In a good mood

© Monika Sapek

In a good mood

Uploaded: January 21, 2005 16:23:05

Description

50mm, 1/100 sec, f/6.3

Comments

Murry Grigsby January 21, 2005

You are blessed with beautiful models and photographic talent Monika! A very swwet portrait!! #207518

Monika Sapek January 21, 2005

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 January 21, 2005

Absolutely beautiful portrait Monika! #1054662

Monika Sapek January 21, 2005

Thank you very much for your nice comment, Jill!
Monika
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Dan Holm January 21, 2005

Monika, this is BEAUTIFUL! Your lighting, her pose and your capture are all absolutely wonderful! #1054694

Monika Sapek January 21, 2005

Thank you for taking your time to write, Dan! I really appreciate it!
Monika
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January 21, 2005

Very nice portrait, Monika!
~ Amy ~
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William C. Raco level-classic January 21, 2005

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 #1054883

Kip T. Berger January 21, 2005

Love the lighting and the expression captured Monika! Great job! :) #1054888

Roseann E. Dreasher January 21, 2005

Love the pose, tones and patterns (sweater and curls)!! #1054991

Karen Engelbreth January 22, 2005

Wonderful portrait, Monika! #1056144

Patrick Campbell January 22, 2005

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. #1056547

Patrick Campbell January 22, 2005

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. #1056588

Monika Sapek January 22, 2005

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.
Usually I do not do anything selectively in my images, but I can check this method with blending option later (I didn’t do anything like that before). It’s good to try something new.
Thank you, Patrick!

Monika

P.S. It’s great indeed, photography is subjective! I love that! ;-)
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Patrick Campbell January 22, 2005

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. :-) #1056725

Monika Sapek January 23, 2005

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 #1058403

Claudia Kuhn level-classic February 18, 2005

Congratulations Monika! #1112757

Terry R. Hatfield February 18, 2005

Congratulations On Kate Making Finalist Monika:-) #1113754

William C. Raco level-classic February 18, 2005

I just love this portrait!
Congratulations to you and to Kate
Best wishes for continued honors.

bill
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Kelly Abernathy level-classic February 18, 2005

Congratulations on a wonderful finalist! -K #1114242

Kristi A. Howson February 18, 2005

Congratulations Monika..this is soooo cute! #1115052

Murry Grigsby February 19, 2005

Congrats to you and your cute model monika!! :0) #1116360

Jill Flynn February 19, 2005

Congratulations Monika! This is so beautiful. #1116403

Noel Baebler February 19, 2005

Huzzah, Monika! #1117003

Stanley J. Contrades February 19, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS, Monka, and good luck to you in the next round!
Much Aloha,
Stan #1117588

Kathleen Clemons February 19, 2005

Congrats to you, Monika! #1117766

Karen Engelbreth February 19, 2005

Congratulations on your finalist, Monika! #1118003

Robin L. Wehrman February 19, 2005

Congratulations to you, Monika!!! #1118281

Ellen Peach level-classic February 19, 2005

Kate is soooo adorable...congrats & good luck! #1118328

Gary H. Minish level-classic February 19, 2005

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 :-) #1119039

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic February 20, 2005

Congratulations Monika!!! #1119749

S J February 24, 2005

Many congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Monika!! #1131970

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