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Murry Grigsby |
You are blessed with beautiful models and photographic talent Monika! A very swwet portrait!!
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Monika Sapek |
Thanks so much, Murry! It’s just Kate, she is still a cute model (she’s almost five) and I love to take photos of her! After submitting the duotone changed a little bit of the color, but it’s always like that ;-). Glad you like this one, Murry! Monika
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Jill Flynn |
Absolutely beautiful portrait Monika!
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Monika Sapek |
Thank you very much for your nice comment, Jill! Monika
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Dan Holm |
Monika, this is BEAUTIFUL! Your lighting, her pose and your capture are all absolutely wonderful!
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Monika Sapek |
Thank you for taking your time to write, Dan! I really appreciate it! Monika
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Very nice portrait, Monika! ~ Amy ~
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- William C. Raco Contact William C. Raco William C. Raco's Gallery |
Wow, she is beautiful, and the photo is excellent. I love the soft complexion, the sweet smile, beautiful eyes, and great hair. Very fine model and photographer. bill
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Kip T. Berger |
Love the lighting and the expression captured Monika! Great job! :)
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Roseann E. Dreasher |
Love the pose, tones and patterns (sweater and curls)!!
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Karen Engelbreth |
Wonderful portrait, Monika!
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Patrick Campbell |
Lovely portrait, Monika! Her expression and the lighting on her face are just great. Her hair is angelic. The sweater has great texture but is a little too loud and therefore distracting to my eye. I'm sure others would disagree. (Don't you love how subjective photography is?) I wonder if you could do a color selection or perhaps two in Photoshop and then change the colors to something less contrasty when converted to duotone.
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Patrick Campbell |
Another approach would be to add a filter layer in PS, or a color layer with low blending of 10% or so. It will look wierd in color but great in B&W. In the prehistoric days, before Photoshop and PCs, they used colored filters to accomplish the same thing in B&W photography.
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Monika Sapek |
Amy, Bill, Kip, Roseann, and Karen - Thank you very much for your comments! Usually Kate doesn’t want to pose for me, but that day I “bought” her attention by letting her take a couple of photos of me also. It was fun to be on the other side of the camera and hear her laugh. Once again – thank you! Patrick – thank you for paying so much attention and your suggestion for this portrait! Usually when I want to take portraits of my kids, I watch for the elements that could possible distract in photos later. This sweater that Kate is wearing here indeed is a little distracting, but I liked it because with it there is more contrast and I like the opposite textures. My first version of this image was in black and white, but for more unknown reasons this image became really dark after submitting to another contest (DPC), so I went with duotone finally. P.S. It’s great indeed, photography is subjective! I love that! ;-)
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Patrick Campbell |
Your welcome, Monika! I was trying to make helpful suggestions of the 'what if you tried this' variety and I'm glad you took it that way! Good luck with this entry. Hope you make a big print to frame at home. I think it's an excellent shot already, and one we'll probably see again next month. :-)
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Monika Sapek |
Thanks so much once again, Patrick! I like this picture and it is quite sharp (50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor is very nice for portrait work), so I'll make a print. Have a nice day, Patrick! Monika
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- Claudia Kuhn Contact Claudia Kuhn Claudia Kuhn's Gallery |
Congratulations Monika!
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Terry R. Hatfield |
Congratulations On Kate Making Finalist Monika:-)
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- William C. Raco Contact William C. Raco William C. Raco's Gallery |
I just love this portrait! Congratulations to you and to Kate Best wishes for continued honors. bill
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- Kelly Abernathy Contact Kelly Abernathy Kelly Abernathy's Gallery |
Congratulations on a wonderful finalist! -K
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Kristi A. Howson |
Congratulations Monika..this is soooo cute!
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Murry Grigsby |
Congrats to you and your cute model monika!! :0)
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Jill Flynn |
Congratulations Monika! This is so beautiful.
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Noel Baebler |
Huzzah, Monika!
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Stanley J. Contrades |
CONGRATULATIONS, Monka, and good luck to you in the next round! Much Aloha, Stan
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Kathleen Clemons |
Congrats to you, Monika!
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Karen Engelbreth |
Congratulations on your finalist, Monika!
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Robin L. Wehrman |
Congratulations to you, Monika!!!
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- Ellen Peach Contact Ellen Peach Ellen Peach's Gallery |
Kate is soooo adorable...congrats & good luck!
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- Gary H. Minish Contact Gary H. Minish Gary H. Minish's Gallery |
This is a superb portrait and she is soooo cute!! You certainly caught that special sparkle with this shot. Congratulations, Monika and good luck in the next round with this excellent photo :-)
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- Adilson F. Ferreira Contact Adilson F. Ferreira Adilson F. Ferreira's Gallery |
Congratulations Monika!!!
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S J |
Many congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Monika!!
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