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New Dog , Old Trick -- Bad Sparkie!
New Dog , Old Trick -- Bad Sparkie!
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Something New III (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Mobile, AL
Date: Apr 17, 2006
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Apr 17, 2006



Original File: CRW_7490.CRW

Post Process:
Convert From Raw
Crop to 5x7 aspect ratio
Dynamic Range action
Clone out a few spots on couch and floor
Provia Action (faded provia effect to ~30%)
Resize
USM
Blur too on a few over-sharpened areas in b/g
Save For Web
Submit to DPC
Look at it about 500 times before challenge begins and wonder what I could do better.

Statistics
Place: 75 out of 247
Avg (all users): 5.7109
Avg (commenters): 7.8750
Avg (participants): 5.5942
Avg (non-participants): 5.7540
Views since voting: 904
Views during voting: 333
Votes: 256
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
04/29/2006 01:46:08 PM
Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. What follows is my best attempt to Critique this photo from a DPC voter's point of view. I'll do my best, but please excuse any comments that may be unintentionally rude or insulting.

Initial Thoughts

Robot Dog, ok.. but.. what.. he's.. hahahahahah..

Composition/Content

Pretty nice composition, you get all your elements in without complicating the photo, and the leg position of the dog, while a little hidden, is a nice surprise for those that look long enough. Content wise, very nice. An expensive sofa about to be ruined by robot dog pee is sure to get a laugh.

Background

Nicely out-of-focus, good use of DOF. No complaints here.

Camera Work/Technical

There are areas of softness here I can't really explain, perhaps the lens at this focal-length has corner/edge softeness? Otherwise, the focus seems spot on. Good use of aperature for the DOF.

Digital Processing

From your processing comments, it looks like everything was done pretty well. There seems to be a bit of that.. DPC "wow" factor lacking in the look of the photo, but I honestly can't think of anything off hand that would help that.

Fits the Challenge

I'm not sure it *entirely* fits the challenge, but robot dogs certainly aren't old. The title seems to carry the connection more than the photo though.. at least for me. Although I guess the sofa looks quite new too.

My Opinion of the Photo

A keeper because of the humor for sure, good to see that some people still value that over DPCness, which, unfortunately, this lacks a little bit of. But not much. I'd have scored it higher.
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04/26/2006 02:40:18 AM
so does this dog piss water, or does it piss petrol? :p
creative, creative!
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04/26/2006 01:15:06 AM
hum...should have been higher because it was way creative...maybe it was just too creative for dpc!
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04/26/2006 12:51:51 AM
Thought this was great ... send me one of these toys :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2006 08:48:12 AM
Cute idea.
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04/24/2006 01:17:58 PM
ROFLMAO! Very creative and well done!
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04/23/2006 11:47:21 AM
My top pick for a ribbon this time around
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04/19/2006 11:36:23 PM
Very funny and cute. I like it very much!
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04/19/2006 06:17:13 AM
Points for humour, but would help if I could see the 'puddle' a bit more clearly.
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04/19/2006 01:40:21 AM
Where's the new? Where's the old? I think if you had shown the leg a bit better, then we could see exactly what you are talking about. At first glance I didn't see the leg.
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04/19/2006 01:21:36 AM
Definite bonus points for humor!! What a creative idea! Colors and lighting look fabulous and I like the texture differences between the tile, the dog, and the chair. Nice composition.
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04/19/2006 12:30:33 AM
hahaha, that's too funny...if that new dog can pee on your couch...i would surely have to get rid of him...
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04/19/2006 12:24:22 AM
LOL - very cute! I like the colors and crisp focus. Composition is well executed. The tight crop is perfect here.
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