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Beautiful young woman with a heart-stopping stare

Beautiful young woman with a heart-stopping stare
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cameraCanon EOS-1D Mark IV

settings Aperture f/3.5 ISO 800 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 60/1 

upload_dateJan, 2016

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10 Comments |
Caramella
 
Caramella January 31, 2016
Very nice!
tetvet PRO+
 
tetvet February 01, 2016
nice shot,beautiful face
Shazzer
 
Shazzer February 08, 2016
Great Lighting and composition!
RobertT PRO+
 
RobertT February 21, 2016
Magnifique personne, elle a des yeux incroyables, very stunning eyes, beautifull young lady, love it very much
Rangerfan65 Platinum
 
Rangerfan65 March 02, 2016
Great shot ! Beautiful. Something about her eyes.....
CharShutter
 
CharShutter September 06, 2016
Love this
martelG
 
martelG October 15, 2016
Simply Beautiful
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SteBil30 December 30, 2017
She is stunningly beautiful.
danielmartin
 
danielmartin March 27, 2018
Very well captured...?
ARUNASPINIGIS
 
ARUNASPINIGIS November 05, 2020
Fabulous

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Behind The Lens

Location

This image was taken at a small car show in Hampton Virginia, about 3 years ago. That day started early for this young woman and I, for we were shooting on the beach around 5am that morning. By the time of this image she was exhausted, hot, and tired, but needless to say, still more beautiful than ever.

Time

It was around noon when this particular image was captured. The temperature that day was had to be in upper 90’s, so you can only image how hot it was in the back seat of this vintage Mercedes.

Lighting

I used natural light for this image. The sun was high overhead with no cloud coverage.

Equipment

Canon EOS- 1D Mark IV, F-3.5, ISO 800, 1/2000

Inspiration

This inspiration for this photo was the exhaustion this young woman was feeling, but how beautifully she hid it behind those eyes. The car offered only shade, not relief;and seeing her resting in the back seat, hot, sweaty, yet innocently inviting was a moment and image that I thank God for me having my camera in hand.

Editing

Post-editing was kept to minimum, for much was not needed. I converted the original image from color to black and white. I dodged the young woman’s eye and lips to draw more attention to them, and applied slight sharpening.

In my camera bag

My normal carry is as follows: Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 5D Mark III, 24-104mm f-4, 24-70mm f-2.8, 70-200mm f-2.8, 50mm f-1.8, 580 EX II Speedlite, and a Canon G11. everything else is just batteries, CF cards etc.

Feedback

A major key to a beautiful image is to use a beautiful subject. In this case, all of my work was done for me; all that I had to do was be in the right place at the right time, and ready. Keep your eyes open for candid moments and teach yourself to predict candid moments to come.

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