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George In The Box
George In The Box
JustCaree


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Challenge: Kids With Toys (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Brentwood, TN
Date: Dec 24, 2010
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Dec 25, 2010

 Taken with Canon 50mm F1.8
Removed Noise
Cropped
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Unsharpen mask
Topaz Adjust (color)
Resized
Unsharpened Mask

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Place: 30 out of 51
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Votes: 151
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 01/06/2011 11:59:26 AM
Critique Club Comment:

This is a very sweet candid that works wonderfully as a casual snapshot, but which suffers somewhat from some focus issues. As has been mentioned in the other comments, the focus appears to be forward of the subject, with the leading edge of the jack-in-the-box (and perhaps the very front of the child's hair) being in focus, but with the child's face being a little soft. The level of noise reduction used also contributes to the soft, somewhat smeary look of the photo.

Compositionally this is pretty good, but could have been improved by moving slightly left and perhaps getting even a little lower so as to bring the subject more onto the plane of the camera (and to avoid the red foot near the top-left of the child's head intruding on the scene).

The warm colors work well for the shot, and this is a case where color correction would likely have detracted from the image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/30/2010 11:42:11 PM
This has a really warm feel to it - and seems timeless.
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 12/29/2010 02:12:43 PM
nice scene, i wish the childs head was more in focus
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 12/28/2010 08:15:28 AM
ROFL @ your title! I've always found jackgeorge in the boxes to be such creepy toys for kids. Kind of like "oh, lets see how much this scares the little one". LOL! Love her outfit!
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 12/28/2010 01:22:22 AM
HAHA!! George...straight from the land of misfits I see.
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 12/27/2010 04:58:19 PM
The leading edge of the Jack in the box appears to be in focus, but the sharpness of the child is on the soft side.
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