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Challenge: Clichés (Classic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Indoors
Date: Jan 28, 2003
Aperture: 3
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/8 s
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2003

My chihuahua Kira (She appeared earlier in the Black and White challenge).

This photo was made in macro-mode to achieve a shalow DOF and I focused on the nose.
I wanted a lot of contrast in this photo to emphasize the nose amd eyes.

I adjusted the brightness/contrast with the curves-tool in Photoshop.

Statistics
Place: 229 out of 246
Avg (all users): 4.0406
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.0738
Avg (non-participants): 3.9867
Views since voting: 1087
Votes: 197
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
02/14/2003 02:30:25 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

This is one of the most unique images I've seen on DPC

Composition - A little ankle biter dog holding something in its mouth. I don't know what the something is, but it doesn't really matter. I can kind of see where you are going with this image, and I think you were on the right track (if I'm thinking a little like you). I picture in my head a little dog's face and the rest of him fades into the light. Firstly, we need to see the whole dog's face for this to be effective. I like the background blown right out, it makes it uniform, but the face particularly around the muzzle being blown out is a pretty costly thing, scorewise. The trick is to keep that colored I think. This image has definite potential, but when working with animals or kids, you get limited to how well they want to sit still and pose and generally it isn't very long.

Technical - I'm a little befuddled by the lack of clarity in this pic. There are a few reasons why, at least in my speculation. The shutter speed is just too slow for this shot. The dog isn't dead so the potential for movement is still there. If the shot wasn't taken on a tripod, it could be camera shake. It could be a processing thing. The metering mode might not be on spot metering if it was autofocused. Maybe its just too close. I don't know exactly why, but I think these are the possibilities, in the order I think they are probable. The lack of focus is also a major major problem with this pic. The processing is very odd, as it is with anything using the curves tool in PS. I personally don't find it to be one of my top 50 useful tools in PS, but occasionally it is fun to play with a little. I think if you could've used it minimally as opposed to all out like this pic, it might have helped a little.

Overall - I think this has serious potential to be a really cool shot. The cutting off of the left eye, the washing out of the area around the mouth and the lack of focus are the major reasons. The image is very bright, as it was intended to be and could remain just as bright and be very effective if the other 3 things were fixed. Good luck in future challenges - Inspzil
02/10/2003 02:14:24 PM
I'm glad at least a view liked it :) Thanks for that, I really appreciate it and it motivates me to keep on submitting photos.

Ofcourse you either like photos like this or not, but I think all the 1s, 2s and 3s tell more about the people who gave those votes then about the photo.

As for the cut-off eye, I did try it with the whole eye visible, but I found that it looked better this way.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/09/2003 07:52:31 PM
this is a cute image ... i wish it wasnt so blown out though ... and the eye wasnt cut off
02/09/2003 01:15:48 PM
Love the way you have blown this out, and the eyes are great.
02/08/2003 10:21:45 PM
What a little cutie.
02/05/2003 05:16:58 PM
You should have included more of the right eye in the picture.
02/05/2003 01:48:13 PM
Interesting high key photo that helps to bring out the eyes and nose. I just wish the left eye wasn't cut off.
02/04/2003 08:44:03 PM
a little too bright for my liking. i like the cropping, although, i probably would have not cropped the right side as much. cute pup!
02/04/2003 07:24:59 PM
good job
02/04/2003 01:26:59 PM
a touch overexposed
02/04/2003 12:11:16 PM
Neato. I love high key shots; very effectively used here. Jacko. 9
02/04/2003 12:24:57 AM
What a cute puppy. But I can't tell a lot about the photo because it is so washed out. I feel this was intentional on your part, but can't understand why. It looks like a chachuahua with something in it's mouth. That's about all I can tell, other than it looks like it's a cute as a button. Wish I could see a good photo of the dog.
02/03/2003 02:40:27 PM
i really dont like little dogs they bite my ankles.
02/03/2003 02:09:26 PM
Composition: It would have been nice to get both eyes on, but otherwise good.
Technical: Nice focus and interesting use of contrast. Really like the use of a white border too.
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: Really lovely pic. 7
02/03/2003 01:47:10 PM
Good creativity, but the image is kind of light.
02/03/2003 09:07:53 AM
Taco Bell! ;)


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