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Challenge: Book Smarts (Basic Editing)
Collection: Stories
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Newton, NJ
Date: Nov 19, 2007
Aperture: 2.2
ISO: 800
Shutter: 80
Galleries: Black and White, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Nov 20, 2007

I am very proud of this shot because I anticipated it before I took it. I already had my camera ready as she was pulling out the drawer, guessing that she would pull something interesting from it. Turned out to be the fossilized tusk of a mastodon.

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 63
Avg (all users): 5.7220
Avg (commenters): 6.5714
Avg (participants): 5.1212
Avg (non-participants): 5.8173
Views since voting: 1375
Views during voting: 355
Votes: 241
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)


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01/07/2008 10:10:20 PM
Absolutely an evocation of book smarts. I want to know this woman. Great b&w conversion.
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12/03/2007 10:35:13 AM
From a meets-the-challenge perspective, this nailed it. Completely. From a technical perspective, the detail in the lights and darks is perfect and it's well composed. From a photographic perspective, it very much reminds me of jjbeguin.
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12/03/2007 10:28:35 AM
Hmmm, no mention of any sexy lenses - I am disappointed ;)

I cannot believe this did not score higher! What an amazing candid moment. I love pointandshoot's description - just perfect. Congrats on the top 20!
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11/28/2007 09:50:31 PM
You have captured that special moment when a mother holds her newborn for the first time. I like how the lens distortion makes the cabinet appear to be falling away from the scene as if nothing else in the world is more important than the immediate. This is book smarts.
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11/28/2007 02:37:02 PM
The tenderness of respect.
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11/28/2007 11:33:31 AM
Wow, talk about unrrated :/ Sometimes voters need spend an extra second reviewing the image! You should be proud of this image regardless of the score, real keeper, also received an 8 from me.
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11/28/2007 09:56:56 AM
Coming back for a comment - very good shot. I think it meets the challenge very well, but not in a very obvious way. It's more of who the subject is as a person (which I think your pic captures well) than what the subject is doing. I'm guessing the title cost you at least 0.5 in the score - it's not a very straightforward image but you chose to confuse quick voters even more with the title. Also, nothing is really vertical in the image, everything is falling away at some different angle. You got an 8 from me.

Message edited by author 2007-11-28 09:57:13.
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11/28/2007 05:55:20 AM
Good shot Don.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/27/2007 06:44:21 PM
That is a book in her hands, right?
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11/26/2007 05:55:29 PM
I'm left wondering about the connection to the challenge. I'd also like to know more about what she's holding and where she is.
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11/26/2007 03:51:58 PM
very real 8
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11/26/2007 11:12:21 AM
Awesome shot and nice bw conversion, 8.
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11/23/2007 12:41:06 AM
Nice crisp b/w, but where's the mammoth?
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11/22/2007 09:38:01 AM
For some reason this shot give me mild vertigo as if I am about to fall into the screen.
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11/21/2007 05:37:15 AM
A fabulous image - clearly one of the best in the challenge. This woman displays such grace and her facial expression shows an awesome attachment to her craft
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11/21/2007 12:37:16 AM
Killer shoes.
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