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Challenge: Footwear (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Dining Room Table
Date: Mar 11, 2006
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 0.6sec
Galleries: Family, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Mar 11, 2006

 Thanks to my lovely wife and daughter, for their help.

My intention was to have my feet cocoon and embrace my daughter's feet in a relaxed pose (ankles crossed). I wanted her foot to be the focus and pop out against the other feet.

I set the shot up, and then had my wife click the remote shutter release. It took about 25 exposures to get this shot (the last one).

I don't have a studio, so I placed a black sweatshirt on our dining room table (where our feet were resting), balled up a black fleece vest (to elevate my daughters heels). I had my daughter wear black pants (as did I), and then held up a black coat as a back drop. The only light was natural and coming through a sheer panel on a small window. Four year olds tend to fidget alot, so it was difficult to get this shot.

It's good to have a sturdy table.

[ASIDE] She's going to be a big kid. At 4.5 years old, her feet don't look AS small as I expected next to my size 15s.

Workflow:
- Saved to PSD from RAW
- Crop
- Adjusted Brightness/Contrast
- Adjusted Color Balance
- Resized
- Saved for Web

My guess?
4.85.
Reason(s)?
Cliche. DNMC. Too much noise. Boring. Hate feet. Not in Iceland. My toes are blurry.

I like it, and it's been too long since my last Challenge entry.




Statistics
Place: 72 out of 271
Avg (all users): 5.4215
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 4.8100
Avg (non-participants): 5.8521
Views since voting: 1390
Views during voting: 392
Votes: 242
Comments: 14
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/21/2006 02:24:24 PM
Just superbe....

Simpa
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 03/21/2006 03:06:20 AM
Wonderful image. Very well excecuted
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/20/2006 11:15:59 AM
Great idea. Nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/20/2006 07:28:51 AM
i always love it when big hands is holding little hands...this is a wonderful concept of feet within feet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/18/2006 05:48:17 AM
I like the idea. Not sure that so much space is really necessary on the sides. The blur on the left foot (camera right) is distracting me.
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 03/17/2006 08:56:42 PM
"Make something that you wear on your feet the focal point of your composition." Unless you're photographing foot-skin...I don't think this can fly (it's not a bad shot, though).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/16/2006 08:59:37 PM
Nice interpretation of the subject... Unsure about the choice of tonal coloration, though... Perhaps it might have been stronger in B&W?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/16/2006 07:53:35 PM
wonderful contrast
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/16/2006 06:09:14 PM
good shot but i dont see any footwear 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2006 08:52:09 PM
I find it funny that the adult could not stop wiggling their toes thus causing the motion blur that is quite noticable.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2006 03:13:29 PM
Love the photo, but I don't see any footwear here
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2006 03:54:46 AM
Nice composition and lighting. If you look long enough it almost becomes an abstract.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2006 12:32:57 AM
Good concept, foot on right could be little more in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2006 12:26:02 AM
That's just wonderful, I hope you don't get voted down for them not wearing anything on their feet, because this is perfect as is. A 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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