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Sweet Treat
Sweet Treat
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Challenge: Decisions (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Location: Washington DC
Date: May 27, 2005
Aperture: f4.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: May 30, 2005

 Taken in Washington DC, I thought this captured the age-old decision "diet vs. treating oneself"

Cropped, rotated slightly to level, equalized, adjusted levels, hue, saturation, and contrast.

There's a lot going on in the shot and I hope that desaturating all but the people's clothes helps focus on the theme of decision.

Statistics
Place: 171 out of 275
Avg (all users): 4.6951
Avg (commenters): 5.2500
Avg (participants): 4.4608
Avg (non-participants): 4.8128
Views since voting: 832
Views during voting: 438
Votes: 305
Comments: 14
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 06/08/2005 05:30:46 PM
I rather liked the colors of this photo and just the over all feel of old with the desat color and new with the clothing.

I thought though that the blue truck in the background maybe should have been desaturated a little bit as it tends to draw my eye with how it's framed through the cab. :)(btw my first comment)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2005 09:12:49 PM
I think I understand the look you were going for, but I think the processing was just too much.
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 06/06/2005 04:56:30 PM
A bit "busy" and lacking definition
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 06/03/2005 10:12:01 AM
Holy cow! I haven't seen a real good humor truck in years. And WOW they carry 3 different shortcake flavors (second row from the top)! I LOVE the Chocolate one and haven't been able to find one for years ( Just seem to have the Strawberry one in Sarnia Ontario and it's hard to find)
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 06/03/2005 03:43:18 AM
Yep this fits.. Its to bad though we couldnt see some of the reactions or expressions while choosing... center focus on one person and the menu...
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 06/02/2005 05:11:46 PM
Good show.
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 06/02/2005 03:15:27 AM
I like this composition. Photographs with people in them are very interesting. Would have liked to see the child attached to those feet. Fits the challenge. Hope you tell us how you got such smooth color like this. Very well done!
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 06/01/2005 08:08:27 PM
good idea! Would have been better if the ice cream man were facing the girl(s) to give him more light for better definition
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 06/01/2005 03:22:15 PM
a decision of indulgence... the title helps this one, but there's more clearly a decision being made here than in most. i doubt this will score as well as it should (7)
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 06/01/2005 02:31:43 PM
... and this is not seletive desaturation?
 06/01/2005 01:52:01 PM
Very nice, I'd like to know how you did the sepia and color pulls...
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 06/01/2005 09:46:13 AM
watermelons!
 06/01/2005 12:11:14 AM
Wow. I haven't seen a Good Humor truck in years. Brings back memories. I think the saturation level gives it a "50's" look. Nice job.
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 06/01/2005 12:06:29 AM
Seems just a little over processed. Did you work with color saturation? It looks a bit unbalanced to me.
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