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Holding on to the Good Stuff
SandyP


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Challenge: Family (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Who-Cares Challenge Entries
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas
Date: Jul 6, 2005
Aperture: F10
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Family, Candid
Date Uploaded: Jul 7, 2005

 I was wandering around the park where I eat lunch a lot, looking for a "family" shot. I was thinking stereotype -- like families having picnics and such. Absent mindedly, I looked up and saw this family and in one split second picked up my camera and got this one candid shot. Then, I watched them for a while and feel certain that they were young grandparents. They are a little older than typical parents of kids that age, and they had that "psycho-in-love" devotion to that little girl. I just love this photo. I hope y'all do too, but. . .who knows. . .I've certainly been wrong before.

Editing: I selected the people, created a separate layer, and put a sepia tone on them. Ran a Neat Image and USM on that layer. Then went to the background and saturated the colors and sharpened. Oh, and there was a little distracting greenery and the shadow of a person in the right side of the arch which I cloned out.

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 159
Avg (all users): 5.9258
Avg (commenters): 6.7037
Avg (participants): 5.6471
Avg (non-participants): 6.0643
Views since voting: 1098
Views during voting: 431
Votes: 256
Comments: 32
Favorites: 0

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 07/18/2005 10:55:07 AM
Congrats Sandy!!! Guess I'm right on your heals.
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 07/18/2005 07:56:26 AM
cute family shot sandy!
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 07/18/2005 05:15:27 AM
A top finish Sandy, Keep it up.
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 07/18/2005 12:09:45 AM
Way to go Sandy!!!
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 07/18/2005 12:05:35 AM
Heh, not a bad placement considering the number! Way to go, my friend.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/17/2005 12:28:23 AM
The desaturation doesn't seem to add anything to the image.
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 07/16/2005 12:08:54 AM
Nice tonal effect, time of day.
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 07/15/2005 11:17:08 PM
What a bizarre, and yet beautiful, set of tones! I really like this; it's one of my favorites. The pose is very nice, and the background is interesting, but it's the colors that star in this image, for me at least. I love that the bit that pulls you in the most is the little girl - she's adorable!
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 07/15/2005 10:16:43 PM
Nice use of natural lighting
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 07/15/2005 01:55:27 PM
i think you're going to get a polarized reaction to this image. i don't like it, it's too yellow for me and the family looks like they were superimposed on the background. speaking of the background, the colors on the rocks are overpowering. sorry, i just don't feel it. re: the family, beautiful capture of the child...in fact, i think you should have cropped out everything but the child and the parents' hands.
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 07/15/2005 12:11:55 PM
I like the image, well done. Try this. Crop to expose just the little one and the hands of both adults. Not quite sure on this, but I think it will really look nice. If I was at home I would have tried this to see how it looked prior to me making this statement.
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 07/15/2005 07:47:37 AM
I'm not sure I like the desaturation effect. There's a orangey halo, especially on the girl's arms.
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 07/15/2005 01:22:49 AM
Might be a little heavy on the post-processing.
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 07/12/2005 03:27:36 PM
interesting effect looks like a collage.
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 07/11/2005 08:01:16 PM
the position of the child is just impressive. well done.
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 07/11/2005 07:29:37 PM
beautifully captured
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 07/11/2005 05:25:44 PM
Interesting image, the colours come together very well...10
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 07/11/2005 04:27:43 PM
hmm the first thing i saw was the blue fringe on her shoulder
perhaps you missed it
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 07/11/2005 04:12:26 PM
Cool lighting!
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 07/11/2005 03:03:35 PM
incredible, super catch. Amazing how a single photo does show so much about love. 10+
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 07/11/2005 01:13:20 PM
Very cute! Love the framing in the dark doorway.
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 07/11/2005 12:08:34 PM
The DOF is amazing!!! Love the muted tones too - and the crop right at the ground so that their feet are walking the border is a very nice touch. Lighting also superb. 10
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 07/11/2005 10:55:46 AM
Nice photo. I like the lighting even though it is a bit harsh but I am guessing it was a very sunny day.
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 07/11/2005 10:47:35 AM
Need more space under the feet...
 07/11/2005 09:07:28 AM
Indeed.
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 07/11/2005 06:46:39 AM
How cute is that. WOuld have been better if you had caught them swinging her into the air. But still get the family feel this was.
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 07/11/2005 06:36:38 AM
I like the negative space around the child a lot. Good treatment of the subject.
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 07/11/2005 04:10:17 AM
I really like this idea. I am not an expert but something seems odd about the photo. I see a glowing ring around the subjects that just seems odd to me.
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 07/11/2005 01:53:51 AM
Sepia tones work well with this photo
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 07/11/2005 12:40:46 AM
What a fun take on the challenge. I like the filtration and the lighting on this alot. It's great to see a "people shot" without having to their faces! It's just as effective, just seeing their posture and movement. Nice natural composition.
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 07/11/2005 12:38:11 AM
The processing (or the shot) doesn't look natural. Almost as if they're standing in front of a cardboard cutout.
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 07/11/2005 12:36:38 AM
I like the candid look of this picture. Very nice job of creating a selective sepia against the natural color of the bricks. Very clean shot! This should score well. 10
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