Year 12 Formal

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Year 12 Formal

Postby the foto fanatic on Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:32 pm

I went to the prelims for my god-daughter's final-year formal over the weekend.

Here she is with her mates prior to leaving for the venue (click for larger image):
Edit: tighter crop, improved guassian blur

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Postby Nnnnsic on Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:35 pm

Errr... which one? :)

Nice shot, btw.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:43 pm

[quote="Nnnnsic"]Errr... which one? :)

Yeah, might have been helpful to have indicated that :oops:

Penny is on far LHS, in yellow.

I forgot my LightSphere II thingy, and resorted to the old fashioned way - the tissue over the flash-head, secured by a rubber-band. Crude but effective. :D
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Postby Willy wombat on Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:30 pm

Your PP blurring is showing at the margins. Nice effect though. The girls all look great.
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Postby BBJ on Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:36 pm

Well nice pic and only 1 problem, i should be in the middle.LOL
Nope nice pic well done, good angle as well.
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Postby stephen on Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:50 pm

maybe the angle was to get a better view of err.............. ?
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Postby embi on Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:12 pm

An awesome fun image that I'm sure they will look back on and remember the day. Well done
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Postby paulvdb1 on Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:31 pm

cricketfan wrote:
Nnnnsic wrote:Errr... which one? :)

Yeah, might have been helpful to have indicated that :oops:

Penny is on far LHS, in yellow.

I forgot my LightSphere II thingy, and resorted to the old fashioned way - the tissue over the flash-head, secured by a rubber-band. Crude but effective. :D

I think the lightsphere would have made a huge difference as the only offputting thing I can see in the photo is the flash hitting the girls on the right
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Postby KerryPierce on Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:19 am

Pretty nice shot, Trevor. Quite a different composition, which looks good to my eye. :)
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Postby Geoff on Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:18 am

Nice shot. Is it me or is the girl on the far right similar to that actor Chistina/i Ricci?
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Postby MHD on Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:25 am

Lovely shot... they all look very happy!
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Postby the foto fanatic on Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:32 am

Willy wombat wrote:Your PP blurring is showing at the margins. Nice effect though. The girls all look great.


Tidied it up with a tighter crop and adjusted blur.
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Postby gstark on Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:49 am

John,

BBJ wrote:Well nice pic and only 1 problem, i should be in the middle.LOL


You want just a photo of yourself ?? :)
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