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Autumn Beauty


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   Autumn Beauty
Autumn Beauty
1/100, f/5.6, ISO200, Canon EF70-200mm F2.8L USM. Fill flash. Cropped and diffused in PS.

This was taken at a dam up in the mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Natural lighting & on camera fill flash only.

November '05 Finalist

Chris Macer

 
 
 

Rudra Mandal
 

Great picture! Nice smiling model too.


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November 16, 2005

 

Stanley J. Contrades
  Gorgeous smile to go along with the wonderful tones and colors, Chris!! Very well done portrait!!
Much Aloha,
Stan


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November 16, 2005

 
- Adilson F. Ferreira

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  Wonderful portrait Chris!!!
Fantastic smile and great colors!!!
The lighting is perfect!!!


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November 17, 2005

 

Dee Caraballo
  Simply lovely. Very soft and romantic.


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November 17, 2005

 

Paul E. Earl
  Fantastic portrait Chris!!


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November 17, 2005

 

Roger Bernabo
  Gorgeous shot; love the red leaves in the foreground and she would accent any image!


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November 17, 2005

 

Kate Jackson
  How wonderful to combine these two autumn beauties in one shot Chris! So pleased you commented on my post today or I would have missed all these great shots of Japan. You are certainly capturing the essence of Japan in your gallery.


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November 17, 2005

 

Daniel Diaz
  Beautiful portrait Chris, the red leaves really add to the image!!!


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November 17, 2005

 
- Gail Vitikacs

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  Verrrry lovely Chris....you placed her beautifully with the leaves giving it a nice balance of color!


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November 17, 2005

 

Karen Engelbreth
  Really a beauty - wonderful portrait, Chris!


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November 17, 2005

 
- Dr Silly

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  Like the softness of the portrait. well done. :o)


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November 17, 2005

 

Larry Smith
  Beautiful portrait and tones Chris, perfect title for the picture!


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November 17, 2005

 
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  Outstanding portrait Chris! Jeff


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November 17, 2005

 
- Terry L. Ellis

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  Marvelous portrait, Chris! I love the colors, the so lovely girl and the wonderful softness!


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November 17, 2005

 

Goshka G.
  Lovely autumn portrait, Chris!!


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November 17, 2005

 

Nicole E. Rappaport
  absolutely stunning portrait, lovely lighting!!


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November 17, 2005

 
- Rakesh Syal

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  Wonderful portrait of a young lady, Chris!!!


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November 17, 2005

 

Judy S. Fung
  Lovely portrait, Chris!


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November 17, 2005

 

Jenny Bosmans
  BEAUTIFUL portrait and ditto model, Chris!!


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November 17, 2005

 

Sergio La Spina
  Beautiful portrai Rakesh!! fantastic light and your model !!!!


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November 17, 2005

 

Tammy Scott
  What a gorgeous portrait and model!


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November 17, 2005

 

Stephen Zacker
  Wonderful portrait and lighting


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November 17, 2005

 

Keith L. Clayton
  The model is gorgeous and so is the portrait - Nice job.


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November 17, 2005

 
- Claudia Kuhn

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  Wonderful portrait Chris, really like her holding the colorful maple branch!


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November 17, 2005

 
- Jill Odice

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  Who is the beautiful woman Chris :-) This is a really nice portrait:-)


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November 17, 2005

 

Patty Razonable
  Beautiful portrait with the soft effects, Chris!!


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November 17, 2005

 

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  Very beautiful Chris!
The leaves add great color to the beautiful model!


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November 17, 2005

 

Darryl Wilkinson
  Beautiful portrait Chris! Perfect framing!!!


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November 17, 2005

 

Susie Peek-Swint
  This is just lovely Chris ~ your model has a beautiful smile and the backlighting on her hair is perfect ~ great job on this!


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November 18, 2005

 

Chris Macer
  Thanks so much Rudra, Stan, Adilson, Dee, Paul, Roger, Kate, Daniel, Gail, Karen, Dr. Silly, Larry, Jeff, Terry, Goshka, Nicole, Rakesh, Judy, Jenny, Sergio, Tammy, Stephen, Keith, Claudia, Jill, Patty, Alison, Darryl and Susan! I'm really gald that you like this one.
The model is my beautiful and supportive girlfriend :)

Have a great weekend guys, I'll catch up on comments on Monday :)


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November 18, 2005

 

Rhonda Smith
  She's lovely Chris and so is this portrait with the fall colors.. Great dof too on this one :O)


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November 19, 2005

 

Jill Flynn
  This is a wonderful outdoor portrait Chris. What a beautiful asian woman. She must love this photograph!!


