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Makes me cookies
Makes me cookies
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Challenge: Mother (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: San Jose, CA
Date: Jan 1, 2006
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 sec.
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2006

 Thanks to my mother, who was patient with me for this photo shoot :)

I am sure that this will be one of a million pictures of moms with cookies... but that's okay, I like this picture anyway.

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 125
Avg (all users): 5.7993
Avg (commenters): 6.7600
Avg (participants): 5.5733
Avg (non-participants): 5.8844
Views since voting: 755
Views during voting: 410
Votes: 274
Comments: 27
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2006 11:57:00 PM
Sweet and inviting. I'll take the cookies. Bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/08/2006 10:22:07 AM
Ah! the smell of cookies in the oven
then the smile of come and get it
the sweet way mother shows her lovin'
with the warm sensation of chocolate
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/08/2006 12:08:11 AM
awwww I like this one..... my kind of mom
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2006 05:51:15 PM
Ah yes, cookies. Nice work on the DOF.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2006 05:03:19 PM
7 - Like this. I think you captured a good 'motherly' and 'homey' feel in this. Her 'cheery smile' really makes this. The colors all blend together well. I like the use of 'Mother' in the DOF, just the right amount. Criticism; not much, and fairly minor, things like; the finger/fingernail, the plate not 'level', more detail in the cookies/pies/whatever perhaps the napkin/serviette filling the whole bottom of the frame might have made this better and maybe, 'Mother' just a fraction softer, yet the focus still as sharp (if that makes sense) may have all have made this even better in my opinion. Maybe her head not 'cut', but works fine as is so who knows. Perhaps also a background that uses one of the colors in the napkin/serviette, may have given this something extra, but again, minor.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2006 02:30:14 PM
Would make a great cookie ad... 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2006 06:03:41 AM
Your mom is Kathy Bates? Wow! Nice shot :-) Nothing spectacular, but cozy and mothery and good for a high score from me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2006 08:03:06 PM
Yum. Nice DOF. I love your color here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2006 07:10:55 PM
Very touching. Excellent job.
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 01/05/2006 05:38:56 PM
Though I understand the concept, I would have liked it better if SHE was in focus instead of the food. Leaving her out of focus effectively relegates her to a background/secondary subject of interest when she should (IMO) be the main focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2006 04:36:15 PM
Many of the pics had other things that drew focus away from the mother, but this one works! Maybe its the wonderful smile, maybe its the colours. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2006 01:49:28 PM
Hmmm, I would have liked to see it with the DOF reversed. Mom is the subject after all. But it's something I'd have to see before I judged it better or worse.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2006 12:35:12 AM
I really liek this photo....brings back memories of mom. I like the tones in it too...really homely and loveing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2006 10:07:58 PM
Yummy
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2006 09:46:21 PM
Nice depiction!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2006 09:35:54 PM
Tell me about it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2006 09:08:07 PM
Yummy shot.I like the amount of DOF you used.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2006 09:05:16 PM
Composition is ok. The choice of subject matter is ok. The image quality is ok. Could have been a little more creative. - 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2006 01:51:28 AM
Aww, that'll be like my mother... Aren't mothers just great? They make us fatter and fatter! hehe... I liked the composition, the warm lighting is very accurate to the theme as well as the focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2006 10:55:40 PM
Great shot. Nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2006 09:56:21 PM
Great use of focus... I can't take my eyes off those cookies! But at the same time.. they're definately the homemade kind only a mom can make! Great job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2006 09:52:21 PM
Great shot! I love her expression-- looks perfectly at-ease with the camera. The cookies look good, too...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2006 08:13:42 PM
this is a great shot,very easy to make the connection with your model
love the depth of field great point of view bumping up
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2006 03:45:55 PM
Nice idea. The brightly printed napkin is uneccessary to the idea and very distracting. I think mom's smile should be more in focus then the cookies.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2006 03:35:22 PM
Love the DOF in this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2006 06:41:41 AM
That's just lovely....brought such a smile to my face. You've captured something very lovely and special about this mother.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2006 03:50:31 AM
This is great! Making me hungry :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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