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Relaxing In The Snow
Relaxing In The Snow
EssAreDubya


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Challenge: Pet Portrait III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Scarsdale, NY
Date: Feb 23, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 23, 2008

Taking advantage of a recent snowfall. Our dog Jazz posing in the snow for the shooting. Use direct flash with Gary Fong's Lightsphere.
Slight left crop. Adjusted levels, brightness, contrast and applied a mild warming filter. Adjusted shadows and highlights. Saved as jpg. Resized. USM twice. Second time faded to about 10%. Saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 93 out of 261
Avg (all users): 5.8818
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.7358
Avg (non-participants): 6.0412
Views since voting: 953
Views during voting: 337
Votes: 203
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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03/07/2008 09:58:27 PM
From the Critique Club:

Wonderful photo. I imagine it would have scored higher if it had not been amongst dozens of other dog photos. Hard to stand out in this challenge.

Composition: Excellent. The very first place my eyes went were to your dog's eyes and I was able to take in the entire image and emotion of the photo immediately.

Processing: I appreciate that you did not over sharpen. His/her face is very nicely sharpened while the rest of the body fades into softer focus. Nothing is competing for attention. Color and levels are very good.

Distractions: I would have to say that the harshness of the background (or lack thereof) detracts a bit. Ideally you could have a had a softer background to work with.

This is a good portrait of your dog. However, I think that in order to score up in the mid-6's or higher you would really have to move to a more creative pose; something other than a centered pose. But I think you accomplished what you set out to do. Congratulations.

alexzen
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/02/2008 11:39:08 PM
Another excellent pet image.....
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03/02/2008 10:48:31 PM
What a charming pet! And well photographed. 9
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03/02/2008 06:10:43 PM
Impressive. I'd have guessed a studio shot until I read the title. This image has great "pop" and interest right from the get-go. 8
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03/02/2008 09:37:05 AM
Very pretty
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03/02/2008 05:22:11 AM
Very sweet expression in the eyes, nice pose.
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02/27/2008 10:23:28 PM
Pretty collie, love the pose and eyes.
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02/27/2008 05:19:17 PM
Perhaps try cropping a little bit off the bottom
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02/27/2008 08:30:25 AM
Cute pose. The oranges look a little oversaturated on my screen and I'd like to move that collar/tag thingy that's hanging below his.her chin.
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02/25/2008 10:53:40 PM
Classic
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02/25/2008 08:13:58 AM
nice shot but the editing is to harsh there are way to many jagged edges i think you would have had a better photo if you didn't try to take out the background and just cropped the image closer. nice try all the same
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