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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2008 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Date: Jul 13, 2008
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Emotive, Children
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2009

Well, I'm entering this knowing that I'm going to be somewhere in Panama when voting ends and don't know how accessible the internet will be. So I may not see the results until the end of the month. Ahhh! I'm an addict.

This was a genuine moment I caught of my boyfriend and his daughter in the park. I've got another version in which I've cloned out the ball, but I believe I could get a DQ for that.

Statistics
Place: 242 out of 531
Avg (all users): 5.7328
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.7102
Avg (non-participants): 5.8036
Views since voting: 763
Views during voting: 367
Votes: 232
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)


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03/02/2009 01:05:21 AM
I've seen people get away with cloning out what I would consider a major element, so you may have gotten away with getting rid of the ball. I'm glad you didn't enter it though. I think it would almost make the environment too sterile, and we all know that when kids are around nothing is sterile, heh.

When I look at this photo it takes me back to when I was that age. I can remember holding on just like that. Dad's calf was firm, yet somehow so comfy and comforting.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2009 03:37:55 PM
They came without warning. From the trees, from the ground, from all the recesses and holes in the earth unguarded and unnoticed, they came.

Diminutive, but no less evil for it, they attacked en masse. Clinging to the legs of unsuspecting passerby, tripping them up and sending them to a horrible and undeserved fate.

They came without warning, and before the peoples of earth could mount a defense, they obliterated us.

They were the Cavern Children, and their time had come.
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01/20/2009 09:48:49 AM
Wonderful capture and composition. One of my favorites. 9.
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01/18/2009 01:55:30 PM
Great focus and expression capturd
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01/18/2009 10:24:51 AM
excellent I love this shot, interesting DOF, great sharpness, fabulous expression on the girl, brilliant choice in the BW, this should hang on your wall, well done indeed. 10 and a fav
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01/18/2009 09:05:59 AM
The expression on the girl, makes all the difference in this shot! Lovely composition too!
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01/17/2009 02:24:54 PM
cute shot
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01/17/2009 12:52:47 AM
great image, but not strong enough for a best of Challenge...sorry :( She has great eyes, and I like the b and w conversion
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01/16/2009 05:02:40 PM
Been there.
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01/16/2009 09:36:55 AM
the ball, the single eye visible, the leg wrapped - a lovely quirky scene of summer
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01/16/2009 08:05:49 AM
Awwww! Terminally cute! The B&W was brave, IMO, yet it flies. The slightly hot areas of her shirt and left foot are what made this a 7 for me and not an 8.
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