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Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Home, Washington, USA
Date: Aug 14, 2009
Aperture: 4.00
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Family, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Jan 21, 2010

 I'm not too good about taking family pictures, so I'm glad I got this picture of my dad this past August, before he passed away in January. Taken from "around the corner" in a large wall mirror as he stood in the kitchen.

Not necessarily a "great picture" but the one I'm happiest to have taken.

-Handheld, manual mode
-RGB Curve
-Resize
-Can't remember if I did any sharpening ...
-SaveAs JPEG

Statistics
Place: 427 out of 445
Avg (all users): 4.6200
Avg (commenters): 4.7222
Avg (participants): 4.6263
Avg (non-participants): 4.5962
Views since voting: 910
Views during voting: 374
Votes: 250
Comments: 22
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 01/30/2010 02:31:31 PM
I didn't participate in this challenge nor did I vote. However, when I came upon this photo I was drawn in. It's not technically perfect but there is so much emotion and feeling in it that It doesn't matter. In a matter of a second this photo (at least for me) tells a story of a lifetime. This photo shows the human side of photography. It also says a lot to me that you chose this photo for your best of 2009, It tells me that he meant a lot to you and he will be missed....
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 01/29/2010 11:43:37 PM
Sorry about your loss. I like the glimpse into the moment, and special memory you've captured.
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 01/29/2010 05:34:20 PM
Sometimes the moment is more important than the quality of the picture. Think this is one of those moments. Reminds me of my own dad.
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 01/29/2010 09:31:14 AM
I was pleased to see you entered this one, Paul. Lovely tribute.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2010 07:22:49 PM
For all the background clutter, none of it does much to tell us the story about him or what he's doing. Feels kind of voyeuristic too.
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 01/28/2010 01:00:16 PM
Somebody's sleepy, maybe. These moments are nice to capture.
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 01/28/2010 12:58:20 AM
I'd love to see this in B&W.
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 01/27/2010 09:44:01 PM
Nice lighting & DOF.....6
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 01/27/2010 07:35:07 PM
very nice capture
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 01/27/2010 08:35:57 AM
Nice candid portrait study.
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 01/27/2010 03:26:47 AM
the focus is good but had you lit his face it might have looked a bit better
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 01/25/2010 01:40:00 PM
to me your focus seems to be a little soft it is a nice candid shot
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 01/25/2010 11:27:17 AM
seems to have a little motion blur here.
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 01/25/2010 08:29:09 AM
quite blurry and not a good composition with his head in the middle...
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 01/24/2010 08:42:02 PM
Has a very serene feel to it.
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 01/23/2010 02:58:34 PM
Nice candid shot and maybe needs to be sharp on face - looks like movement. I understand the effect that one wants with the o.o.f. objects in the fore but this is a bit to much. Subject also very centrally placed
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 01/23/2010 10:48:01 AM
Photo is a bit dark for my tastes, subject seems too centered. But a good candid moment you caught.
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 01/23/2010 01:39:26 AM
A touch off some how to my eye.
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 01/22/2010 05:33:03 PM
A nice picture of a man in his own element, but the background does distract and the centered composition also does not work for me. Furthermore, the post running behind his head also distracts things
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 01/22/2010 05:29:31 PM
He's thinking "Youth is wasted on the young." Touching capture.
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 01/22/2010 09:57:00 AM
This had a potential of being a great environmental portrait, unfortunately the DOF and the composition isn't doing anything for the shot imo. 3
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 01/22/2010 09:56:19 AM
The subject is too centered. Wish I could relate the person more to the surroundings. 5
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