Peterson Holiday Card
by freakin_hilarious

Comment by suemack:
What a gorgeous smile! I bet everyone loved getting these!

Just Me
by freakin_hilarious

Comment by krnodil:
There's defiance here, in several forms - medium, presentation, title. Kudos.

Just Me
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Comment by MAK:
"MAK isn't sure about this one for a masters' free study. Apparently he thinks it might have been inappropriate for me to enter this shot in this challenge (because it's so bad)? Is that a kind of DNMC in a free study? "

inappropriate? did I say that? I don't think so.

besides.... 92 people agreed with me, 192 people thought it was worse than I did, & 46 thought it deserved better than I.

Brave to enter? yes, I would not of entered a shot from a pin-hole to a masters FS, but that's me.

DNMC? Never use the term, anything can be shoe-horned in.

good photo? - personally I don't think so, sorry, subject is not that interesting, lighting is not too bad, it is off focus (go figure, I should of guessed it was a pin-hole, silly me), lacks contrast too.

Even if I managed to work out it was someone being adventurous to enter with a shot from a home-made pin-hole I doubt I would of scored it any different, sorry if you got offended.

Just Me
by freakin_hilarious

Comment by Melethia:
I'm in awe that you can hold still long enough for a pinhole self-portrait! Good on you for entering it. Darn fine pinhole - is it a homemade one or a storebought one?

The Final Course
by freakin_hilarious

Comment by De Sousa:
Congrats on the Red. Great DOF and Focus.

The Final Course
by freakin_hilarious

Comment by Structor:
Congrats, great shot!

Caged
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Comment by nlghttrain:
What am i looking at i wonder. I dont have a central point of focus, there are glowing speck making my eye jump around on this image, there are textures I can barely see. I think I need something to be in focus on this, or if not infocus to visually guide my eyes somewhere

Just Me
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Comment by one2one:
How dare you! j/k

MAK and ES are simply wrong in saying what they have. Naughty naughty fellas.

Nathan, did you think about incorporating the fact it was a pinhole image in the title or by other means? I'm sure it would have radically changed your score. I understand the fact you didn't though, but on the other hand, this is DPC. Or maybe you thought only master voters would vote in this one. ;] Nonetheless a great shot but I'm saying that based upon knowing the facts about how this was taken, not the final result. Last pinhole shot I analyzed was maybe 35 years ago when I last tried it. eheh

Just Me
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Comment by Ecce_Signum:
Nathan, way to go my good man! Sadly I do think you should have submitted something different, your profile image would have scored much better imho. Or, a different edit (landscape or even a square crop would have worked better) and of course, black and white.

Just Me
by freakin_hilarious

Comment by jdannels:
You are still a Master. :)
Keep entering whatever you want.