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I Hate Rainy Days
I Hate Rainy Days
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Challenge: Shallow DOF II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Living room window
Date: Dec 18, 2005
Aperture: f/1.4
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Dec 18, 2005

 Lousy Sunday in CA, raining, my son has the stomach flu and his sis has nothing to do. Perfect time to get DOF shot as she sulked by the window.

I wanted to get more of the window in the picture to bring out the theme, but unfortunately she had a couple of wild hairs that were very distracting - and of course, this is Basic Editing, so I could not just clone them out. I hope the tight crop doesn't kill the theme - although it actually brings out more of the DOF, soooo.....we'll see what you all think.

Post processing - crop, levels, resize, USM, border.

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Place: 54 out of 346
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Votes: 265
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/27/2005 04:33:49 PM
such a wonderful photo. it makes me see how she feels about rainy days
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 12/27/2005 03:54:08 PM
nice image
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 12/27/2005 03:09:27 PM
I like it.
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 12/27/2005 12:53:57 PM
Beautiful Portrait. Beautiful Model. Great Lighting. 10
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 12/27/2005 01:16:47 AM
Fablious shot of a lovely little girl..................
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2005 09:57:24 AM
Such a sweet shot and great fit for the challenge.
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 12/22/2005 07:41:44 PM
Cute subject. I think allowing more of the background into the image, thus more opportunity to show DOF would've helped this image.
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 12/22/2005 07:33:26 PM
Hmm, the shallow DOF gives a strange effect in this image... I'm not sure I can explain it, but slightly unsettling. (nice, though.)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/22/2005 02:23:24 PM
great emotions coming out of that picture. nice shot. good work
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 12/22/2005 01:44:42 PM
Really good shallow DOF portrait.
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 12/21/2005 10:07:15 PM
Great crop and focus, but the rear eye being out of the focal area is a little distracting. The color is perfect. 8
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