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Christmas Past
Christmas Past
missinseattle


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Challenge: Collections (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Location: dining room corner
Date: Nov 29, 2005
Aperture: f4.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160sec
Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2005

 I don't really have a collection of anything but started collection Old World Santas - this one being my first. I'll be adding to him here soon.

Converted to black and white using virtual photographer
clarified and messed with the curves a tad. Didn't really do anything else to it.

Statistics
Place: 168 out of 210
Avg (all users): 4.4144
Avg (commenters): 3.5000
Avg (participants): 4.1279
Avg (non-participants): 4.5537
Views since voting: 826
Views during voting: 342
Votes: 263
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/01/2006 09:43:27 PM
Don't let the low score get you down. I think that the fact that a lot of viewers didn't immediately get the "collection" connection hurt your score, as it's a good shot. I like the B/W and composition. The bright spot on his beard is a little distracting, but I think if you turned up the contrast and burned a little here and there, you could make him pop a lot more. :-) Good shot.
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 12/07/2005 10:49:13 AM
Apparently trying to make something look old doesn't work. It's an old world santa hence the black and white. I now have two other old world santas. Still I'm a little disappointed that this scored so incredibly low. Ah well.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/06/2005 09:21:26 PM
the photograph's lighting, combined with the b&w, has this image feeling a bit flat to my eye. i think that by positioning the lighting at more of an angle (like 45 degrees left) to the camera would allow more of the shape of the santa to stand out, and that would give santa more depth and visual interest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2005 01:16:30 PM
ok,

b&w good, texture great, lighting just ok, dof ok, however the word 'collection' means more than one. This pix does not convince me of that feeling.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2005 06:30:02 PM
I normally love black and white, but Santa,old or new, really needs color. I think it would have a stronger impact.
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 11/30/2005 02:04:51 AM
Frame seems a bit heavy to me...
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