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Preparing for blastoff! ... but captain, its fooseball not your spaceship.
Preparing for blastoff! ... but captain, its fooseball not your spaceship.
gja2600


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Games (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-2100UZ
Location: Crescent, NY
Date: May 17, 2002
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/10
Date Uploaded: May 19, 2002

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Statistics
Place: 77 out of 94
Avg (all users): 4.6683
Avg (commenters): 5.3214
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Avg (non-participants): 4.5726
Views since voting: 992
Votes: 205
Comments: 30
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05/26/2002 11:23:00 PM
There's a little blur on the child's face, probably from his spasming. A faster shutter could've fixed that right up.
05/26/2002 11:17:00 PM
I LOVE this little guys expression. Absolutely precious. Would black and white have toned down the background any? Of course then, you would've lost the nice red/blue contrast in the front.
05/25/2002 10:44:00 AM
He's jsut so gosh darn cute but...less elements in background would be nicer.

Pluse..he seems a bit out of foucs. Maybe a tad faster shutter, big aperature but the light looks powerful enough.

His sweater colors match the foosball talbe well. Maybe him actually at the table handes with angles to cut a lot of background out to help focus attention on the child and the talbe more.

I like the elements and the huge potential this shot has.
05/24/2002 10:02:00 PM
The background seems a little cluttered and the boy is out of focus slightly.
05/24/2002 05:53:00 PM
Intense play and concentration is what this picture depicts to me. I wish you could have included the childs face in your DOF with the game. With a cleaner background and focus this would be a killer photo.
05/23/2002 02:11:00 PM
CUTE KID!!! A different backround would make the picture alot better though. Keep the kid in it to he's cute!!!
05/23/2002 10:03:00 AM
"The intensity is critical, Captain. Stand back he's going to explode!" I Love it, too bad the background is so distracting. The Pinewood Derby Cars on the computer monitor are a nice touch.
05/23/2002 08:31:00 AM
slightly out of focus... too much clutter in the background
05/22/2002 07:07:00 PM
wow- he's either excited or constipated.=)
05/22/2002 09:35:00 AM
That is soooo cute!
05/21/2002 08:43:00 PM
Thats a funny picture. Nice face expresion!!l LOL!!!!
05/21/2002 06:26:00 PM
"Blast it! I MEANT kickoff!"
05/21/2002 03:54:00 PM
Your focus tells me that the game is the subject but its all the way at the bottom of the frame and you have so much more going on here. I think a better shot would have had the kids focus as well so that we could clearly see his expression, which by the way is great. The rest of the background is very distracting.
05/21/2002 03:11:00 PM
If only you'd got the focus on the face instead of the hands. Such a great expression. I think a vertical format would have helped this picture as well. Especially one where you shot it that way originally and could have gotten more of the foosball table in the lower end of the picture. As it stands, however, even cropping it vertically would help minimize some of the distracting elelments around him and help focus attention on the subject.
05/21/2002 07:36:00 AM
His expression is priceless! Unfortunately, it's not in focus, the front of the picture is. The background is also a little too cluttered (albeit out of focus and therefore not sooo terrible), and I understand that these kind of candids will always have that.
05/20/2002 09:35:00 PM
Interesting expression. I'm not fond of the background though, it is too distracting (this may be out of your control) I would have at least turned the computer monitor off and gotten the paper out of the printer.
05/20/2002 06:51:00 PM
Great expression, to bad you wern't able to get better focus on the face.
05/20/2002 06:20:00 PM
What a wonderful face!
05/20/2002 04:31:00 PM
i see your using the cute factor in this shot
05/20/2002 01:53:00 PM
If those are pinewood derby cars on top of your computer monitor, I would have loved to seen something done with those! I was a pinewood derby regional champ when I was in cub scouts! The subject of this photo is cute indeed, but the overall appeal of a 'gaming' concept here is a little weak for me. There's not enough of the game in view to really grab my interest...
05/20/2002 11:23:00 AM
Wouldn't sound be a great option here. :) I wish his face wasn't quite so fuzzy, though it appears he's moving, so no easy task I'm sure. and if he was turned, so that a blank wall was the backdrop....hindsite, isn't it great? cute photo.
05/20/2002 11:01:00 AM
Priceless expression! Handsome youngman.
The background is far too busy, maybe a higher F stop would of helped here.
05/20/2002 09:24:00 AM
Love this expression!!
05/20/2002 08:37:00 AM
your kid looks like an ewok
05/20/2002 08:35:00 AM
Cute expression and great colors. It looks like the focus is more on his hands and the table than his face though. The monitor in the background and the thing sticking in from the left are unfortunate distractions. Maybe you could have tried cropping vertically?
05/20/2002 07:19:00 AM
Cute photo but the game is not the focal point the child is.
05/20/2002 06:36:00 AM
True games are created in a childs imagination, perfect choice!
05/20/2002 05:32:00 AM
HAHAHA looks like someones pissed!
05/20/2002 01:16:00 AM
Sometimes the cute factor doesn't work
05/20/2002 12:07:00 AM
That's my boy! I'm so proud of him.


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