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Challenge: Sadness (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D5000
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: placerville, ca
Date: Apr 16, 2011
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 2000
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Emotive, Children
Date Uploaded: Apr 16, 2011

 he only went to the store for 5 minutes....

i couldnt resist, i know im a terrible mother haha

ETA: JUST TO CLARIFY (haha)

his father ran to the store down the road literally for five minutes to get some things for dinner - my little man here had a hissy fit when he left as they had been watching a movie together. i tried to comfort him at first but he has just turned 2 and knows how to throw a wobbly, so I just had to giggle at him and snap a few pictures of the adorable pouty faces he was making.

i will admit i had this challenge in the back of my mind and tried to shoot a few more "artistic" type photos than what the majority were - which were snap-shoty types just for posterity. and although i did a B&W version i am a sucker for my sons big blue eyes :) so that is what won here.

thanks for all the kind comments! although not a PB by score (by a hair) this is by far my best placed imaged here at DPC yet!

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 104
Avg (all users): 5.7484
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4167
Avg (non-participants): 5.8455
Views since voting: 1059
Views during voting: 295
Votes: 159
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 04/27/2011 09:36:42 AM
Come on, this was the saddest picture of the lot. This deserved to have placed much higher than 15th. It is an awesome picture. I gave two pictures 8's in this challenge -- yours and the one that won the blue. There were a lot of staged sadness pictures, but this one captures the true emotion. Great job.
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 04/27/2011 12:59:57 AM
You're a terrible mother. LOL ;-)
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 04/27/2011 12:52:09 AM
This is adorable. I feel the sheer temporary nature of his tears.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/23/2011 10:47:19 AM
Well you certainly captured sadness - though I truly hope it was a spur of the moment seen & captured rather than a created 'forced' one taken for the sake of challenge. The reaction I get is the need to comfort this little crying boy. The photo strengths is that the child is showing genuine emotion - those are real tears welling up in the eyes and rolling down the cheeks. The picture has good focus and good lighting. My critique on the photo is that I think the presentation could be stronger if it was in B&W. The color version calls too much attention to the shirt and the off white tones of the wall - why that would be important is because the tones don't allow the main subject to visually "pop" off of the backdrop. A B&W with good dynamic tones in shadows and highlights will keep the attention focused on the main subject without color being a distraction. (not voting)
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 04/20/2011 08:46:29 PM
Poor little fella. Nice photo. Good luck.
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 04/20/2011 06:54:02 PM
Ahhhh
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