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Blue Park Blues
Blue Park Blues
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Challenge: Once in a Blue Moon (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: HP PhotoSmart 320
Location: Frances Park, Lansing, MI
Date: Aug 1, 2004
Galleries: Emotive, Candid
Date Uploaded: Aug 1, 2004

 My daughter at a local park. This is my first shot at doing advanced editing. Thanks for the mistake ;-) Probably overdid it, but I enjoyed the chance. I like the shot. I had tried getting my daughter to pose on the slides and stuff, then caught this one by chance after we were done. I think candids are better than poses most often. I think the selective desat actually works here. It brings attention to the child and the park toys, and I think the audience is thinking why isn't she playing? No other kids? Time out? Bored? hmmm.

thanks for checking out my pic. :-)

Statistics
Place: 106 out of 282
Avg (all users): 5.1967
Avg (commenters): 5.9444
Avg (participants): 4.9279
Avg (non-participants): 5.4297
Views since voting: 1305
Views during voting: 346
Votes: 239
Comments: 20
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 09/01/2005 07:38:40 PM
Great shot! The blue makes it "pop" IMHO.
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 09/04/2004 01:30:09 AM
Very cool photograph. The brilliant blue in here captured me and sent my senses soaring. I really like this.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/08/2004 07:55:18 PM
blue sky behind the trees takes away from the drama of the rest of the playground blue. Nice perspective though.
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 08/08/2004 06:28:01 PM
I like the idea, but I'm not crazy about the blue present in the trees....I like a photo that features deselected colors.....yet, the color found in the sky behind the trees is very destracting
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 08/08/2004 02:35:23 PM
needs more work in the trees, i like it, but it's not finished.
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 08/08/2004 06:27:01 AM
The play equipment worked well but I think the blue on the dress and the trees could have been done a bit better. Nice try though. a 4 from me this time
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 08/08/2004 03:32:43 AM
Very sweet. I like the model and the whole photo. 9
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 08/07/2004 11:26:11 PM
i love this shot but not the blue behind the trees great shat
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 08/07/2004 01:05:41 PM
Very well executed 9
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 08/06/2004 02:14:49 PM
Fun selective desaturation. I like how the blue is both in the girls dress and in the play structure - as if she is being invited to play, loose the blues. The blue on the play structure seems hyper saturated, perhaps something a little more realistic would be better? It is too bad this was a basic editing challenge - you can get rid of the blue in the trees...
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 08/05/2004 09:36:00 PM
I think the blue of the playground equipment could be toned down just a notch, it appears a little too bright
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 08/05/2004 04:20:37 PM
Hmmmmm... ok, but the trees are blue too! Im not sure I like that
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 08/03/2004 08:51:57 PM
Ow! The blue is so bright it's blinding! No, it's okay, but it is really bright. Vivid and clean though. Nice.
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 08/03/2004 01:47:39 PM
Nice. one thing dont color the trees everthing else looks good
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 08/03/2004 09:33:39 AM
The blue is too harsh but maybe that was your goal.
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 08/03/2004 06:26:11 AM
There is a purple / blue hue in the trees that takes a lot away from the photo. As it was advanced editing you could have cloned it out.
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 08/03/2004 12:15:23 AM
I really like the little girl sitting on the bench; I think the selective desaturation would've been much more effective had the blues of her dress been the only ones left intact. Of course, it would've had to be done manually, but I think the effect would've been much better. As it is, the playground seems to draw the viewer's eye much more than the girl, and she is the more deserving subject. Maybe try airbrushing the rest out in Colour mode with some black or white, just to see. At any rate, the photo itself is nicely composed.
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 08/02/2004 09:08:34 PM
Terrific capture. Only thing I would say to try differently (maybe, maybe not) is tone down the blue in the gym just a bit and see what it looks like that way. Great work though either way!
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 08/02/2004 05:58:51 PM
Some desaturation issues here: Try lowering the saturation on all the channels except blue, instead of trying to select areas. You missed a bunch of sky behind the trees.
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 08/02/2004 03:29:12 AM
Looks a little bit too saturated. And there is some blue on the trees that think couldn't have been removed. Composition is great. Focus is good. 6.
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