I think you're doing yourself down...they're just different (different animal, different environment and approach).
Flick.
kodak_challenge20-Oct-2005 16:23
Lovely flick - much better then mine - splendid. jono
kodak_challenge19-Oct-2005 06:50
Thanks Charles for your lovely comment. I feel like shooting her myself sometimes - especially after the chucking up on the rug incident ;-)
Flick.
chasg18-Oct-2005 23:09
Ahh Flick, what a stunning portrait of Inka! (all the more so because I've tried my hand at shooting her myself: I had the light, I had the subject, and got nothing of worth. I could just _feel_ the potential, and you've so beautifully captured it :-)

veggie oxo to you, Chas
kodak_challenge17-Oct-2005 06:12
Why thank you David :-) It's all down to the beauty of the model, with her pale coat and huge eyes - not so beautiful when she threw up all over kelim rug in the front room later in the day :-(
Guest 16-Oct-2005 22:04
It's a great overall effect, Flick. Well planned and brilliantly executed. I like this image more and more every time I look at it. -- DF
kodak_challenge16-Oct-2005 21:07
Thanks Kim. That quality of emerging from the background is a combination of depth of field and high key. The latter is why I was waiting for a sunny day to take the shot - the sun comes right in through the bay window in the living room, giving enough natural light to produce the effect I wanted.
Flick.
Guest 16-Oct-2005 18:33
I think this is a wonderful portrait! She seems to simply emerge from the background, due to the lightness of her coat, and her eyes have that far away, classically downcast look. Beautiful. --Kim
kodak_challenge16-Oct-2005 17:18
Thanks David, do you think so? The message I put here for jono has been deleted, but if he objects, I'll still remove this. I didn't know he'd posted a dog one till I went to upload this. I'd planned to do this for some time - just waiting for a sunny day.
Flick.
Guest 16-Oct-2005 12:26
Why remove it? It's a beautiful portrait, soft and sensitive. And it makes wonderful "bookends" next to Jono's. Keep it! -- DF