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The Petting ZOO
The Petting ZOO
melster


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Challenge: At the Zoo (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: petting zoo
Date: Jul 16, 2005
Aperture: 4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2005

 My child at the petting zoo

Statistics
Place: 177 out of 198
Avg (all users): 4.6927
Avg (commenters): 4.6667
Avg (participants): 4.6697
Avg (non-participants): 4.7156
Views since voting: 647
Views during voting: 287
Votes: 218
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2005 12:47:14 PM
The selective B&W doesn't really work for me in thsi shot. - 5
 07/20/2005 05:42:10 PM
very small submission, and not sure that selective desat really works in this image
 07/19/2005 06:15:16 PM
Would this have been improved if at least one of their faces was visible so that the viewer could see their expression?
 07/19/2005 05:54:41 PM
Selective desat wants to make the animal the subject, but its facing the wrong way. Girls is fighting to be the main subject, but is B&W. I'd prefer the crop to the girl's elbow, would help the composition a bit, I think. Focus is very crisp, even far into the background from what I can tell, pulls a bit of attention away from the foreground. Mostly, I suggest you use the full 640 pixel width allowed, it makes a world of difference to the viewer. I like how the beast (donkey?) is coming into the photo, good eye on that. I think there's a lot of potential here if there were no desat, or totally B&W & the girls were moved to get a better view of the donkey nose & the girls arm & hand feeding it. Just so you know I'm not hammering your photo, it is nice, I'm giving it a 6.
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 07/19/2005 12:08:41 AM
the b&w girl and background doesn't appeal to me in this image. she's key as well and gets kind of left out.
 07/18/2005 11:54:49 PM
This is a cute photo, but I don't really like the sel. desat. Good luck.
 07/18/2005 08:38:42 PM
I like this shot. Zoo, to me at least, doesn't mean "animal", but animal(s) plus people. I would have liked to have seen only the ground desaturated and maybe a slightly different angle where we could see one of the faces or to focus on the interaction of the two. Anyway, you've set yourself apart from the pack by having more than just an animal - 7.
 07/18/2005 11:19:43 AM
Very cute!!!!
 07/18/2005 12:53:55 AM
Why didn't you make this bigger?


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