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November 19, 2005

 
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  Chris, very nice portrait.


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November 19, 2005

 

Joy E. Cobb
  Chris, your girlfriend has a gorgeous smile! Beautiful soft portrait. Love the Japanese maple leaves in the foreground. Wonderful. Carry this in your wallet. :)


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November 19, 2005

 

Sandra Freyler
  This is such a beautiful portrait! Great work, Chris!


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November 20, 2005

 
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  Lovely indeed, Chris!
kk


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November 20, 2005

 

Dan Holm
  BEAUTIFUL model, beautifully captured, Chris!! An excellent portrait!


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November 21, 2005

 

Chris Macer
  Thanks so much Rhonda, Janine, Jill, Joy, Sandra, Kathleen and Dan! :)


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November 21, 2005

 

Robert M. Nicholson
  Lovely lady you have there and great portrait! I try so hard to get my girl to get in front of the camera...but was only able to convince her a couple of times though.


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November 22, 2005

 

Jonathan Haber
  Chris,

I agree with all the kudos. If this were destined for a portrait gallery, you might want to give her a little hairdo and clone/clean up some of the extra hair.


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November 23, 2005

 

Nobu Nagase
  She is certainly a beautiful lady, Chris!!!
Sending my "hajimemashite, dozo yoroshiku" from Tex.


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November 24, 2005

 

Tracy Reehal
  Gorgeous shot and model. The lighting is perfect on this one!


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November 25, 2005

 

Chris Macer
  Thanks Rob, Jonathan, Nobi and Tracy!

Nobi - she is always looking at everyones galleries and reading my comments so she will surely see :)


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November 25, 2005

 

Kristi A. Howson
  I love her smile and a beautiful lady...great capture Chris!!!


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November 28, 2005

 
- Shelly A. Van Camp

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  Cute,,,is this your gf?? Great picture.


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November 29, 2005

 
- Ken Smith

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  Chris, thanks for commenting on my picture. Which meant I could click on your gallery. You've got some great pictures, and you've certainly captured the beauty of Japan, to include the beauty of your girlfriend.


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November 30, 2005

 

Katrina McMeans
  I really like the softness of this pretty portrait! Lovely colors, great DOF, and a beautiful model! ; )
~K


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December 01, 2005

 

Chris Macer
  Thanks Kristi, Shelly, Ken and Katrina! I really appreciate all your comments! :)


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December 04, 2005

 

Cathy Barrows
  gorgeous portrait...love the red leaves as a bonus


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December 04, 2005

 

Chris Macer
  Thanks so much Cathy!


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December 06, 2005

 
- Dr Silly

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  CONGRATULATIONS CHRIS. :o)


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December 20, 2005

 

Darryl Wilkinson
  Excellent work, Chris! Congratulations on this fine looking finalist and good luck to you on the next round!!! BRAVO!!!


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December 20, 2005

 
- Adilson F. Ferreira

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  Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Chris!!!


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December 20, 2005

 

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  Congrats on your finalist Chris!


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December 20, 2005

 

Sergio La Spina
  Congratulation Chris!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Nobu Nagase
  "Omedeto!!!", Chris, on this beautiful finalist!!!


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December 20, 2005

 
- Boris Kirpichnikov

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  Congratulations on this wonderful finalist,Chris!


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December 20, 2005

 

Kate Jackson
  Congratulations Chris ~ so good to see this again!


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December 20, 2005

 

Wendy Stevenson
  Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Chris!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Danilo Piccioni
  Congratulations for this well deserved victory Chris!


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December 20, 2005

 

Deborah Sandidge
  Gorgeous finalist, Chris - congratulations!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Jill Flynn
  I remember this beauty Chris! Congratulations on your finalist and good luck in the next round!!


