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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The 80s (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Location: Home
Date: Feb 19, 2006
Aperture: F11.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 3secs
Galleries: Portraiture, Military
Date Uploaded: Feb 19, 2006

GIS_boy lends a hand once again! Shot this in our loungeroom after buying the daggiest pair of sunnies we could find. Post: Crop, USM, Levels, Curves, Clone out a nasty reflection in the sunnies, Resize, Save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 101
Avg (all users): 5.3106
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 4.8148
Avg (non-participants): 5.4586
Views since voting: 1060
Views during voting: 401
Votes: 235
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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03/06/2006 04:12:32 AM
Who cares about scores.

This shot is priceless and should be printed and hung on the loungeroom wall. :)

cheers,
bazz.
03/01/2006 07:35:53 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Wow, I'm the last person to be critiquing you, LOL! But here goes, obviously the lack of focus on the jacket patches jumps out at you right away. Not sure if it's camera shake or what. The pose, the overall composition is fantastic. For a split second when it first came up in the challenge I thought it was Tom Cruise, LOL! :) The only other thing that bothers me is the reflections in his glasses and his shirt. The lighting is well done, the look is perfect.

Hope my comments help and Good Luck in Future Challenges.

Deannda
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/26/2006 08:12:45 PM
Would like to see better focus.
02/26/2006 03:06:19 PM
This could have been very good if it wasnt blurry... !
02/23/2006 11:49:48 PM
Nice portrait, though there seems to be a bit of softness in the lower part of the arms and on the face. I'm not sure if this is due to compression during uploading or a post-processing technique or just my computer. Its a bit distracting but nothing horrible. The subject choice is great, loved that movie. The lighting is a little too harsh on the right side for my tastes, I'd prefer it if it were smoother and more even and if there were a bit more room at the top so the image didn't look like it was looking to give the subject a buzz cut. All in all a good photo. I gave a 5.
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02/23/2006 10:59:07 AM
Loved that movie, and soundtrack! ;^) Image is composed well. Jacket is OOF and blurry. Good idea for the challenge.
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02/23/2006 08:46:59 AM
one of my favorite movies of all time! It's the movie where I fell in love with tom cruise.
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02/22/2006 09:27:40 PM
From the thumb, I thought you were Charlie Sheen!
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02/21/2006 09:03:15 AM
Doesn't even need a title... the focus is a bit soft for me, but still a great shot.
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02/21/2006 07:42:07 AM
to dark background
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02/21/2006 06:38:53 AM
How did you convince Tom to do this? I know he is in Australia but his schedule must be very busy! What a spunk!!!
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02/20/2006 03:53:28 PM
seems blurred..too bad.
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02/20/2006 08:56:40 AM
Like the shades.
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02/20/2006 03:14:41 AM
that's a negative ghostrider, the pattern is full. I looooove this movie! i owned this movie on VHS tape and i watched it so many times, the tape is stretched and picture is distorted... finally in the 90's i purchased a dvd!
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02/20/2006 02:14:51 AM
They didn't let boys fly fighter jets.
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02/20/2006 01:27:07 AM
Parts of this seem a bit out of focus which is a little distracting. I do like the composition and the idea.
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