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For her to walk
For her to walk
Lonni


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Challenge: All I Want for Christmas (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: My Living room, Sydney Australia
Date: Dec 21, 2008
Galleries: Children
Date Uploaded: Dec 21, 2008

 This is extremely last minute. I know some people will hate the border and the film grain, but I want to keep my update button for the next week - I feel lost without it :)

[Dec. 23rd, 2008 06:02:18 PM]

Just to clarify, I added the film grain intentionally because I wanted to give the image an old B & W film feel. That was the purpose of the border too, but as [user]keegbow[/user]suggested, I'm now not sure it adds anything.

This was always going to polarize the voters, so I look forward to seeing the vote spread.

[Dec. 28th, 2008 09:24:20 PM]

She walked!!! Now she's tottering around everywhere, hurting herself left, right and centre. I think that at this early walking stage we should wrap them up in cotton wool to protect them from everything.

Thanks everyone for the great comments.

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 89
Avg (all users): 5.7953
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.4773
Avg (non-participants): 5.9055
Views since voting: 1020
Views during voting: 340
Votes: 171
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/28/2008 09:20:15 PM
Don't turn around, when you look back she'll be asking for the car keys.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2008 05:00:19 PM
well we spend all this time waiting for thier first word and step and then spend the next fifteen years telling them to dit down and be quiet.....I hope you get your Christmas wish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2008 03:06:07 PM
You'll regret that when she does. ;-) Love the bw, the concept, the DoF. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2008 01:35:36 PM
Good use of grain. Nice conversion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2008 11:34:43 AM
Touching and simple, the caption says it all. The composition is dynamic, the lighting is good. The subject is just out of focus which lends itself to the fact she "isn't quite walking".
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2008 01:52:51 PM
Once she walks, you'll be wishing she was crawling again! LOL!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2008 11:28:22 AM
seems like this should be in sharper focus...a little to grainy...and remember for the next several years you will be telling her to sit down and stop wiggling...enjoy....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2008 07:43:29 AM
Cute toes, and wonderful mix of textures and lines.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/25/2008 12:23:58 PM
i am voting this low, BUT...it is because it appears to be very grainy on my screen. going with a 4....I hope she walks!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2008 04:11:37 PM
Great BW image!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2008 02:42:47 PM
Love the grain, love the border, love the sentiment. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2008 02:40:14 PM
This is going to be on the front page, if not ribbon. Wondrous subject, excellent textures (tootsies, binky, quilty). Awesome in BW. If I were to be picky at all, I'd say that the light is just a teensie bit too even. Since this is advanced editing, I might have separated the feet from the blanket a bit more.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2008 12:52:01 PM
Sorry, too grainy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2008 03:27:09 AM
this is a great image and you have hit the challenge right on the head but I just can't see how this style of border adds anything positive to the image as a whole.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/22/2008 05:19:51 PM
Looks a little grainy on my screen, but I love the focus, the composition - everything! Very nice work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/22/2008 07:39:16 AM
I don't like the b/w, seems that there is a bit of noice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/22/2008 12:13:32 AM
I hope you get your wish........! Family is the most important thing to us all.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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