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Challenge: Children's Toy II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Good Stuff
Camera: Canon PowerShot A530
Location: Campbell Hall, NY
Date: Aug 4, 2007
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: auto
Shutter: 60
Galleries: Black and White, Children
Date Uploaded: Aug 6, 2007

 I rotated, slight crop. I converted to b/w in channel mixer with lots of red channel, creating a blown-out high-contrast grainy picture. And voila! You are watching a Western from the 50's!

====post-challenge======

Thanks for the comments, folks. these are my nephews. No way could I have posed them like this. I just lay on the floor as they were playing and took a bunch of pictures. That's also how I got my shadow photo, though from a different vantage.

The toy is a stuffed cube of some sort that they were using as a ball, i.e., they were throwing it at each other. It's clearly an important part of the picture, and it's unfortunate that people think because something is in shadow and to the side, it is not important. That kind of mistake could cost you dearly some day.

Statistics
Place: 173 out of 213
Avg (all users): 4.7579
Avg (commenters): 4.6250
Avg (participants): 4.5432
Avg (non-participants): 4.9174
Views since voting: 890
Views during voting: 284
Votes: 190
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 09/03/2007 09:36:55 PM
That foreground child has such a determined stance - great concept, the relationship between children and their toys.
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 08/27/2007 08:32:16 PM
like the wild wild west. great work
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 08/19/2007 02:42:08 PM
Don, I've been really impressed with your work lately, and this is no exception. Does it really fit into the toy challenge? No, but who cares. It's a beautiful piece of work. It captures the emotive jealousy very well, and the relative size between the two boys as captured via your perspective adds tremendously. Adding to faves.
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 08/19/2007 02:31:46 PM
what a brilliant take on the challenge...much more than a cute or manipulated image, it drops right down to the level of the child, both visually and metaphorically...a true understanding of nuance and conflict...
you really nailed this one!
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 08/16/2007 11:24:53 PM
I like this shot and had given it a 7. I love the shadows and highlights...added together with the grain, it makes a very artsy photo that tells a story. Nicely done. Under-rated.
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 08/16/2007 09:27:37 PM
I'd never get my kids in a position like this - they'd be all over each other and on the floor before I could get the lens cap off. Nice use of silhouette and I like the perspective.
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 08/15/2007 07:57:02 PM
I've seen this "scene" many times in our own house...usually one is about to throw down on the other! ;) Great shot and I love the b/w processing!
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 08/15/2007 05:13:24 PM
Great idea. Love the mood this created especially the closer boy with that menacing stance.
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 08/15/2007 11:07:49 AM
Damn fine photo. (That should do for a comment, but WHAT is the silhouette holding? Skateboard? Are there prizes for the right answer?)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/12/2007 09:55:15 PM
The angle of this shot is great. Gives a really good perspective of the two subjects and adds significant interest.
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 08/11/2007 04:42:54 PM
For my concept of this challenge, your photo doesn't fit as well as others. I do like seeeing this in b&w and I like the angle you took it from.
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 08/11/2007 09:15:56 AM
I know the feelings in this photo.
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 08/10/2007 11:51:21 AM
where is the toy?
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 08/10/2007 05:17:28 AM
kind of spooky
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 08/09/2007 11:39:54 AM
DNMC for me. I am sure you were expecing that though. I don't see the child's toy here. Is that what he is holding in the shadows?
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 08/08/2007 04:42:52 PM
Having a big family this is all to familiar to me! Great composition and dramatic lighting. Even if I didn't "get it" this would be a great photo for its simple design and lighting. Congratulations on taking such a wonderful photo. 9
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 08/08/2007 01:25:27 PM
Quite a powerful shot - but I'm struggling to make the connection with childrens toys . . looks more like a poster on bullying to me.

Or maybe an Ingar Bergman film. B&W, long pauses without much happening and not very cheerful . .

: )
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 08/08/2007 10:42:04 AM
Not sure what the toy is in this one..
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 08/08/2007 06:48:26 AM
Oh boy! how did this end?
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