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Sultry

© Karolyn R. Moltzan

Sultry

Uploaded: July 25, 2006 16:33:49

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Another self portrait - I'm not conceited, really! lol. I used natural light through the window, mid afternoon, no flash setting. Used PSCS2 for some edits including a diffuse glow, color correction, and surface blur.

Comments

Chastity Abbott July 25, 2006

****Beautiful****
Love the eye contact, and the softness from this portrait! Good job* #491203

Karolyn R. Moltzan July 25, 2006

Thank you, Chastity! I really appreciate your comments! #3080980

Sharon C. Hinze July 25, 2006

Terrific self portrait....love what you've done in photoshop. S #3081386

Karolyn R. Moltzan July 25, 2006

Thank you, Sharon!! I'm glad you liked it and took the time to comment! #3081410

July 26, 2006

Beautiful done! Jen #3082543

Karolyn R. Moltzan July 26, 2006

Thank you, Jen!! #3083746

Stacy L. Robertson August 25, 2006

Do you live anywhere near OHIO? we have got to get you in front of my camera! I would have a ball with your face. Wonderful bone structure and this portrait rocks! #3215547

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 25, 2006

Wow, I am so flattered! THANK YOU! I'm not real close to Ohio - I'm in western North Dakota. :P If for any reason we ever come down that way, I'll be sure to get a hold of you! lol. Thanks, again! #3215554

Chastity Abbott August 26, 2006

GIRL...........YOU GO!!!!!!!!! I AM SOOOOO FOR YOU!!!! OUTSTANDING IMAGE!!!! CONGRATS!!!! #3218563

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 26, 2006

Thank you so much, Chastity! :D #3218610

Michael S. Swaffar August 26, 2006

Huge congrats Karolyn!!!
It's one thing to have a finalist but quite another when you were the model and photograher.. Im so impressed!
You can model for me anytime.

I would love to see this win...
Good luck! #3218667

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 26, 2006

Thank you GREATLY, Michael! I really appreciate it! I would love to have you take my piture some day - you do marvelous work and your subjects ALWAYS look absolutely amazing. I am so flattered! #3218792

Julie Robinson August 26, 2006

Congrats on your wondeful finalist! #3220196

Graham Jones August 26, 2006

Karolyn, good work. You've reinforced the reason I DON'T do self-portraits. There are too many beautiful people around to bother trying to make myself look good :-) Fortunately for you you are one of those photogenic people and a great photographer to boot! Congrats on finalist.

regards, Graham #3220659

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 26, 2006

Thank you, Julie and Graham! I'm so flattered by everyone's comments! #3223346

August 27, 2006

Congrats! #3224925

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 27, 2006

Thanks, Jen! #3226734

bob cornelison August 27, 2006

Excellent work!
Congrats!
~:o) #3229706

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 27, 2006

Thank you, Bob! #3229714

Carolyn Foster Spano August 28, 2006

Congrats on this wonderful finalist Karolyn. #3231237

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 28, 2006

Thank you, Carolyn - good luck to you! #3231522

Ronald Balthazor August 28, 2006

Congratulations, Karolyn. Great self portrait. And here, I thought, all the beautiful women were in South Dakota (my wife made me say that). #3231825

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 28, 2006

Lol! Thank you, so much, Ronald! You have a wonderful gallery! #3232083

Sandy Stigliano August 28, 2006

Congratulations on your win! #3235387

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 28, 2006

Thank you!I'm so excited - it's my first (I've had a couple other finalists, but hadn't placed with them)! #3235466

Janine Russell level-deluxe August 28, 2006

Karolyn, very nice self-portrait; great pose, lighting and effects; congratulations on your Second Place Win. #3236310

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 28, 2006

Thank you so much, Janine! #3236338

Lynn Crawford August 28, 2006

Beautiful self portrait, congrats on the Second Place Win, great Job :) #3236561

bob cornelison August 28, 2006

Congrats again on this great self portrait!
~:O) #3236945

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 28, 2006

Thank you, Bob! I really am thrilled! #3236961

Prakasit Chartburut August 30, 2006

OMG (OH My God)
You did a great job.
#3242419

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 30, 2006

Thank you, very much, Prakasit! #3244053

RC Fritz August 30, 2006

Great work, Karolyn. Congrats on your WIN! #3244975

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 30, 2006

Thank you, RC! #3245025

Michelle Lea Guinn August 30, 2006

Gorgeous portrait, Karolyn!!! Congratulations on your 2nd place win!! I was looking at this for the longest time....trying to figure out who you look like....then it came to me.... LeAnn Rimes!!! #3245694

