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Challenge: Animal/People Interaction (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges 2009
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3
Date: Nov 1, 2009
Date Uploaded: Nov 1, 2009

 Poor goat probably has to smile a lot for odd folks with cameras they stick through the little fence there...

I'll leave it to you to determine if this fits the challenge. I think it does, but that's just me.

Sub-5, I'm betting. timfythetoo will easily advance in the next round of the MS tournament.
Not in the same ballpark as Steve's work, but it was Steve I immediately thought of as I rode past these guys, and decided I had to stop and shoot a few in his honor.

[Nov. 6th, 2009 09:37:42 AM]

And not only will Tim easily advance to the next round, he'll probably beat me by three full points or so, which is pretty amazing on a 10 point scale where only half the scale is really used, huh?

[Nov. 7th, 2009 03:36:23 PM]

I still think it is kinda cute. I have another shot I prefer but I'm not as apparent in it, and I needed to be in it to meet the challenge, in my mind. Yes, in my mind I met the challenge. Really. I'm interacting with the goat, you see?

Dang. There I go explaining myself again. If you have to explain the shot, it ain't gonna fly. I shall write that 300 times in ink, with a pigeon feather, on handmade parchment (which I will have to make), before I enter the next challenge, OK? Well, not the next challenge - I have one more to go for the golf tournament thingie, but for any challenge I should be foolish enough to enter after that. OK? Good.

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 67
Avg (all users): 4.7920
Avg (commenters): 6.2857
Avg (participants): 4.4857
Avg (non-participants): 4.8419
Views since voting: 1106
Views during voting: 422
Votes: 250
Comments: 23
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 11/20/2009 08:54:32 AM
I thought this was one of the more interesting interpretations on the challenge theme. The interaction of course is subtle and the "smile" anthropomorphic, but the light on the goat, the many lines, and the great tones really make this photo stand out.
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 11/19/2009 04:50:27 AM
Brilliant! : )
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 11/11/2009 08:38:00 AM
Deb, it's difficult to believe a cute kid and her kitten could score higher than this. I'm thinking of switching to pigeons...
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 11/11/2009 01:08:37 AM
But it is funny! Really we need an entire point and shoot goat challenge.
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 11/11/2009 01:06:14 AM
I don't think it needed explaining, Deb. Your commenters mostly loved it, so just suggest to Langdon that commenters' scores should count twice as much as ordinary ones ... hmmmm ... that's actually an interesting idea, though it mught cause a slew of "." comments LOL!
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 11/11/2009 12:26:43 AM
Yep you got hammered in the below 5 department! Bad luck, nice try, move on?
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 11/11/2009 12:19:50 AM
Oh! you got killed. I gave it a 7. :D
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 11/11/2009 12:08:22 AM
Sorry for doing this Deb, but that comment made me laugh. Sorry this didn't do better.

Originally posted by wkdesigns:
The human interaction is...where? Besides the photographer.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/10/2009 09:58:42 PM
I like how you can tell it's a point and shoot from the shadow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2009 04:49:20 PM
The shadow is clever, although possibly a bit to subtle for this forum!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2009 01:02:02 PM
I elected to use a rating table to decide on what value to assign during voting.
Here̢۪s the table:
1 No Animal/People Interaction
2 Slightly Appealing, but no Animal/People Interaction
3 Moderately Appealing, but on Animal/People Interaction
4 Greatly Appealing, but no Animal/People interaction
5 Not Appealing, but possessing Animal/People Interaction
6 Slightly Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
7 Moderately Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
8 Greatly Appealing and possessing Animal People Interaction
9 Better than #8, and caused an audible sigh
10 Better than #9, and would likely declare it a favorite
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 11/10/2009 10:33:18 AM
Excellent!! 10
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 11/09/2009 09:24:33 AM
Thank you for the honor, I wish I'd thought of this. The clever interaction of shadow with reality with photographer (the viewer), is probably subtle enough to keep your combined score below 5.0. Congratulations!
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 11/08/2009 02:16:30 PM
The black and white is so perfect for this, and all the interplay of the shadows is delightful. Plus I love your concept, the goat's smile, everything. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2009 09:07:51 AM
I see your shadow ;-) Fun take on interaction.
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 11/05/2009 11:14:00 PM
Its a little dull, dark and has too much in the background. I would have just cropped it at the goat and focused in on that beautiful smile.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/04/2009 08:38:49 PM
The power of persuasion... Deb haz it ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/04/2009 03:57:45 PM
The human interaction is...where? Besides the photographer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/04/2009 12:50:22 PM
nice use of shadows, and i like the composition very much. great shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/04/2009 11:00:34 AM
Good use of light to cast photographer's shadow with P&S to stick to challenge theme. Goat has a funny grin too. B&W PP not bad. Too much dead space in the rest of the shot imo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/04/2009 08:46:53 AM
Nice B+W and good placement in the frame, the shadow of the photographer adds interest for me.
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 11/04/2009 01:44:39 AM
I love the smile on the goat's face.
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 11/04/2009 12:12:12 AM
Now that's subtle, and I like it--the interaction is obviously with the photographer, as implied by the shadow. But the shadow doesn't overpower the rest of the shot, I like all the reflected fencing so nicely perpendicular with the backbround fence.
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