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Montereykiddo


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Challenge: Passing Time (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: For Ord military base in Monterey Bay, California
Date: Feb 25, 2005
Aperture: F9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/25th
Galleries: Emotive, Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 25, 2005

 I took this one of myself with the self timer. I don't know how I was able to look so calm in the picture. In reality, I was hitting the shutter, then dashing into the weeds with my guitar flying all over the place. I liked the wide crop with my whole body visible, but decided that it was a little more visually interesting to go with this crop.

Post: Slight hue/sat, brightness/contrast, crop.

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 183
Avg (all users): 6.0547
Avg (commenters): 7.5556
Avg (participants): 5.9205
Avg (non-participants): 6.1593
Views since voting: 1006
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 201
Comments: 9
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/06/2005 09:38:32 PM
Great composition-makes me think of listening to Howie Day..
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 03/05/2005 12:34:05 PM
Splendid! This image is so fresh and light. I really enjoy the vivid green of the grass and the richness of the wood in the guitar.

The focus is great, fits the challenge very nicely. I would've liked a bit more light on the young man in the area closest to the bottom of the image, just to lighten it up a bit more, particularly by his face since his hands seem to have some highlighting on them.

I like the composition for the most part, I would've liked to see just a bit more grass around the bottom so it didn't feel like his elbow was being cut off, but really that's a minor point. A very solid image, I find the freshness of it to be my most favorite aspect. Well done. I gave a 7.
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 03/04/2005 09:04:14 PM
Beautifully simple.
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 03/03/2005 01:15:51 PM
Nice rich colors, perhaps a tad to yellow on the skin tones, but I like the hard contrasts of the grass. The pose is interesting, but a bit static. Another angle or sloped perspective could make it more dynamic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/03/2005 03:38:47 AM
I wish!. Totally perfect in my book. Stunning effort. No fancy schmancy photography, pure execution and communication of emotion. 10/10
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 03/02/2005 11:27:04 PM
A top ten for me, great picture. Really capture the challenge's essence. Hopefully a ribbon.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2005 02:40:28 AM
Great composition.
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 02/28/2005 05:27:10 AM
nice shot. great field! i can't wait to find out where this was shot so i can go hang out there (and be happy). i might have turned up the saturation a little, perhaps not quite such a tight crop and tried to get some more DOF - but overall still one of the better efforts for this challenge.
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 02/28/2005 01:34:05 AM
Great capture. Something gives me the impression that this is self portrait but I may be wrong. You have really conveyed the feeling of relaxation. 7
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