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December 20, 2005

 
- Terry L. Ellis

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  Wonderful congratulations, Chris, on this beautiful finalist! WTG!!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Phil Sauvey
  Congratulations Chris on your finalist! A well deserved win. All the best in 2006!!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Mary Timman
  What a great finalist. Congratulations and good luck!


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December 20, 2005

 

Cathy Barrows
  Congrats on your finalist...great portrait


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December 20, 2005

 

Sylvia Rossler
  Congrats Chris :o)


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December 20, 2005

 
- Jill Odice

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  Graet portrait shot, she is so cute and has such a greay smile, I liked this before and still do Chris! Congrats:-)


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December 20, 2005

 

Sharon Day
  Big congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Chris!!! Good luck next round!


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December 20, 2005

 

Daniel Diaz
  Big Congrats Chris and good luck in the next round buddy!!! We both could use some gold, LOL!!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Jenny Bosmans
  Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Chris!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Tammy Scott
  Congratulations on this fantastic image!


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December 20, 2005

 

Kristi A. Howson
  So glad to see this one make it Chris! Congratulations on this wonderful finalist and good luck in the next round!


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December 20, 2005

 

Tori A. Woods
  she's beautiful Chris and you have captured her beauty...great portrait and congrats on this honor...Tori


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December 20, 2005

 
- Ken Smith

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  Chris, congratulations!


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December 20, 2005

 

Marie Fields
  Congratulations on this gorgeous portrait, Chris!!!


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December 20, 2005

 
- Cora Miller

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  The maple leaves make a wonderful frame and leading line to her beautiful face. Congratulations, Chris!


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December 20, 2005

 
- Jim Kinnunen

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  And what a beauty she is, Chris...excellent portrait and congratulations!!!!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Stanley J. Contrades
  CONGRATULATIONS on this wonderful Finalist, Chris, and best of luck to you in the next round!!
Much Aloha,
Stan


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December 21, 2005

 

Terry R. Hatfield
  This Portrait Gets Your Attention!Well Done Chris!Congratulations On Your Finalist!!


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December 21, 2005

 

Deb Holmes-Hatfield
  What a beautiful young lady, congrats on this awesome finalist Chris, Bravo!


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December 21, 2005

 

Stephen Zacker
  Truly a Beautiful portrait. Congratulations


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December 21, 2005

 

Nicole Kessel
  Gorgeous portrait, Chris! Congratulations!!


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December 21, 2005

 
- Rakesh Syal

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  Congratulations, Chris!!!


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December 21, 2005

 

Chris Macer
  Wow! What can I say?! I'm so happy that this got picked especially in the highly contested "People" category!

Thanks so much Dr. S, Darryl, Adilson, Robyn, Sergio, Nobi, Boris, Kate, Wendy, Dado, Deborah, Jill, Terry, Phil, Mary, Cathy, Sylvia, Jill, Sharon, Dan, Jenny, Tammy, Kristi, Tori, Ken, Marie, Cora, Jim, Stan, Terry, Deb, Stephen, Nicole and Rakesh! :)


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December 22, 2005

 

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  Nice work bro :) this is the first time I have looked at your pics on here and they're awesome!!! Its so cool to read everyones nice comments!! you should be so stoked!!! and yes Yurika is very beautiful!
Love it!
Mel xxx


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December 24, 2005

 

Chris Macer
  Thanks, Mel! Glad that you liked my photos. When are going to see yours?? :)


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December 30, 2005

 

Alison Greenwood
  I missed this???!!! How could I???!!!
Everything about it is beautiful!!!
Belated congratulations!!!


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January 12, 2006

 

Amy JACKSON
  Awesome shot!!! And beautiful girlfriend!!
Conratulations!!


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January 17, 2006

 

Lori Carlson
  This is so pretty Chris!! Love the red touch too! It's just such a lovely portrait in all its naturalness-is that even a word!?! :0) Congratulations Chris! :0)


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January 21, 2006

 

Chris Macer
  Thanks Alison, Amy and Lori!


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January 21, 2006

 

Sandra Freyler
  Congratulations Chris! Beautiful portrait! :)


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January 23, 2006

 

Chris Macer
  Thanks Sandra! :)


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February 20, 2006

 

Tammy
  Beautiful model wonderful colors


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August 11, 2006

 
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