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Piercing....

© Carolyn Foster Spano

Piercing....

Uploaded: April 02, 2005

Description

aperture f/3.5, shutter 180, lens Canon 50mm

This photograph was taken outdoors on March 31, 2005, a little bit past the "golden hour". We were losing light fast and working hard to capture as many exposures as we could before the light totally disappeared.

I toyed with the contrast in Photoshop and used Neat Image to clean up the grain from the ISO 400 film speed.

I did not alter her eye color at all. Hard to believe...but true!

Comments

April 02, 2005

Very nice portrait a job well done #231904

Olivia Navarro April 02, 2005

Very beautiful, Carolyn. I love the pose and her eye color is fantastic! #1225206

Roger Bernabo April 02, 2005

a Great capture Carolyn, wonderful exposure... innocence #1225225

Carolyn Foster Spano April 02, 2005

Thank you Arnold, Roger and Olivia. As always I appreciate the feedback.

(She has an identical twin whose eyes are equally amazing.)

Carolyn/Cari #1225228

Jessica McCollam May 22, 2005

WOW! What a great portrait, Carolyn! Love this! Congrats on this finalist!:) #1380957

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe May 22, 2005

Congrats on your terrific portrait! Jeff #1381577

Kevin Burns May 22, 2005

Congratulations. #1382590

Michelle Abraham May 23, 2005

Stunning portrait!! Congrats!! #1387088

Karen Beri May 23, 2005

This is great Carolyn!!Congratulations on this wonderful portrait :)
Karen #1387143

Carolyn Foster Spano May 24, 2005

Thank you all for the congrats! Cari #1388810

Kevin A. Meldrum June 21, 2005

hi Carolyn,

i was just surfin through the site when I came across this picture of yours.

i would like to say that I am now in total shock...... this is an amazing picture, I really felt like I could just touch her, it was so real. her eyes as everyone before me has said are of real beauty and they draw you into the subject.

you are so lucky to have such an amazing model to work with.

please add some more, there is so much work you could do here. #1497841

Carolyn Foster Spano May 28, 2006

Kevin,
I feel awful for not replying to this before now. Thank you so much for the kind comment. This is an older shot of mine and for some reason for sometime now I have not been getting email to tell me if someone comments on a photo. I apologise for it taking a year to respond.
I am going to do another shoot with her in a couple of weeks. It should be fun.

Thanks again and I truly apologise for the delay in response. #2824296

Skyy McKendry May 28, 2006

Magnificent! Congratulations. #2826274

Jill Odice level-classic May 29, 2006

I am not really into "People photos" having grown up in a family full of portait photographers ...but your images are so beautifully done! This one in particular caught my eye. I like that you accentuated her piercings, they are probably very important to her :-) She is a very pretty woman even with them ! #2828303

Carolyn Foster Spano May 29, 2006

Thank you Jill. How great to have grown up around portrait photographers. Lucky you!
#2828332

Keith L. Clayton May 29, 2006

Love this image! #2829214

Carolyn Foster Spano May 29, 2006

Thank you very much Keith. #2829239

Tammy Scott May 30, 2006

Wonderful finalist and beautiful model! Belated congratulations! #2832343

Carolyn Foster Spano May 30, 2006

Thank you Tammy. #2832346

J. C. May 30, 2006

This is one of the best portraits I've seen - very emotional. #2832369

Carolyn Foster Spano May 30, 2006

Thank you JC #2832383

Terry L. Ellis level-classic May 30, 2006

Beautifully captured, Carolyn! Love the angle and congratulations on your finalist! #2832384

Carolyn Foster Spano May 30, 2006

Thank you Terry. I appreciate the comment. #2832451

Nadya Johnson May 30, 2006

Wow! I guess I missed this outstanding finalist!! This is just fantastic, Carolyn! Congratulations!! Yes, it IS hard to believe you didn't change those eyes... this is one girl who won't need phony contacts! Gorgeous! #2832959

Carolyn Foster Spano May 30, 2006

Thank you Nadya. People always think that I enhance the eye color on her and her sister but they were just blessed with amazing eyes. #2833150

Kenneth Mucke May 30, 2006

Just amazing capture Carolyn...I love the framing..perfect lighting and just another perfect portrait #2834329

Carolyn Foster Spano May 31, 2006

Thank you so much Kenneth. I am going to do another shoot with her in a few weeks. We have something fun planned. Wicked, but fun. LOL #2835107

Elisabeth A. Gay May 31, 2006

Just looked at your entire gallery - stunning portraits, every one! I love this one!
Ann #2835730

Carolyn Foster Spano May 31, 2006

Thank you Elisabeth #2835745

Lori L. Thomas June 01, 2006

Wow! Perfect title for this great portrait. Nice work. #2840329

Carolyn Foster Spano June 01, 2006

Thank you Lori. #2842804

Roger Fry June 01, 2006

Great photo Carolyn! Very nice model, I always think people with 'attachments' displayed give a portrait 'attitude', and if their hair is dyed red, some colour too! Excellent job! #2842917

Carolyn Foster Spano June 01, 2006

Thank you Roger. #2842921

Mike D June 03, 2006

Beautiful...MD #2848391

Carolyn Foster Spano June 09, 2006

Thank you Mike. #2873197

Marta Azevedo June 09, 2006

Wonderuful portrait. Very nice gallery #2874075

Carolyn Foster Spano June 09, 2006

Thank you Marta. #2874084

Sylvia Rossler June 10, 2006

In my eyes they're not many people looking great with a face percing but your model looks gorgeous with it ! I can't tell in words my feelings about this portrait but I really love the mood, the framing..everything! #2876440

Carolyn Foster Spano June 10, 2006

Thank you Sylvia. I appreciate your kind comment. #2877312

Steven E. Ray July 15, 2007

To make a metal pierced face look this good is a skill. I see the model is pretty naturally, but this is great photography as well! #4509752

Carolyn Foster Spano July 15, 2007

Thank you Steven. #4510329

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