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Challenge: Moods (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix A340 Zoom
Location: dining room
Date: Apr 30, 2005
Aperture: f4.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.5 sec
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2005

 My husband taken while he was watching the news, but I liked this expression; he was sort of oblivious to the camera..it was in color, but the darn flash didn't go off so it came out very orange; I kind of liked the orange tone but figured it would get me in big trouble in the contest. I desaturated, sharpened with unsharp mask, did some adjustment to highlights and cloned out the background fireplace.

Statistics
Place: 153 out of 183
Avg (all users): 4.9076
Avg (commenters): 5.1071
Avg (participants): 4.8276
Avg (non-participants): 4.9536
Views since voting: 569
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 238
Comments: 29
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 05/09/2005 08:49:30 PM
This was too soft in focus to submit and ..I have learned from this; I tried to make it look like a painting but it appears to not have worked at all.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/08/2005 03:41:01 PM
Placement of subject is good. Lighting looks fine to me. However, the image looks blurry and indistinct. Perhaps it is a pixel issue rather than a moving camera issue. I like the arm in the shot, but the top of the head is cut off, which is a bit distracting to me.
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 05/08/2005 01:41:42 PM
Love the composition, however very unsatisfied with the focus. The crop works well. Goodluck.
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 05/07/2005 03:00:23 PM
llike the pose and composition but is a bit too soft/dark for my tastes
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 05/06/2005 04:53:23 PM
Not very clear. Was this supposed to be this way?
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 05/05/2005 10:54:34 PM
I don't know if it is intentional, but I like the weird over-sharpened smudgy effect.
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 05/05/2005 10:45:40 PM
Something about this looks odd; almost like the focus was soft in the original and it was later sharpened. I'd prefer to see more of either his eyes or his mouth; without those, faces lose a lot of emotion.
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 05/05/2005 05:17:45 PM
a bit too blurry
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 05/04/2005 11:48:54 AM
Like this. If focus was sharper it would be better for me. 9
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 05/04/2005 11:17:28 AM
Looks out of focus...intentional?
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 05/04/2005 09:22:15 AM
I bet your getting hammered with OOF comments. Personaly I like the look you acheived it looks more like a graphite scetch than a photo. Theres a very unique feel to this photo. My only complaint would be that I would lie to have seen it with a little more light. Great job!!
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 05/03/2005 03:06:27 PM
i like the dark feel, nice job
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 05/03/2005 10:03:07 AM
Great lighting, out of focus though.
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 05/02/2005 08:29:47 PM
Like the darkness. Maybe a little too soft.
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 05/02/2005 08:15:13 PM
Seems a little out of focus to me.
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 05/02/2005 05:58:37 PM
slightly out of focus to me. also a bit dark, but a great job displaying the emotion.
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 05/02/2005 04:50:33 PM
needs better focus
 05/02/2005 04:19:11 PM
There are some terrific b/w studies in here. This is up there with the best
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 05/02/2005 02:18:12 PM
Would be an excellent shot but unforunalty it seems outa focus
 05/02/2005 01:24:29 PM
Its not in focus, and the pose is weard!
 05/02/2005 01:01:15 PM
looks like a painting - I like that you left the watch in the scene - it carries almost equal weight as the face - perhaps he is brooding about time passing or something approaching in the future.
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 05/02/2005 12:42:09 PM
very blurry looking
 05/02/2005 11:58:22 AM
Great pose, but focus much too soft.
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 05/02/2005 10:02:17 AM
out of focus and a little dark. i see the mood, though.
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 05/02/2005 08:38:42 AM
Too dark and needs greater focus to bring out more detail. Good title and composition though.
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 05/02/2005 05:09:42 AM
very good capture, a little blurry and his look is a little too away from the camera
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 05/02/2005 12:51:44 AM
His pose is very good, natural looking. However that being said the shot is not in focus. Now you may have done this for a reason,,,? Still I think it takes away from the quaility. The shot fits the challenge.
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 05/02/2005 12:44:57 AM
Poor focus hurts this otherwise fine capture.
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 05/02/2005 12:09:03 AM
Nice, appears to be too soft to me though, or the focus was off. Not sure as I'm looking at this on a different computer than normal.
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