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Homework Daydreamer
Homework Daydreamer
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Challenge: School Days (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ10
Location: Dining Room Table, Omaha
Date: Oct 14, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 150
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Family, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 14, 2004

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Statistics
Place: 6 out of 195
Avg (all users): 6.1462
Avg (commenters): 7.5652
Avg (participants): 5.9381
Avg (non-participants): 6.2451
Views since voting: 2164
Views during voting: 416
Votes: 301
Comments: 25
Favorites: 0


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12/02/2005 01:44:16 PM
wonderfully done!
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10/27/2004 09:56:40 PM
Cool study, cool photography and cool subject. Congratulations on 6th placing with this winner shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/26/2004 10:57:06 PM
Hey, I resembled this photo! Great shot! Oh how we could get sidetracked.
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10/26/2004 06:09:54 PM
like the BW and composition
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10/25/2004 03:14:36 AM
very nice picture, well composed and to the point
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10/24/2004 04:05:10 PM
Its beautiful and very true.
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10/24/2004 02:33:42 PM
nicely done.
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10/24/2004 01:00:22 PM
One of the best of the homework pictures. Well-composed, and the expression is amazing.
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10/23/2004 05:02:29 PM
He looks bored with his homework :) 7
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10/23/2004 12:20:13 PM
This is one of my favorites for this challenge. I just love the quality of the light and shadows, and the expression on his face is perfect! Only thing I'd change is to try to make the background darker so the object in the upper right-hand corner isn't visible. In any event, good luck with this one, hope it's a winner!
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10/23/2004 09:02:54 AM
Beautifully lit, and you've caught a great expression.
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10/23/2004 07:20:57 AM
Great detail and depth of field. The "eye spot" brings real life to this subject.
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10/23/2004 05:50:10 AM
I like this shot simple and I like the direct gaze, The highlights seem to be blown out,. 5
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10/23/2004 01:36:57 AM
Forget the falling asleep shots. Here is where the imagination collides with the three R's. This is where schooling ends and thinking independently begins. Is this visual boredom or vigourous math calculations or even the creative genius about to invent atomic hydrogen fuel? I just love everything about this shot. No contest 10 times thanks.
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10/22/2004 02:18:37 PM
Great portrait
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10/22/2004 01:13:53 PM
Nice picture
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10/21/2004 09:16:42 PM
This would have been even better in color, in my opinion.
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10/21/2004 08:41:50 PM
great emotion, nice shot
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10/21/2004 06:25:30 PM
Really captured the day dreamer "look", good story, I like your use of B&W, one of my ribbon picks this challenge
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10/21/2004 04:07:08 PM
Nice mood with good use of available light. The model is beautiful which gives the photo a universal appeal. This is important because some kids just aren't photogenic enough for anything but the family photo album. If this is your child, consider yourself blessed to have such a natural subject close at hand! Other good details are the classic yellow No.2 and eraser cap and the traditional shirt the boy is wearing. To many folks underestimate how distracting licensed t-shirts and trendy clothing can be in portraits of children which should have a timeless quality (IMO).

My only complaint is the bluish cast. I prefer a warmer black and white (not to be confused with sepia which I find overused). But kudos for a great, believable capture.


Hi there again! After realizing that I've left a few comments for b&w photos regarding the bluish cast (and noticing it on my own b&w entry) I took a look at the grayscale bar and realized the greys there have a definite bluish cast so it is obviously the monitor on my laptop! I did my entry on my other computer and it definitely did not look blue) Please disregard my comments regarding this. :-D
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10/20/2004 08:01:59 PM
This was my favorite one in the challenge the first time I went through the thumbnails (around 10 min. after they were posted) and it's still my favorite on my fourth time through. Perhaps because I see this hundreds of times a week (I'm a teacher). My only suggestion -- and it is so minor I didn't even take it into consideration -- is to use a solid white or black background.
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10/20/2004 03:00:46 PM
Really enjoyed this shot! nice detail and lighting! makes me wonder where his little mind is!
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10/20/2004 01:49:37 PM
Thats real and true emotion. Good job :).
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10/20/2004 05:53:52 AM
really like this the lighting is great. Especially love the look in the eyes, the brain off somewhere else
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10/20/2004 01:58:32 AM
This has very nice composition. the expression is perfect. The background is a little distracting because you cant really tell what it is. I think the black and white could have been a little bit less gray. I think this shot will place well. 9 from me.
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