Meditation

As I was snapping the sunset, a group of young girls drove up and took over the rock where I was working. Several were going to write in their journals and others had a book to read. They asked if they were in my way and I decided to use them as my 'models'! Kacee had a beautifully-colorful skirt on so I thought this a wonderful image of her reading her inspirational book.

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Comment by Deborah Flowers on October 9, 2011 at 7:21pm: It's really beautiful. You have some great skills. Yes, you never know... Good luck with it.

Comment by Debra Vanderlaan on October 9, 2011 at 6:37pm: Thank you Deborah! I entered this one in the Smithsonian Magazine contest, I liked it so well. You never know...

Celebrate life, Debra

Comment by Deborah Flowers on October 4, 2011 at 6:33pm: WOW! Really fabulous! The sunrise alone, never disappoints, but the light on the woman is absolutely exquisite!

So sublime!

Comment by Debra Vanderlaan on August 23, 2011 at 6:20pm: Thank you Nayan! This is a single image imported into Lightroom. I did Recovery and took the exposure down to get the sky how I wanted. I then did some Fill Light to bring out the girl and her dress, Contrasting, and Clarity. I took the image into Photoshop and did Levels to add pop and contrasting and used the Dodge Tool to add more highlights to the lighter areas. I may have done a few other tweaks but that is the major stuff. Have fun! Celebrate life, Debra

Comment by Nayan Soni on August 22, 2011 at 5:30am: Beautiful capture Debra !! You are amazing at it :)
Was this a single shot or an HDR. If it is single then can you please share your editing procedure? I too love editing photoshop.. I use Lightroom, Photoshop, Photoscape and Picasa for editing..

Comment by Debra Vanderlaan on August 2, 2011 at 9:44am: Thanks a lot for viewing my shot John and James! I too love the glow on her face and the colors in her skirt along with the beautiful sky. Thanks for the luck! Enjoy!

Celebrate life, Debra

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Comment by James McKenna on August 1, 2011 at 1:03am: Best of luck in the contest Debra, their is no reason the photo should not do well.

Comment by John Munno on July 31, 2011 at 6:29pm: Great shot Debra. Beautiful subtle sunrays on Kacee's hair face nad body. Great colors and of course depth and emotion.

Comment by Debra Vanderlaan on July 31, 2011 at 10:37am: Thank you very much Jim for viewing and commenting on my photo. I decided to enter this shot in the Smithsonian contest this year under the People category. You never know...

Celebrate life, Debra