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Challenge: With the Philosophy of Ubique (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Goulborn, Australia
Date: Apr 4, 2015
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/320
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2015

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Statistics
Place: 18 out of 86
Avg (all users): 6.3253
Avg (commenters): 6.8125
Avg (participants): 6.3889
Avg (non-participants): 6.2069
Views since voting: 585
Views during voting: 182
Votes: 83
Comments: 18
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04/13/2015 05:52:26 PM
No votes under five ;)

Don summed it up better than me, if I was eloquent I would of writtten that.

Congrats on the bling, and good finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/12/2015 10:06:31 PM
Piercing.
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04/12/2015 05:01:57 PM
I.... LOVE it! It's like there was a moment. As if something about your focus jarred the boy out of his immediate circumstance into yours. That and I love storm pictures. Excellent!
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04/12/2015 04:43:39 PM
It's all in his look, which is formidable, in combination with a nice composition and string contrast. Feels like the start of a Stephen King novel.
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04/11/2015 10:15:53 PM
some photos look back at you. There's something to be said for this. It's like a car that has to turn once in a while or it will never get back home.

This look, back at us, eradicates other things the photo might be, like a study of textures. All of that is twisted into a backward look. The artistic experience is one of confrontation. The boy owns this photo as much as the viewer does.

It's a matter of degree. What can you do to moderate that powerful look? You make it small. You keep it in the center but you make it small, and you twist it away from the direction of everything else in the photo. Now the photo is active and alive and not some dead portrait of a stranger.


I'm hanging this in my fantasy gallery

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04/11/2015 08:33:24 PM
Protective stare; guarding his Mother who is guarding him from the rain. A riveting moment nicely captured.
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04/11/2015 01:12:58 PM
a paralyzing stare
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04/11/2015 09:56:14 AM
Definitely unimpressed. Even a bit menacing. At 7 years of age!
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04/10/2015 01:30:33 PM
The high contrast yet detail works well here. Priceless expression!
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04/10/2015 12:32:35 AM
Oh, now THERE'S a look. Very striking.
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04/09/2015 09:38:57 PM
beautiful over exposure
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04/09/2015 08:40:05 PM
the face rules, everything else falls into place.
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04/09/2015 06:44:56 AM
very genuine shot. A little put off by the overpoweringly bright background
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04/09/2015 03:51:29 AM
Hard to think of a photograph that revolves so much around a relatively small point; the eyes of the boy. Maybe J-J Beguin's Eye Contact. The boy's gaze is a skewer, piercing right through the viewer. It's a remarkable shot. Thank you.
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04/08/2015 12:40:24 PM
this is wonderful. The body language and expression are a total enigma and open to a lot of interpretation.
I love the way it is processed.. a great tribute to Ubique.
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04/08/2015 10:22:31 AM
I love the title, Paul would remember this wonderful movie.

Your boy has a look of wonder and innocence all mixed in one, in my top 5.

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04/08/2015 05:50:07 AM
Over-egged eyes aside, I love the intensity here. The wetness is palpable.
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04/06/2015 02:29:04 PM
I love this weird image!
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