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Challenge: Stupid Gifts (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Living Room
Date: Dec 26, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Dec 26, 2007

 A gift that any adult would appreciate but the average toddler cannot.

BTW, we love our daughter but she isn't always the most cooperative model. We were forced to bribe her with an entire banana (we normally serve halves) to get her to pose. I guess she has inflated holiday rates :)

Shot with two CFL lamps (check eyes for approximate locations) as my flash setup isn't quite finished.

In Canon's DPP
saturation +
slight crop to remove stain on shirt
resize and save for web
sharpen

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 111
Avg (all users): 5.6000
Avg (commenters): 6.5455
Avg (participants): 5.5833
Avg (non-participants): 5.6042
Views since voting: 1052
Views during voting: 449
Votes: 240
Comments: 11
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/02/2008 05:18:45 PM
Very cute little girl...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2008 09:55:24 AM
This one has that ''awwwww'' factor I'm always a sucker for... ;-)
Great portrait, great DOF, excellent title.

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Great job!
Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2007 10:11:32 PM
Tell her she can play Magician with it by putting it in an envelope, writing on the envelope Brad Petersen, 555 Broke Lane, Poorsville, CA and drop it in the mailbox.
She will watch it disappear before her very own eyes!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2007 03:28:09 PM
Cute.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2007 05:16:37 AM
Money may be an uncreative gift, but rarely is it stupid. She's a lovely young lady! The shot may need a bit of work on white balance - her skin tone is a bit yellow/green, but the monitor I'm using tends to emphasize yellows.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2007 09:42:07 PM
:) How cute! Ummmm. .. .if she is wanting to get rid of her stupid gifts. I'll gladly take them off her hands. Course. . .being so late in the voting, I'm sure she's had plenty of other takers already. Darn.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2007 08:42:33 PM
A common disappointment for small children!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2007 10:19:18 AM
I'd take the 20! Good shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2007 05:40:13 AM
I've seen this happen many times! She has no concept of the value of money. This is a stupid gift for a child this young. 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2007 04:29:26 AM
Nice idea and i know just how she feels, she could make a paper airplane. IMO the colours seem a little off.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2007 12:23:40 AM
A little too yellow/green. needs color balance
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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