Not So Scary Monster
by smellyfish1002

Comment by heida:
Congratulations on winning a blue one with a child picture! I guess Jonah melted everybodys heart ;) Beautiful picture! Well deserved ribbon :)

Not So Scary Monster
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Comment by vadvirag:
Wonderful shot, and congrats on the win, too! :-))

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Comment by sainaz:
great job, finally the first blue ribbon, congradulations!

Not So Scary Monster
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Comment by TooCool:
Great shot & your first blue too!!! Good deal!
TC

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Comment by kiwiness:
Woohoo JD you got it. This one was long overdue, congrats.

Not So Scary Monster
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Comment by smellyfish1002:
Thank you everyone for the great comments! Although I had Jonah sit where I could use by Alien Bee 800 with a brolley box, it is still somewhat a candid because he never cooperates and I don't pose him. He sat there for a minute or so and did what he did, and I was lucky enough to get a wonderful shot with just one photo!
This is pretty much straight out of the camera, converted to grayscale using the channel mixer in Photoshop. The only other editing was a light pass with the dodge tool for the eye highlights. I never thought I'd see the day that a child photo would win a challenge here, let alone one of mine! Thank you all for your votes and comments!
JD Anderson

Message edited by author 2003-11-08 02:14:27.

Not So Scary Monster
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Comment by LucidLotus:
This is a beautiful shot. I especially like the lighting and expression on his face. He has an aura of being worldly.. old eyes.

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Comment by HRoxas:
I didn't vote but it would've been a 10 if I did.

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Comment by dsidwell:
Magical tones here. Just priceless. The skin is almost transluscent. It certainly deserves this ribbon!

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Comment by Firstrich1:
Wonderful job! I still find it hard how people can find enough wrong to give a photo like this a one!?!?!...no more rant...Congrats!