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First Love
First Love
Judi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Begin (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Australia
Date: Feb 4, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Emotive, Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 3, 2009

[Feb. 8th, 2009 07:54:58 PM]

I am fully aware of the uneven and dirty fingernails. I wanted it left that way to portray childhood. How many times did you have dirty fingernails as a kid...and a couple of broken ones to go with it after playing in the dirt....?

First Love...usually occurs when you are a child...and when using just hands...I wanted the personality of the children to come through...not some pristine model child who isn't allowed to be themselves!

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 117
Avg (all users): 5.7490
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.7317
Avg (non-participants): 5.7525
Views since voting: 1659
Views during voting: 341
Votes: 239
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 02/13/2009 01:00:39 PM
I'm surprised this didn't score better, it's quite original and very well done. But, then nothing surprises me these days as far as scoring is concerned. In fact, anything over mid-5 seems to be a real accomplishment no matter how exceptional the imagery.

Have you checked out Onexposure.com?
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 02/11/2009 08:23:00 AM
Geez What is it with people who want to nit pik all the little inconsequential details of a photograph?? It's a picture. It tells a story. It's very realistic. 20 votes below a 4... COME ON PEOPLE!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/11/2009 12:03:12 AM
Originally posted by samsura:
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Yup...that's about what I think of your 1 vote MATE!!!!!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/10/2009 10:09:29 PM
Good idea, lighting is a bit bright, good focus, 6.
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 02/10/2009 09:17:30 PM
Those fingernails! Uggh.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2009 10:51:33 AM
Simple shot, well shot and wonderful PP. 9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2009 08:45:08 AM
Nice negative space. Nice color, focus, and composition. Good setup.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/08/2009 07:50:00 PM
the 2 super long finger nails are super distracting a little model grooming would have made this a great shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2009 12:21:42 PM
Nice idea, but the colour of the skin looks very unnatural and the unmatched finger-nails are a bit distracting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/06/2009 08:52:46 AM
Not keen on the uneven fingernails, but a lovely image (8).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/05/2009 06:23:59 PM
Good thought and well taken.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/04/2009 02:37:33 PM
Nice studio shot. But what's with the uneven nails????? The PP effect is very interesting. Would love to know how you did it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/04/2009 12:23:55 PM
The pose of the left hand is not very elegant (hidden thumb, chubby fingers). The right pose is good, but the contrast and sharpness is a bit unfortunate (like dirty finger nails). The composition would maybe be improved if less of the arms were shown.
But as you see, I studied this picture for a long while, which means that it is excellent!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/04/2009 10:33:06 AM
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