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Beginning the Journey of Life
Beginning the Journey of Life
sjhuls


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Challenge: Free Study 2012-07 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Date: Jul 11, 2012
Date Uploaded: Jul 29, 2012
[Aug. 7th, 2012 08:20:15 PM]

This seems to be one of those entries that people either love or hate. It will be interesting to see how the scoring breaks down.


I get why people don't like it, after all why is a little girl all dressed up sitting alone on the side of the road. I guess I meant it more metaphorically than literally. She is starting out young in life all pristine perfect like we all start out with no stains or mistakes. Then we start down the road of life an stuff happens we get dirty we get roughed up you can see the storm clouds in the background.

Well I love my little girl and right now she is just about perfect in my eyes, I know I've got those rough teen age years ahead of her I hope she makes it through to the other side to adulthood with relatively few scrapes and bruises.

Then of course there are those who hate it because they got my metaphorical meaning and thought it was too cliche. That's okay with me too, I'm kind of a cliche kind of girl it's what I like and I don't think I should have to apologize for it.

Thanks for all the great comments liked them all even the ones that didn't like it so much. If we all liked the same thing life would be pretty boring :)

yay! top 10 and the vote scrubber must have helped me a bit I got my first 7 of a free study! I am super excited about that. Plus I got an award from MAK thankyou!

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 259
Avg (all users): 7.0171
Avg (commenters): 8.1176
Avg (participants): 7.0323
Avg (non-participants): 6.9583
Views since voting: 4684
Views during voting: 226
Votes: 117
Comments: 26
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 08/09/2012 12:28:35 PM
Beautiful, Jenn!
Congrats on your FS7. :D
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 08/08/2012 05:19:25 PM
Excellent work
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 08/08/2012 01:22:25 PM
Congrats, Jenn!
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 08/08/2012 11:45:46 AM
And there she is again, that charming young lady of the Utah flats :-)
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 08/08/2012 11:40:54 AM
I LOVE this...if anyone is taking this literally, then they have no artistic sense. I love a photo that makes you want to create a story about it when you look at it. This does that well!
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 08/08/2012 06:39:42 AM
"I guess I meant it more metaphorically than literally."

Congrats on the TT finish. I took it more metaphorically.

"I'm kind of a cliche kind of girl it's what I like and I don't think I should have to apologize for it."

Don't apologize for any of your work. I really enjoy the images you come up with. More power to you :)
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 08/08/2012 02:30:05 AM
Originally posted by jennifer:
This seems to be one of those entries that people either love or hate. It will be interesting to see how the scoring breaks down.

Looks like mostly love. ;-) Great job!
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 08/08/2012 01:14:39 AM
Like others said, technically beautiful,( I gave you an 8) I mean you can't flaw it, but I would love to see you do more candids, I know this is your style but to break out, would be a tremendous learning curve, after all if we only stay in our comfort zone we will never grow, and growing is how we learn.

Still congrats on the TT and I hope I didn't offend you in my comment below~

Message edited by author 2012-08-08 05:27:17.
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 08/08/2012 12:37:21 AM
I loved this Congrats on the top 10 in a FS!!!! And your daughter is tooo cute..as far as teenager OMG Get a big bat to kill off the boys! (I wouldn't want to be in your shoes!!)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/07/2012 11:24:01 PM
The color combination is scrumptious as is the light. Such a pretty girl.
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 08/07/2012 10:06:11 PM
Terrific shot in every way!
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 08/07/2012 11:25:16 AM
My pick for BLUE
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 08/06/2012 11:34:53 AM
This is an excellent set-up with great composition.
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 08/06/2012 12:36:20 AM
Love looking at portraits. This is a well done portrait with an interesting story for the viewer to imagine. Has sjhuls written all over it. If not, take it as a compliment.
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 08/05/2012 10:42:28 PM
Sweet.
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 08/05/2012 06:51:05 PM
This is so cute!!!
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 08/05/2012 03:06:42 PM
Great concept and excellent execution. Wins a high score from me for sure.
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 08/03/2012 10:40:45 PM
VERY EMOTIVE AND SUCH A PLEASURE TO VIEW THIS ONE WELL DONE LOVE IT FROM SHEZ
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 08/02/2012 11:18:43 PM
I'm usually not a fan of staged shots but this is very well done. Clarity, composition, and tones are beautiful.
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 08/02/2012 12:22:48 PM
you have all the right things going for you, beautiful landscape, beautiful and willing daughter, and some great suitcases! Really beautiful picture and very well processed!
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 08/01/2012 11:57:40 PM
Photographically, this is beautiful and very well done. Realistically, what the heck is she doing sitting on a road all by herself? :-) No, seriously, beautiful work as always and an adorable model as always.
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 08/01/2012 06:33:13 PM
not often a title is this far off. something acknowledging the irony/tongue-in-cheek concept would being us along for this fantastical journey. a cloying title doesnt fit here. while this is of course technically superb, it is the concept that is the story here. "paper moon" she is not - too clean and perfect. pointage of course for the brain power to come up with this idea and for composition; likewise for post. I hope it does well. 7. gl
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 08/01/2012 01:58:11 PM
Love it! Great tones, lighting and nostalgic.
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 08/01/2012 11:11:18 AM
I love this. Brilliant
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 08/01/2012 11:08:44 AM
Beautiful image.
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 08/01/2012 01:05:23 AM
where is she going, she's too young to run away!
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