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Challenge: Cell Phone Mania (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Vac (Hungary)
Date: Mar 18, 2007
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Family, Snapshot
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2007

After a weak start for 2007, I hope you will enjoy this photo.

Many thanks to Zsuzsi and Szabi for modelling to this photo. This is not a candid, but I wanted to reach a candid-alike-feeling... Actually, none of them were phoning at all. They were posing only, and we had a lot of fun with the shooting. ;-)

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04/02/2007 04:28:01 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

As was commented on already - this is a perfect picture for the challenge theme. My comments would be as follows:

Technically, I think this is a very good photo. The lighting is just right (their faces are nice and lit up), and the DOF works very well for this - I love the small blur of a person in the lower right-hand corner, I think it really adds to the image. Good background too - contracts against the lady nicely.

However, I think the composition could have been better. The positioning of the lady is perfect, and the expression on her face and the wind in her hair work really well - she's got this lovely faraway look that captures the fact her mind is really somewhere else. The guy, on the other hand, clutters up the composition (imo). If she was by herself, the picture would have a much greater emotive content, but I guess wouldn't capture the 'mania'. As it is, it could have been improved if he was standing slightly further back, and maybe facing in the other direction. Because they're the same height, and he's sort of blending into her, I think the photo loses some of its impact. It also doesn't help that his face and clothes are a similar colour to the background - I think the shot would benefit from being recomposed so that he's a smaller but distinct entity.

But anyway - well done on a good shot.

PM me if you have any questions.

Jelena
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/24/2007 06:59:23 PM
multiple people on the phone = mania? maybe. check this out for mania. not staged and not mine //www.pbase.com/franchisejuan/image/76065440/original.jpg
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03/22/2007 01:26:38 AM
I really like this composition. Great job.
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03/21/2007 05:30:48 PM
angles
03/21/2007 11:19:39 AM
i like how the people are positioned in this image. nice job on capturing the real meaning of the challenge.
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03/21/2007 10:40:25 AM
Good one!
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