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Just being my cute self
Just being my cute self
RickDN


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Centered Composition (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Brooklyn Park, MN... playground
Date: May 15, 2004
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/750
Galleries: Family, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2004

 Was only cropped and 'focus' in Adobe.. and a touch of contrast adjustment..
was one heck of a shoot... 375 images in 2 hours at the playground.
Oh yeah, 70-200 lens at about 113mm

Statistics
Place: 126 out of 240
Avg (all users): 5.3195
Avg (commenters): 6.4000
Avg (participants): 5.2124
Avg (non-participants): 5.5357
Views since voting: 1108
Votes: 169
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/28/2004 02:13:29 PM
Hi Richard,

Greetings from the Critique Club...

I was surprised to see the score on this shot -- lower than I would have expected.

Your muted tones are a great fit for the subject and composition. The pale green oof grass sets off your subject very nicely. The splotches of yellow let me feel the spring in the air (to nit pick - the one white one distracts).

The informal portrait is wonderful -- the crisp focus on the blue eyes and the soft wind-blurring of the hair is excellent. I agree with the commenter who wanted to fill the frame a bit more with the face.

So why the relatively low score? I can only guess that the blurry tree uses a good amount of space but does noting to increase the appeal of the shot. It's soft color/lighting goes well. It has to be blurry not to distract but its blurriness detracts as well. This brings me back to the "more of your subject" suggestion as the way around this.

I hope you found the comments helpful. Please pm me with any questions

Regards,
Theresa
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2004 12:29:19 PM
very natural well composed image
 05/19/2004 08:30:37 AM
Cute portrait... the shallow dof works well, and the flowers in the background really add to the shot. The photo really complements the girl... there is just the right amount of sharpness and the saturation is perfect.
 05/17/2004 04:04:46 PM
very pretty , nice shot 7
 05/17/2004 09:46:04 AM
Nice blurred background, I would have moved in closer to get more of the head to fill the frame.
 05/17/2004 12:27:13 AM
Very nice, good dof


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