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Here's looking at you Kid
Here's looking at you Kid
KristinaG


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Challenge: Shallow DOF V (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Location: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
Date: Jul 19, 2010
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2010

I am not expecting this photo to have mass appeal, and therefore am not expecting this to do spectacularly.
I do think it should at least break 5 though. Hopefully.

I just returned from a month long vacation in Costa Rica. This picture was taken of a crab on one of the beaches. At the time I had no idea that this challenge had come up, but it happened to fit and was taken in the time of the challenge.
I am mainly submitting just to get in the swing of submitting photos again.

Statistics
Place: 141 out of 231
Avg (all users): 5.3254
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.3483
Avg (non-participants): 5.2703
Views since voting: 680
Views during voting: 241
Votes: 126
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/31/2010 05:36:05 PM
sweet
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07/31/2010 01:13:28 AM
Missed this the first time through. Love it. He even seems a little cross-eye!
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07/28/2010 03:41:22 PM
not sure what is supposed to be and what is not supposed to be in focus here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/26/2010 06:08:55 PM
Cool photo! Good amount of detail at the sand level (which happens to get his eyes as well. It does have a little feeling of artificially added blur, especially along the top of the hole in the upper left.
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07/26/2010 09:30:31 AM
Seems like the blur has been done in post-processing, not by using a shallow DOF. I wouldn´t mind that much, but it gets a bit distracting that the sand gets sharper on the edges. But I like the little fellow, especially those crazy eyes.

Added comment: realizing that this is really the effect of a DOF and not post-processing this becomes quite an interesting picture, because it plays tricks with your mind. My criteria in rating this challenge is whether the DOF actually adds something to the picture, rather than just being a side effect. Since in your shot it does make a very unique shot, with an extreme focus on the eyes he is sticking out of the hole, I upped the score. But it is a shot you have to look at a bit longer than most of the others to realize what´s going on.
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