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Athena - Daughter of Zeus, The Embodiment of Wisdom, Reason, and Purity
Athena - Daughter of Zeus, The Embodiment of Wisdom, Reason, and Purity
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pet Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990
Location: Clovis, CA, at home.
Date: Dec 10, 2006
Aperture: f3.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/120
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 11, 2006

Indirect lighting and flash to reduce shadows.
Cropped, then adjusted color saturation, brightness and contrast, and sharpness.
Then added the border.

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Place: 308 out of 378
Avg (all users): 4.9026
Avg (commenters): 3.7500
Avg (participants): 4.7463
Avg (non-participants): 5.0602
Views since voting: 2466
Views during voting: 356
Votes: 267
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/16/2006 01:39:13 AM
background is very distracting, I trying to figure out whats in the back taking my attention away from the dog. I would have like to see a sparkle in the dogs eye to draw my attention more to it.
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12/15/2006 06:29:43 AM
3 - Looks a bit snapshottish, however your title is quite amusing in contrast. Different background would have helped this. Looks like some pixelation issues as well. Frame detracts in my opinion.
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12/14/2006 04:26:53 PM
I think this is a handsome young dog and wished there were more of her and less of the fussy albeit textured contrast background.
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12/14/2006 11:29:47 AM
Cute idea and cute pup. My only gripe is that your background is busy. You have the lace, which looks ok, but I can still see the other pattern under it. Try to keep your background simple and plain. :)
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12/14/2006 09:30:27 AM
The set-up is cute but the choice of background is way too distracting for the viewer to fully appreciate the poochie. The lace background is good to create the illusion of a white christmas or snow but one has to remember you can see through it. And there is alot of distracting colors and objects behind that lace backdrop. Placing a solid white cloth behind the lace one will help create a subtle idea of a white christmas/snow AND provide a solid white background for Athena to visually stand out on. As the composition stands now she is just lost in a jumble ot colors and textures that don't allow her to shine as the main subject.
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12/13/2006 06:08:33 PM
cute dog, the background needs to be solid to really make the dog pop here
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12/13/2006 02:31:24 PM
Love this shot. I think that perhaps, had the background been blurred just a bit, it might have put more focus on Athena. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think that it's the "busyness" of the detail in the lace background and what's under it that's causing a bit of "distraction" from the subject in the photo??? I could be wrong, but just my own perspective on an otherwise GREAT photo.
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12/13/2006 11:24:36 AM
Contrast is too much, the brown blends in too much.
12/13/2006 10:38:43 AM
so what does the title have to do with the image. It actually hurts the presentation of the image

The on camera flash is distracting - the hard shadow is a giv away the tag at the fromt of the lace should have been obscured in some way. I think that the angle that this image was shot is awkward. Sorry for the toughness
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12/13/2006 01:14:45 AM
the background is too busy and distracting
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12/13/2006 12:36:30 AM
i like the shot but the back is too busy for me it pulls my eye from the pet
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