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The Power of a Mother's Touch
The Power of a Mother's Touch
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Negative Image III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K100D Super
Lens: Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
Location: My couch
Date: Sep 26, 2010
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Family, Children
Date Uploaded: Sep 27, 2010

This was from a mini-shoot with my wife and my newborn daughter wearing their matching "mommy-daughter" bracelets. The shadows turned to white when inverted and made it look pretty spiritual.

Simple processing - inverted the image, used a black and white layer and levels layer, unsharp mask, noise reduction then added a border.

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10/11/2010 01:28:09 PM
Greetings From the Critique Club

First Impressions:
I didn't know how to express my first impression of this shot until I read your notes and the word "spiritual" would seem to sum up my first impression

Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus):
good fill the frame composition; someone mentioned in their comments that it seemed oof - and truthfully it does - but that only adds to this image. Very good job with the boarder btw.

Challenge:
definately a negative image

Artistic/Emotion:
A fine piece of artistice work - one which really pulls on the heartstrings and so is also a very emotional piece.

Summary:
Really the only complaint I have about this image is the title as the title and the image seems to backwards to me....in my mind it's the baby who's touching the moms hand. But that's just my little nit-picking. Overall this is a very powerful image with lots of feeling behind it. I have enjoyed it very much.

edited to add my thoughts on the boarder

Message edited by author 2010-10-11 13:48:26.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2010 10:30:43 AM
I like the glowing effect you got from the inverted shadows. Overall, looks a bit OOF.
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09/29/2010 09:29:17 PM
Sweet image but the slow shutter speed has made this a little too fuzzy to be easy on the eye
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