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Antonia BauerleinSehnert
{K:30599} 5/10/2005
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She does have a very intense look, and the image comes off very nicely with the dark tones. Boy, there sure is a resemblance as you say! It's a little like the trees that are up on the featured critique at the moment. Your technique using mainly the blue channel is interesting, as I will selectively focus on one of the channels at times -- the red can come off like an IR filter. I like the contrast in this one very much, and this is a strong portrait that portrays a mood/moment not often seen in portraits.
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Susan Cropper
{K:2166} 6/9/2004
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You are very talented. I am amazed at the beautiful shots in your portfolio. Your portraits are my favorite.
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Tim Bronkhorst
{K:9391} 3/18/2004
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What a strong shot. The portrait and the girl stand like an house. Her eyes overwhelm the viewer, her hair looks like she fought whit a bear. Nice reflection of walking through the rain.
Straight to my favorites.
Greets Tim.
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Dhimant Vyas
{K:2509} 3/15/2004
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nice one
regards
Dhimant
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aviva s.
{K:346} 3/3/2004
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wow
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Pedro Libório
{K:53861} 2/27/2004
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lovely portrait,
really intense expression!
P.S. thanks for your visit and words!
regards.
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Jocelyne A
{K:1974} 2/26/2004
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Gripping... It's going into my favorites! Thanks for sharing, and thanks for your comments.  )
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Ghada Noman
{K:3016} 2/19/2004
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great and beautiful! i love her expression, she has a very deep and strong eyes , just beautiful :) i like it B+W. well done.
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Richard Bennett
{K:112} 2/19/2004
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Stefan,
Saw your comment on my shot so had to cheek out your portfolio. I'd have to mirror your comment on my shot for 'intensity', a truly cool pic.
Rich
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charlie f. kohn
{K:25919} 2/18/2004
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dear stefan,
an excellent work for the picture of your daughter. it surely has gained a lot by being converted to b/w, and it is intensive indeed! great work. thank you.
thank you also for your wonderful comments on 'water up' *.-))
best regards
charlie.f.kohn@sixpence-pictures.com // madrid
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Phil M
{K:11526} 2/12/2004
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Great expression! Thanks for taking the time to advise on saving jpg files - I will experiment and see what happens!
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Gino Quattrocchi
{K:39580} 2/11/2004
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Stefan hai un porfolio di grande bellezza e questo ritratto è favoloso
Mi colpisce l'espressione del bimbo e il bell'effetto dei capelli sul volto
notevole la performans della G3
complimenti
Gino
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Dina Marie
{K:-1410} 2/11/2004
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love this shot in black & white... the richness goes without saying...
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Telmo Domingues
{K:9639} 2/11/2004
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This is a magazine cover! PERFECT shot! Excelent edition!
Engstrom at his best? This photo (and the eyes specialy) create addiction!
Hugs and kisses!!!
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Hanna Segal
{K:13469} 2/11/2004
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These blue eyes are piercing thru my soul! Who needs words when they can say so much?
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Miguel Cary
{K:816} 2/10/2004
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Excellent. But the original is also very good
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Enjoy
{K:16125} 2/10/2004
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EXCELLENT.... moving... and well done..
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miguel marchand2
{K:200} 2/10/2004
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cute portrait!!!
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 2/10/2004
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Thanks all for the helpful comments!
Marcos - color?
Paolo - I did apply an unsharp mask to this and I was afraid I had already overdone it...
Mary - I know what you mean with the prominent trademark, this is simply the full frame of the shot but it could do with a crop up there. I do wonder what you mean by the "traditional b/w" however... This b/w as opposed to the color version, or another form of b/w compared to this?
M. Saiago & Becky - I believe you see what I thought of as bit of menace her.
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peta jones
{K:12615} 2/10/2004
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Excellent Stefan, indeed intense, love the naturalness of this. Her eyes are wonderful.
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A Brito
{K:10699} 2/10/2004
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beautiful !!!
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MaryBell
{K:32791} 2/10/2004
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Stefan,
I like this very much - good crop at the bottom giving us the full v of her neckline is just right - I just wish we didn't have to see the trademark emblem on her hood (personal problem, I imagine as I hate trademarks...)
I personally prefer the tradional black and white feel and look of this image...
Mary
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Cherie Spike
{K:-21959} 2/10/2004
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She's incredibly beautiful Stefan, and so is your capture of her. Compliments... she's so damned cute :)
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Lars Raun
{K:1701} 2/10/2004
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The eyes are totally amazing Stefan. They pin me to my seat :-D
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Paolo De Maio
{K:34932} 2/9/2004
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Your final result are really impressive Stefan.
Still I would tried to give a light Unsharp mask to obtain more details on her eyes so deep....
I like it so much without my suggestions too obviously ...It's only my point of view..
Paolo
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 2/9/2004
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a strong intensity in this eyes.. a wonderful child ..and your masterly capaciti of shot!!!
perfect capture..
bye bye roby
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Becky V
{K:9699} 2/9/2004
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I'm kind of torn . . . while I think in the black and white you were able to pull out better details in the face, lose the overwhelming yellowness and make the feeling a bit less benign than the colour version, I really like the girl's blue eyes! I feel they are much more intense in the colour photo, but perhaps it's because they look quite steely amidst all those warm tones. Perhaps if you partially desaturated the original, or just toned it so the yellow isn't quite so overwhelming, you could strike a balance between the two.
Not to say the black and white isn't intense already. It is! It's just a shame to lose that attention-grabbing colour in the eye.
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ryan winton
{K:3027} 2/9/2004
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wow, nice gray scale. the look is very intense
great shot
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RC. Dany
{K:64104} 2/9/2004
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beautiful and strong portrait, an image with great intensity. beautiful eyes. greetings anne...
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sandy c. hopkins
{K:17107} 2/9/2004
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yes she is quite intense!
beautiful child..
it really is a perfect bw congrats
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Johnny K
{K:12635} 2/9/2004
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Very expressive !!!!! Perfect B&W
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Tomo Radovanovic
{K:12788} 2/9/2004
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excellent shot
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M. Saiago
{K:25} 2/9/2004
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sim, existe intensidade...penso que o olhar de predador da criança contrasta com a sua face inocente o que resulta numa foto muito intensa!parabéns
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 2/9/2004
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This is the original shot. Golden hour light and the background disqualified the red channel from the b/w conversion. That and the blue eyes...
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Aaron Young
{K:162} 2/9/2004
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Very nice portrait. Excellent tonal range. Nice shot
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katka prackova
{K:-31} 2/9/2004
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great eyes. it's very emotional. strong portrait. k.
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David Siller
{K:1317} 2/9/2004
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Very nice.. you really make it say a lot...
congrats!!
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Marcos Duarte
{K:15402} 2/9/2004
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Excellent color, form, composition and texture. Well Done!!!
Congrat.
Marcos
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