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Cloth Diapers: No Landfill Required
Cloth Diapers: No Landfill Required
Lorene


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Green* (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Jun 29, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Jun 29, 2008

 This is my nearly 3 month old daughter Amelia. I don't have as much time to shoot for challenges lately, but when I read the description for Green, I knew I had to make time because I have the perfect subject!

Taking a baby shot almost always results in a low-scoring image, but I don't care. I am proud to use cloth diapers- in fact, I love them and am always on the lookout for cute new ones to add to my, ahem, Amelia's stash.

Amelia is lying on the floor with an alien bee on either side of her. My husband, [user]freakinhilarious[/user], was entertaining her. She's lying on a pink blanket and wearing a Blueberry one-size pocket in polka-dot minky. So soft!

Shot in RAW:
Lightroom: adjusted white balance and exposure
PS:
Rotate 90 degrees
Curves
Dodge on her eyes
Crop
Spot healed a light scratch on her cheek
Resize
Sharpen
Border
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 110
Avg (all users): 5.5342
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.5122
Avg (non-participants): 5.5429
Views since voting: 848
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 146
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/05/2008 09:47:16 AM
Cute
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 07/04/2008 10:05:57 AM
Among the better entries of this challenge. - 6
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 07/03/2008 10:21:02 PM
the pink blanket seems to blend in with the baby which might have been a lighting problem, not a bad concept and good composition
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 07/02/2008 07:04:35 PM
Original take on the challenge. Adorable baby. 6
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 07/02/2008 06:36:08 PM
Love the pink tonality here.
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 07/02/2008 06:12:21 PM
I really like how the skin tones go so well with the background cloth. Nice concept... wonderful and pleasing lighting... and ofcourse a heavenly smile...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/02/2008 01:20:29 PM
Well, eventually it will end up there... not sure what else a spent cloth diaper would be good for, definitely not for dusting off the china. It can be debated that the amount of water/soap used for laundering cloth diapers doesn't really make it that much more earth friendly but I think that argument has little weight in the matter. As for the photo, I'm not fond of the color treatment but you definitely have a beautiful model.
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 06/30/2008 07:12:03 AM
a very cute portrait - and that is one cool diaper!
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 06/30/2008 12:46:33 AM
and cute too:)
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