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Focus: Sometimes You Miss
Focus: Sometimes You Miss
izadoodle


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: De-Motivational Poster (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Ballfield
Date: May 11, 2009
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Sports, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 12, 2009

 processed in raw, then cropped and coverted to black and white and sharpened in pscs4
Pre-rate comment...I hope everyone gets my play on this image..as you can tell the focus is on the mask and not on the eyes...I hope you all got it

Statistics
Place: 46 out of 124
Avg (all users): 5.9697
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.1000
Avg (non-participants): 5.9314
Views since voting: 1985
Views during voting: 626
Votes: 264
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/20/2009 04:56:05 PM
I can't believe this didn't finish higher! It took me a second, but then I totally got the point of the image. I gave it an 8, one of my favorites of the challenge. It really should have scored above 6.
 05/20/2009 04:22:13 PM
This is great. I gave it an 8. I'm surprised by the score. Maybe it's the text, "Sometimes you miss, so why try?" may have added a bit mored demotivation. Overall, I love it. Well done.
 05/20/2009 08:16:17 AM
Oh I expected a much higher finish for this. I gave it a 9. It's a beautiful capture, even without the challenge theme. But I laughed because the focus thing happens to me quite a bit lol. Great photo!
 05/20/2009 12:59:34 AM
Darn. This would only have been better had you actually gotten a number of "I wish the eyes were in focus" comments.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/19/2009 09:56:48 PM
Ahhh, i needed that.
 05/19/2009 01:00:18 PM
Excellent!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/18/2009 04:14:30 PM
Ha! Stacey, this turned out great. No vote but if I didn't know it was yours it would get a high one!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2009 01:07:23 PM
LOL! What a happy accident... whether it was intentional or not. :) Perfect. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2009 11:44:45 PM
Nice save of this shot. The blurry text is a stroke of... something.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2009 07:39:53 PM
LOL this is great. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2009 02:39:24 PM
wonderful presentation
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2009 01:41:47 AM
Like the photo, layout, and message but the caption doesn't really de-motivate me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2009 04:30:47 PM
Very witty! Good match of photo and message!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2009 10:44:22 PM
Nice touch having the punch line out of focus as well. Hope you don't get too many complaints that the eyes aren't sharp!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2009 04:06:28 PM
Coming back to comment - I really like this (and have a few too many photos like this some days)! Great photo to go with the message and the out of focus words are a great way to add more interest to the idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2009 03:07:57 PM
The oof text is just perfect. I almost want to say that I wish his eyes were in focus but that's what brings it all together. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2009 12:02:36 PM
shorter depth of field would have worked better here
 05/13/2009 11:37:07 AM
This had me in stitches. Good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2009 10:37:50 AM
Good inside photography joke.
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 05/13/2009 06:38:27 AM
There is too much focus in this picture for this title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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