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Challenge: The Number 10 (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: What Was I Thinking?
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Easton, CT
Date: Jul 9, 2006
Aperture: f/2.2
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Studio
Date Uploaded: Jul 9, 2006

 OK, so she's not really 10. I wasn't going to enter, but the urge struck a few hours ago, so I baked a cake, and here we are. I may not ribbon, but the prop was yummy! ;-)

Processing: Levels, USM, HSB, dodge & burn, spot hue adjustments, cloned a few small spots on the cake, and a little blurring on the grainy areas.

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 219
Avg (all users): 5.7908
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.4713
Avg (non-participants): 6.0459
Views since voting: 997
Views during voting: 284
Votes: 196
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 07/17/2006 10:37:44 PM
Shannon, you're one fantastic photographer, but on culinary skills alone, you should have one a ribbon ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/11/2006 01:19:49 AM
Very nice emotive photo. I like the burst of color from the cake, the use of the candle light is excellent, doesn't have that typical overly brown/yellow cast I seem to get when I use it. Clarity is good on the 10 which of course meets the challenge. I think just a little bit of a fill light on the girl's face to bring out more detail and perhaps around the bottom of the cake plate to help the white of the frosting pop a little more would make it more visually interesting to me. 5
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 07/10/2006 10:45:03 PM
best "10 year old" shot in the challenge! Should do very well. Lighting is just right!
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 07/10/2006 03:22:50 PM
On the first 15 pictures I see, I'm looking for a full 30 seconds and leaving a comment...I like the composition and the fade to black is excellent. I tend to like a deeper DOF and in this case I'm not sure what the slightly OOF blouse is adding. Since this is the first shot I've seen, I'll likely be back to change the vote a bit. 7 for now.
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 07/10/2006 09:05:10 AM
There is another one similar, but you nailed it with the lighting and the perspective. Nicely done....... Looked at again - bumping up.
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 07/10/2006 12:28:12 AM
nice lighting... love it!
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