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Challenge: Battle Of The Sexes (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Location: Outside
Date: Jan 14, 2007
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30s
Galleries: Emotive, Candid
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2007

© Claire McAdams
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This is my entry for battle of the sexes, I am surprised it took me almost a year to come in and put some details but oh well....at least it happened. Now looking back I don't really like what I did with the selective desat but I am so happy with this image. It took 3 separate photoshoots to get the right location and pose but it was worth it.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 90
Avg (all users): 6.2065
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9623
Avg (non-participants): 6.2646
Views since voting: 5896
Views during voting: 747
Votes: 276
Comments: 33
Favorites: 3 (view)


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08/11/2007 11:55:29 PM
Very creative, and the perspective is perfect. Plus you have the added excitement of the diagonal. Just darned great design and a very creative idea!
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06/25/2007 10:28:07 AM
brilliant concept! fave!

grab for grab! heh.
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06/09/2007 02:44:19 AM
just happened upon this again and it's so funny the difference a monitor makes (im not at home). The selective saturation is blatantly obvious on this one! lol. so I bet my old comment was a little odd to you but on my home monitor it was barely noticeable. this one is a way worse monitor too... might be time for some calibration.

with that said, still love the shot. don't like the selective saturation.
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06/06/2007 01:47:23 PM
I like the shot it is really quite illustrative a nice job of staging something thoughtful
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05/07/2007 08:59:53 AM
lolololololol
05/04/2007 07:20:27 AM
hahahaha
01/22/2007 09:25:03 AM
Very clever and interesting image. Congrats on your top 20!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/21/2007 02:36:17 PM
I don't love the way you desaturated the photo. I realize why you did it and it makes sense to me, but more subtle would have been better. Anyhow, great job I really like it.
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01/21/2007 12:21:45 AM
hummmm... dont know !
01/20/2007 04:25:54 PM
hahahahaha!! I'd give this a 10 but i don't find the posing realistic although i do like the booty/hip grab here. You get a 9 ;)
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01/20/2007 09:23:29 AM
yes yes
01/18/2007 06:15:39 PM
cute
01/18/2007 08:47:05 AM
Love it. Everything about it.
01/17/2007 05:39:47 PM
lol - funny funny
01/17/2007 03:42:30 AM
One of the better entries I think. Original. I don't know who looks worse, the girl stealing the wallet or the guy grabbing a big handful! LOL.

Only problem I have is something seems a bit weird with the saturation... like the front hands are more saturated than the rest of their skin. I guess this is meant to draw attention? But to me it just looks odd.
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01/16/2007 10:17:46 PM
Nice shot, and like the humor too. The diagonal works very well.
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01/16/2007 07:58:06 PM
I love it!
01/16/2007 07:10:09 PM
Good on topic, well made...emphasizing the hands (maybe a little to much, the faces are bit gray). Like it though.
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01/16/2007 04:56:37 PM
yea well a little cynical but arent we all
01/16/2007 02:29:50 PM
this remember me something.......
01/16/2007 06:39:43 AM
Daring take on the challenge. I wonder if you're getting blasted for this one. LOL
01/16/2007 12:59:16 AM
great shot with the movement and lean .. love the delicate way she's reaching for his wallet ...
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01/15/2007 10:58:35 PM
You can never trust them!
01/15/2007 02:30:43 PM
A great concept well executed, but poorly lit comes off flat.

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01/15/2007 11:39:54 AM
Well-posed. I like the level of saturation.
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01/15/2007 10:33:36 AM
LOL, brilliant idea. selective desat doesn't add IMO
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01/15/2007 03:52:48 AM
AHHHHHH there's always a catch ain't there. My wife gets mine as soon as I get it, Im terrible with money, I blow it all on camera gear.

Like the subtle colours here and the plot is cool.
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01/15/2007 03:17:27 AM
The inconsistent desat. keeps making me tilt my head and look again. I wonder if you could have achieved your goal (drawing the eyes) in a different way...

Meets Challenge: 1/1
Lighting: 1/2
Focus: 1/2
Creativity: 1/2
Aesthetics: 2/3
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01/15/2007 02:04:46 AM
lol i dont see much of a "battle", the fadeing of saturated to de-sat'd doesn't really help this i dont think.
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01/15/2007 12:58:11 AM
hmmm..very telling ;)
01/15/2007 12:45:02 AM
I like the idea, but don't care much for the color of their faces.
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01/15/2007 12:38:43 AM
Hah! Great idea, well executed.
01/15/2007 12:14:17 AM
Now this is funny! It looks like the two hands have more color than the rest of the photo...It really brings your eyes into the hands. Nice, original idea.
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