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 30, 2006

Wow! Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! #3245716

Laura Stetser August 31, 2006

Wow is right! Incredible photo to begin with and then to read that it's a self-portrait! Beautiful! Congrats on your win! :) #3250037

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 31, 2006

Thank you so much, Laura! I really appreciate all the wonderful comments! #3250236

William F. Clair August 31, 2006

Aweso0me presentation!!! Congratulations!!! #3251514

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 31, 2006

Thank you, William! #3251627

Stacy L. Robertson August 31, 2006

I'm sooo happy for you Karolyn..this is great work! Congrats many times over.. #3251723

Karolyn R. Moltzan August 31, 2006

Thanks, Stacy! #3251881

September 01, 2006

Wow ! just great.
congrats ! you did great job Karolyn. you deserve it #3255290

Karolyn R. Moltzan September 04, 2006

Thank you, Lalit!! #3267049

Karolyn R. Moltzan September 05, 2006

Thank you, Douglas! #3271667

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic September 12, 2006

Great job on SP...They are hard to do as I have done some as well..This is Beautiful!!! Congrats!! #3299848

Karolyn R. Moltzan September 12, 2006

Thanks, Shelly! It is always a huge compliment to have good comments posted by someone with such a wonderful gallery and so many finalists! #3299920

Gary Lange September 22, 2006

What a great shot, Karolyn!! I'm ashamed of myself, I missed this one completely. Wonderful work! #3345888

Karolyn R. Moltzan September 22, 2006

Thanks, Gary! #3345929

Douglas Gould September 23, 2006

This is nothing short of art. I love what you've done here. Give us more. #3351502

Douglas Gould September 23, 2006

Just a short note. My original comments were made before I knew it was a self portrait. btw... my personal gallery info is not appearing for some reason. Check out my site for something different. I live in Baja and just love it. http://bajawild.net #3351523

Karolyn R. Moltzan September 23, 2006

Thank you very much, Doug! I really appreciate your comments. I will be sure to look at your site. #3351650

Roger Fry September 25, 2006

I'm in love - with the photograph, or the model ? - or both ? either way something is fabulous!
Rog #3361329

Karolyn R. Moltzan September 26, 2006

:) Thank you very much, Roger!! I appreciate it as both the photographer and the model! lol. #3363345

Lynn Crawford September 28, 2006

Great job on this 2nd place win Karolyn :) #3379456

Karolyn R. Moltzan September 28, 2006

Thanks, Lynn!! I've got another one from the same set in the finalists for this month - so wish me luck! :) #3380953

Stacy L. Robertson November 19, 2006

Karolyn, I would like to know if I could possibly do a pencil sketch of this self-portrait. I love it so much and I think a drawing is in order for this one. Let me know if I could use this picture as a reference. #3605450

Karolyn R. Moltzan November 19, 2006

Stacy, I would be honored! I'm so excited to see it! You're an awesome artist, so I'm sure it'll be phenomenal. Thank you! #3605469

Stacy L. Robertson November 19, 2006

Great! When I finish it, I will definately post it as soon as possible, then I'm gonna mail you the original as a Christmas present. #3605494

Karolyn R. Moltzan November 20, 2006

Thank you so much, Stacy! I would really appreciate that! However, if you want to keep the original, I would buy a print from you! #3607841

Stacy L. Robertson November 20, 2006

Well, lets put it this way, if it looks like you and you like it, we will work something out. How about that? LOL. I hope it looks like you or I'll have to retire my pencils. #3608944

Karolyn R. Moltzan November 20, 2006

LOL! Judging by the other sketches I've seen, I'm not too worried about whether it will look like me or not! But, yeah, that sounds good! #3608965

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 20, 2006

Gorgeous portrait, impressive work. Congratulations!!! #3610306

Karolyn R. Moltzan November 21, 2006

Thank you very much, Donna! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. :) #3611901

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