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Kiss you for it
Kiss you for it
WonderDude


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Challenge: Shopping Carts (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus PEN E-PL3
Location: Target plaza, Madison AL.
Date: Aug 9, 2015
Aperture: f1.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 50
Date Uploaded: Aug 10, 2015

 Lens: Fotasy 35mm f1.7 CCTV C-mount

My wife and I work on this for at least an hour taking many photos with various poses. We finally got a few shots that we thought would work. This one seemed like the best. It was hard to get the lighting just right, as the sun goes down so quickly during sunset.

In post, I increased the contrast and then darkened the photo. I also cloned out some of the distracting trees, power lines and poles.

I think my favorite part of this photo (aside from the kissing of my wife of course) is the angle of the shopping cart. I love how I captured the underside.

Statistics
Place: 28 out of 65
Avg (all users): 5.5699
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0588
Avg (non-participants): 5.8644
Views since voting: 480
Views during voting: 209
Votes: 93
Comments: 7
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 08/26/2015 03:07:50 PM
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

A great image that fits the challenge very well.

I love this! This works really well, the silhouettes are very effective with the trolley forming the centre point and the binding bridge that both binds and separates you both at the same time. It makes the trolley an integral and strong part of the whole and as such completely meets the challenge brief with impact.

I like your low viewpoint it enables you to isolate the scene very effectively from any potentially distracting background. The background you do have is a very appealing sunset with a lovely blue sky that darkens around the upper part where you are both joined in a passionate kiss. The whole thing is very appealing and effective, well done. Your certainly getting your money's worth out of your new lens!

There are some good images on the front page of this challenge, its a real shame yours was not there too, it certainly deserved to be, better luck next time, Sid
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 08/19/2015 01:46:11 AM
Nice concept & good technical execution and should have done MUCH better than it did. Keep at it!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/15/2015 03:52:16 PM
Sweet.
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 08/15/2015 03:15:50 PM
Nice idea for a composition & nice execution from a technical standpoint; certainly one of the "top 3" or so in this challenge.
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 08/13/2015 05:12:44 PM
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 08/12/2015 10:31:13 PM
This is a very great photo!
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 08/12/2015 10:55:32 AM
Top 3
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