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Sleeping... so adorable!
Sleeping... so adorable!
Matthew


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Challenge: Pet Portrait (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Tottenham High St store, London
Date: Mar 30, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Fashion, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 30, 2005

 I don't have a pet (modern life is rubbish).

Not sure about this one - only had a few minutes to snap away in a shop at an AIBO with no batteries. Cropped. Had to darken the back bits and do a bit of cloning & burning to get rid of some unwanted reflections (my reflection and some of the refections of the shop interior - nothing too substantial!). Bit of selective sharpening to get the nose sharp without losing the blur in the back of the shot. Bit of levels and slight saturation changes (desaturated the reflected lights to remove an ugly blue tinge).

Cannot get happy with the composition - hard crop gets rid of boring detail (and edge of frame clutter), but maybe loses some of the robotic-ness. Not a great image, but constrained circumstances!

Statistics
Place: 272 out of 273
Avg (all users): 3.0769
Avg (commenters): 3.5882
Avg (participants): 2.9612
Avg (non-participants): 3.2658
Views since voting: 2064
Views during voting: 497
Votes: 208
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/13/2005 06:48:53 PM
I personaly thought it was a shoe.....
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 04/11/2005 09:21:48 AM
I liked your creativity, I did give it a 5. I have seen the Aibo robot, but this was so cropped it didn't look like a dog...I even thought it was a computer mouse on a cradle of some sort...I am getting a little senile I guess.

Message edited by author 2005-04-11 09:23:16.
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 04/11/2005 05:42:15 AM
PS Thanks to those who scored it more than a "one"!
 04/11/2005 05:19:07 AM
I am a bit disappointed with this result - I have learnt a few lessons. In particular, not giving a relatively obtuse picture an even more obtuse title.

For those that asked, it is a Sony robotic pet - an Aibo.

www.sony.net/Products/aibo/

I was in slightly constrained circumstances, and felt that the tight crop, shallow DoF, was necessary in order to achieve the idea of "portrait".

For a group of people on the edge of photographic technology, I am shocked that so many people were so ill-informed about the latest in robotic entertainment - but won't hold it against you :-).
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/10/2005 04:29:57 PM
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 04/10/2005 03:17:53 PM
I apologize....but I have no idea what this is!
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 04/08/2005 02:24:48 PM
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 04/08/2005 12:00:38 AM
The crop here is a bit too tight or the DOF a bit too shallow. I had no idea what I was looking at and had to enlist help to figure it out. After I discovered the ear, it became a bit clearer.
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 04/07/2005 11:40:05 PM
Not quite sure what is sleeping. My first instinct says snake but I'm just not positive. I'm guessing s apecial type of snake considering the 2 years I worked in a pet store I never ran across this type before, LOL :)

Thel ights on the ehad are very distracting, though the overall shot is well done. Also the red hue on the mouth area is very distracting, is is normally red? A 4
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 04/06/2005 11:34:53 AM
Wow either I'm really missing something or you did on the challange thyme.
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 04/05/2005 11:28:14 PM
while I usually like tightly cropped shots, I think your joke would be more apparent with more of the robot dog in the frame. the reflections on his "face" are pretty distracting too.
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 04/05/2005 07:12:55 PM
Uhhhhhhhh.....
Errrrrrrrr....
Hmmmmmmm.
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 04/05/2005 02:04:59 PM
What an adorable mouse! How do you keep his fur that shiny and stiff!...neat unusual idea..
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 04/05/2005 01:51:56 PM
Trying for the brown eh? It will probably happen! Here's my only "1" in the challenge...
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 04/05/2005 12:31:26 PM
huh?
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 04/05/2005 07:37:41 AM
LOL my missus wont let me have an AIBO. Nice shot
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 04/05/2005 12:31:42 AM
can't even tell what this is, other than something shiny...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/04/2005 10:14:59 PM
I have no idea what this is. Sorry,
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 04/04/2005 09:18:37 PM
OF COURSE!! I should have taken a photo of my iCybie!! At least he would have sat still for the photo (with the battery out, at least)!! Great idea!
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 04/04/2005 10:41:29 AM
I haven't a clue what I'm looking at.
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 04/04/2005 08:12:08 AM
LOL, it took me a minute to figure out what this was. At least you dont' have to worry about cleaning up after him.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/04/2005 06:51:01 AM
what is it?
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 04/04/2005 12:25:55 AM
Groan! I get it, it is one of those robot pets.... usually I would score low, but it is technically a good photo, so you get extra points for that!
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