Alfred E. Neuman is the "FLASH"
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Comment by saintaugust:
LOL

Alfred E. Neuman is the "FLASH"
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Comment by photographist:
Cute execution...

Alfred E. Neuman is the "FLASH"
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Comment by Gatorguy:
Really cool effect. This is the only "toy" to make it to a high score for me. I'll be interested to see how you did this when the challenge is over. 9

Alfred E. Neuman is the "FLASH"
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Comment by TLL061:
what a great shot

Alfred E. Neuman is the "FLASH"
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Comment by daveit:
cute shot

Alfred E. Neuman is the "FLASH"
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Comment by PhilipDyer:
This is a really fun and well done shot. You might want to clone out the wires and that white spot in the bottom right corner, but other than that, this is an excellent photo for this challenge. Nice job.

Alfred E. Neuman is the "FLASH"
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Comment by mrorange002:
FYI - Harry Lampert, the illustrator who created the DC Comics superhero "The Flash" died on Saturday 11/13/04. He was 88.

Alfred E. Neuman is the "FLASH"
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Comment by Artyste:
Hahaahahahahahaah..
Love it. Alfred E. Neuman is the best.

January
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Comment by Artan:
This shot encapsulates january for me. The composition is strong, with the eyes being drawn to the centre. The colours chosen here support the composition, and the shallow depth of field assists in drawing the eye from the back to the front. - I like this.

January
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Comment by e301:
To me, this seems like the photographic equivalent of a sketched idea for a shot - 'how about we set this thing up, you know, gloved hands, bowl of soup' kind of thing. Your execution leaves an awful lot to be desired, I'm afriad. The questions it throws up for me: the colour structure of it - black gloves, muted purple fleece, red cup? Was there no more coherent structure you could have found? The lighting - simple on-board flash is soblunt, so head-on, leaves those strong and ugly shadows, and doesn't have the angle or the softness to add grace to the scene. The composition and the set-up: was it really better to have gloved hands anyway? Was a completely symmetrical composition so very effective - would it perhaps not have been more effective to show more of the person? Did the contents of the bowl have to be quite so ugly-looking - and certainly not warming in appearnace? wouldn't captureing the steam coming off that bowl have given a greater sensation of coldness in the air than is implied simply by gloved hands?

I appreciate that this is a 'real' scene - but photography of the 'real' is not necessarily a matter of simply finding a moment that is so blatantly representative and shooting it any old how.