Available light with shallow DOF

Challenge #2 in the NOT artificial series. Hosted by maboleth.

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I'm interested in available light portraits that have limited amount of DOF. Show that nice bokeh! Use NO flash lights, NO HDR imaging and NO studio. Be creative, use natural and available light accordingly to create beautiful portraits. :)

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Announced:

Wednesday, 5th January, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 12th January, 2011 – Tuesday, 18th January, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 19th January, 2011 – Tuesday, 25th January, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Just a regular "pop" effects - slight exposure correction, contrast, colour, a bit of sharpening. No additional plugins and retouching allowed. Images that seem unrealistic (e.g. plastic skin or hdr) will be removed without notice.
You CAN use sepia, desaturation and all b&w tints.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Use reflectors, panels, big windows, mirrors, house lamps, etc... but no additional flash/studio light.
DSLR cameras with fast lens/telephoto are recommended for shallow depth of field.

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Senior Recital with Trumpet

by lehill

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This young lady is graduating from music school. She asked if I could take some formal shots for her senior recital announcement. I knew of a bldg with a unique colonnade of double-columns so I tried a shot between the double columns just to see how it would turn out. I was pretty happy with the result.

Camera:	Sony Alpha DSLR-A550
Lens:	Sigma 50mm f1.4
Submitted:	Sunday, 16th January, 2011 16:24 (GMT)
Taken:	Thursday, 4th November, 2010
Focal length:	50 mm
Shutter speed:	1/60 sec
Aperture:	F2.5
ISO:	200
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Galleries:	View this photo in lehill's gallery

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