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Challenge: Silhouettes III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: South Africa
Date: Aug 25, 2006
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2006

 This was taken in b/w with a red filter, manual mode, high contrast and hi sharpness just before sundown with the sun directly behind the child's head. The picture is pretty much staight from the camera, save for a bit of cropping and changing of the image size.

Statistics
Place: 60 out of 352
Avg (all users): 6.0562
Avg (commenters): 7.4167
Avg (participants): 5.8365
Avg (non-participants): 6.1963
Views since voting: 1026
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 267
Comments: 15
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 09/12/2006 03:44:27 PM
Critique Club:
Hello Hamish,
I think this picture is highly underrated! I think it should have placed much higher in this challenge. The contrast and composition is just perfect! The DOF is just spot on and the white line going from his lip and down the frame makes this picture what it is. The only thing I would change is to take the couple of white hairs at the top left of the picture. Good luck in future challenges. You've got lots of potential.

Best regards, Arnit
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 09/11/2006 02:30:57 AM
great pic, congrats on a good placing!
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 09/06/2006 12:10:11 PM
I had this rated pretty well and it seems along with 80 others. Nice outline and communicates an emotion very well.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2006 07:06:57 PM
Well performed silhouette :o)Love how the light shows the chin of the kid...
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 09/05/2006 07:52:13 AM
Nice silhouette, nice backlighting, but I feel it could maybe have been improved by cropping out the light areas behind the head, which in tern would have removed the image from the centre of the frame.
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 09/01/2006 03:17:36 PM
I think the dark bottom half weakens the shape of the silhouette.
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 09/01/2006 09:49:31 AM
This photo captures the mood of the child, and the lighting is great
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 08/31/2006 05:20:43 PM
I like the highlighting on parts of the silhouette, It separates the torso nicely from the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/31/2006 11:41:29 AM
wonderful. 10
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 08/31/2006 10:02:41 AM
6. Would have been higher, but I don't like the crop.
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 08/31/2006 09:12:44 AM
6
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 08/31/2006 07:28:45 AM
I'd prefer if his head weren't cut off quite so much. i like the outline of light though. very sweet.
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 08/30/2006 07:15:00 PM
I love how the light picks up the lower contours. Great shot-9-
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 08/30/2006 03:14:04 PM
Well done, great light, comp., and exp. 9.
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 08/30/2006 10:05:43 AM
I like the halo effect under his chin. Perfect title. Not particularly fond of the crop. I like the "chopped" head effect but I think it works better when his head fills the whole frame. 6
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