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Father in heaven, hear my prayer; Keep me in your loving care. Be my guide in all I do; Bless all...
Father in heaven, hear my prayer; Keep me in your loving care. Be my guide in all I do; Bless all...
marcusvdt


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-01 (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse"))
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ50
Location: Santos, Brazil
Date: Jan 6, 2008
Aperture: f10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jan 7, 2008

This is a common family photo, taken at the beach in Santos. I had to crop Lucas because my wife was also on the photo and she would distract from the emotional theme that I'd like to give to the photo. Lucas was not praying in fact... He was looking the ships on the sea. I don't why he looked to the sky at that time... Maybe a bird, not sure...

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02/07/2008 05:00:56 PM
Oops, I started to leave a comment and changed my mind, but just realized I had submitted an empty comment with only the word "I". Anyhow, to complete my thought, I think the mixed lighting makes this appear too artificial -- it seems as if the girl is standing in front of a poster of the sea (maybe she was?).
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02/07/2008 02:44:39 PM
Think I see what you were going for, but there are too many elements which distract - the shirt, the writing on the shirt, the ship/rig in the background, crooked horizon, blown sky, the pose/facial expression - but mostly that this looks 'spriteish'.
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02/07/2008 12:46:25 AM
Though a good idea compositionally speaking the processing of the skin has gone way overboard. Looks too plastic.
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02/03/2008 09:19:54 PM
Clarity and composition are nice. Lighting is too harsh.
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02/03/2008 05:56:38 PM
Overall, it is a nice image, though it looks like there is a war ship in the background, which is in contrast to the prayer/title.
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02/02/2008 05:44:24 AM
The child looks awfully edited and cut-in, it is cut-in, right? The background and the kid just doesn't complement eachother.
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02/01/2008 05:14:23 PM
3 things:
The child is overly soft (compared to the background)
The child looks cut & pasted (very noticeable & unnatural)
The child's shirt is distracting (a solid color shirt would've been ideal)
Make that 4, the title is overkill

something positive... I like the background, even tho it is very overexposed.
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02/01/2008 03:00:39 PM
Nice idea, but the flash makes it seem like the child was pasted in. And the clothing is somewhat distracting ("off road" doesn't seem to match the religious theme) Maybe a sillouette would have done the idea more justice?
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