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Challenge: Habits (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Olympus Stylus 300 Digital
Location: Wilmington, DE
Date: May 17, 2004
Aperture: 5.2
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/4 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 17, 2004

 Taken in macro mode with timer on a tripod. Zoomed into the cigarette, focused on that, then physically moved out to get the model in the picture, while still holding the shutter halfway to stay focused on the cherry of the cig. Snapped shutter and waited for timer to take photo. Changed to b/w in camera.

In Photoshop, adjusted contrast, brightness, and curves.

Statistics
Place: 152 out of 256
Avg (all users): 4.7816
Avg (commenters): 5.6316
Avg (participants): 4.6545
Avg (non-participants): 4.8742
Views since voting: 1240
Votes: 261
Comments: 21
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2004 09:15:16 PM
blurry
 05/25/2004 09:14:47 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background (20% Weight): 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing (20% Weight): 4
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. (30% Weight): 5
How well does it meet the challenge (30% Weight): 8
Total Rating (Rounded) 6
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 05/25/2004 02:22:44 PM
I love the posterization effect on the girl's face. I'm very curious to know how to do that given the editing rules.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2004 02:22:27 PM
This shot could be amazing -- I'd increase the contrast on the hand and cigarette more, crop it a bit closer, and make it nearly abstract...as it is, 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2004 06:16:27 PM
I like the composition and the DOF alot, but I'd like to see just a few more midtones, especially around the hand, to distinguish it from the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2004 03:21:25 PM
The lack of contrast on the hand and it's position make it look disconnected to the person in the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2004 01:09:11 AM
too much happening in the background ... but its a well shot pic!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2004 09:55:59 PM
Great idea but I think that you could rise the contrast and improve the focus on the cigarette.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2004 06:24:15 PM
Nice tonal qualities and great contrast. Great DOF (or is that soft focus?).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2004 07:55:43 AM
I was sure someone gonna take a picture of that :-)
Good picture though, I like the DOF, I wonder how it would look in colour.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2004 01:40:22 AM
I don't know if this was intentional on your part bu this is way too high key and contrasty. Some shadow details in her hand and more visible smoke would have been nice. I'm distracted by that area of shadowy lumpiness between her hand and her hair. I like the perspective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2004 11:59:19 PM
Not enough focus, and washed out. If her hand was held higher, so that you could crop real close in on it, and still keep her face in the shot, this would work better. Then, the focused part would take up more of the image. As it is, there is a lot of empty space that isn't adding to the image or the idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2004 01:49:01 PM
Pretty cool dramatic effect here. Great use of b/w. This is a really good picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2004 12:01:12 AM
A very unusual portrait. At first glance, I saw a hand under her chin with a finger pushing the chin up.... So it's abit mysterious and makes you look twice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2004 10:43:03 PM
good concept, but the right edge of the shot is so washed out that almost all definition ofthe cigarette is lost.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2004 11:53:54 PM
This is a great photo. I think the challenge in capturing these "smoking" shots in b&w is difficult because of the obvious need to contrast. But here, you've done it nicely. Composition is nice with good use of f-value to emphasize the theme. Nice work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2004 06:03:39 PM
Nice use of DOF. Like the B&W approach.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2004 02:59:30 PM
visually unmoving, too grainy and out fo focus.
 05/19/2004 02:12:27 PM
Interesting use of b&w, framing, DOF and contrast. I really like the blown out contrasts... good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2004 01:35:02 PM
Too blown out, needs more sharpness on the cigarette. Otherwise it would have been a pretty good photo.
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 05/19/2004 04:14:26 AM
interesting composition, I like those kind of "experiments", very nice. 8
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