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Challenge: Empty Room (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
Location: Iceland
Date: Jun 4, 2006
Aperture: F/5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 4, 2006

 When I saw this challenge announced I decided to make something that the other participants wouldn't do. First I thought of what the other participants would do. I think almost all of the other entries will be taken in a white room so I decided to have a black background. I also thought they would bring some stuff like their new guitar or something. That's why I decided to take this photo in a room with no gravity. My first idea was capture the moment I would grab a jar of peanut butter. When I saw my little sister lying on the floor in that pose I got this idea. I found a big black background, put it on the floor and photographed her on it. It was hard to work with her. All she wanted was candy so I gave her a little :). When she had eaten everything she had gotten she wanted more but I told her that she would get more if we could take a good photo. First she was well behaved but after a few shot she wanted more candy. I didn't take many photos of her but this one was the best. There are many things I would like to do better but she won't allow me to photograph her any more. I like the processing. She looks angelic. I'm happy with my results. I hope I won't be disqualified or underrated because my photograph isn't taken in a normal room.

Statistics
Place: 89 out of 114
Avg (all users): 5.1388
Avg (commenters): 5.8077
Avg (participants): 4.6267
Avg (non-participants): 5.3647
Views since voting: 2818
Views during voting: 489
Votes: 245
Comments: 32
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 07/18/2006 12:16:09 AM
Love this!
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 06/15/2006 11:16:17 PM
This is so imaginative - and the the quality of the lighting, color, focus, composition are just great. There is a really lonely feel - it is more empty than an empty room.
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 06/12/2006 05:54:34 AM
People just don't get it is an empty room when they don't see allt the four walls.
Great picture and well within the scope of this challenge.
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 06/12/2006 02:33:08 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: There is absolutely nothing that I can find technically wrong with this photograph. Your tones are spot on and your focus is crisp. Everything is the frame is well focused.

Lighting: Again, flawless. Your subjects are perfectly lit and the background is perfectly dark. It would be really hard to find something wrong with the lighting.

Composition/Content: Very interesting. I get a true sense of loneliness by what you put together here. Her body position and outstretched limbs grab the viewer's eye and pull it into the image.

My Opinion: There would be no reason for a DQ, but you didn't hit the challenge according to the voters' scoring. I think this image is terrific, and in a different challenge, it would have been near the top. Even outside the challenge parameters, I think it's much better than 5.13.

Eric
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/11/2006 10:43:52 PM
Very nice picture but can't help to say two items, not one? Too pedantic maybe? Stand to be corrected for my interpretation of the challenge ...
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 06/11/2006 06:09:46 PM
Great image, but I am not seeing the empty room.
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 06/11/2006 04:28:55 PM
Nice pic, good focus and color...but I do not get the sense of empty room.
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 06/11/2006 01:58:57 AM
It is a great image but one can't really see that it is an empty room.....
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 06/09/2006 01:35:54 PM
Cute, but where's the room? This is well exposed and fun to look at, however I think you're going to get zapped by the DNMC voters (no room, and two items instead of one). Good luck!
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 06/09/2006 07:28:44 AM
Hehehehe...very cleverly done.
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 06/07/2006 06:24:37 PM
This is quite disturbing and striking, which gets good marks from me. Some might say it is a stretch to meet the challenge though.
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 06/07/2006 10:27:12 AM
Lots of movement, very nice
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 06/07/2006 09:10:51 AM
aha, i get it ... they are on the floor and you are on the ladder , right ? overall great job
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 06/06/2006 09:26:21 PM
Great exposure and scene. It would have been great to position the doll so that it seemed to reach for the child as well...

It's hard to feel the emptiness of the room because such a small part of it is shown.
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 06/06/2006 07:58:16 PM
This is two things in the room, not one.
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 06/06/2006 06:11:38 PM
Awesome. It makes me a little sad at the same time. I don't know why. Perhaps because the girl looks unhappy. I like the negative space around the girl and the doll. Added to favorites.
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 06/06/2006 02:30:55 PM
There are two very obvious seperate entities here, and no room visible. This definately DNMC. Thinking outside the box does count for something... but only to a certain extent. I give this a 4 because it is a good shot.
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 06/06/2006 08:24:38 AM
Nice photo but IMO the black background doesn't do a very good job of portraying an empty room.
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 06/06/2006 06:42:21 AM
ok, i'll say it: DNMC! take ONE thing into an empty room. here you have two things, and no sense of a "room". it's a nice shot, but lucky for you, i'm only commenting and not voting ;-)
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 06/05/2006 11:11:07 PM
I don't get a sense of an empty room.

nice comp, great light, good color, excellent movement, a sense of floating, nice pix, but.......
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 06/05/2006 05:41:06 PM
looking for a room, looking, looking, looking, looking Love Dora
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 06/05/2006 04:57:51 PM
Lovely photo but I'm not sure it works for this challenge. I don't get any sense of a room and there are 2 things (well, is a person really a thing?).
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 06/05/2006 04:34:05 PM
Can't see the room
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 06/05/2006 02:24:02 PM
Excellent image, the colors and position make it a real stand out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2006 11:50:46 AM
cool idea! looks like they're floating around in space.
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 06/05/2006 10:04:30 AM
neat image and idea. too many "things"
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2006 08:42:24 AM
Love the clarity and light. Great black background, but this doesn't at all give me the sense of an empty room.
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 06/05/2006 03:00:06 AM
It's a spectacular shot with a lot of impact...I think you might get a few dnmc comments...well, maybe. I love it 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2006 02:44:21 AM
In itself this is a well thought out image but I feel the "Room" feeling will be lost with the great unwashed 10
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 06/05/2006 01:58:40 AM
Great illusion!
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 06/05/2006 01:45:53 AM
Weird, but very well done.
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 06/05/2006 01:40:49 AM
Interesting concept .. but where is the room?
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