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mandyturner


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Challenge: Time Capsule (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Kodak DX7590
Location: TN
Date: Aug 6, 2005
Aperture: f2.80
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Vintage, Children
Date Uploaded: Aug 6, 2005

My daughter Shelby. My grandmother has photos from this era and no one EVER smiled, so I tried to re-create this look.

Cropped
sepia tone
Added Grain to entire image
Adjustged Contrast

Hated to cut off the basket, but I didn't like the quilt she was standing on, and she wouldn't let me take anymore pictures!

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 298
Avg (all users): 5.5576
Avg (commenters): 7.3125
Avg (participants): 5.3109
Avg (non-participants): 5.7421
Views since voting: 1168
Views during voting: 409
Votes: 278
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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08/17/2005 07:05:08 PM
Mandyturner. Sorry to see where this ended up, it definitely deserved a much much higher ranking. Don't get discouraged, some of us appreciated the great job you did. Bravo!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/14/2005 10:25:04 PM
Love the grainy sepia filter. She looks very vintage. And of course, nobody smiled in portraits then. Good one.
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08/14/2005 07:07:01 PM
ding dong

very very very well done, has a very classic feel to it with the processing. good luck with this!
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08/13/2005 07:26:25 AM
Nice clean picture. You captured 1890's. Your attention to the details shows, The girl's dress, the basket, to the doll. Great Job
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08/13/2005 01:06:25 AM
6 - Good shot to depict the feel/era for the Challenge (in my opinion this shot in a time capsule would do that for future generations). Criticism; whilst you have obviously applied a few effects (sepia?, grain?), if you had taken them a little further and included perhaps softening too, it may have made this a better photograph in my opinion. I think her pose / expression is 'classic' and the dress and doll and basket? (which I would like to see more of) adds the required character to capture this era. She is getting a little 'lost' in front of the tree though, with her dark hair in my opinion. Good effort to capture 'childhood in this era', in my opinion.
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08/13/2005 12:14:19 AM
FInally! Someone who followed directions, used the year for the title and submitted a GOOD photo. You deserve a 10!
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08/11/2005 09:27:08 PM
This capture has it all. Good show!
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08/11/2005 02:36:34 PM
Too cute! Also too clean for 1890! :) I like the tones used in this.
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08/11/2005 01:32:30 PM
You aged this photo well. The grain and sepia tone are fitting. Every time I see pictures of people back in the early days, I have always wondered why they never smile and always seem to look glum. Good protrayal.
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08/11/2005 11:54:20 AM
to me the grain ruins a wonderful little girls beautiful cute face, why ruin her. Just my thoughts.
08/10/2005 05:57:31 PM
The one thing that keeps this from looking authentic is the girl's dress - the pattern seems much fancier than dresses would have been at the time. Otherwise, nice shot. I like the sepia.
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08/10/2005 04:35:58 PM
This is great!! Even remembered to have her scowl at the camera like people did back then. Sticking my nose on my monitor I notice an almost grainy texture to the image also.
Hopefully this will make it to the top three. Good luck and nice job! 9
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08/10/2005 12:21:48 PM
Very nice.
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08/10/2005 11:00:03 AM
nice choice of sepia toning and contrast to make this pretty pouting model look like a scene from the 1800s
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08/10/2005 03:17:09 AM
I had a doll dressed like this in 1960 ;) and oh my goodness I carried a basket in one photo with the favorite doll as well...lovely and serene image, grain fits perfectly..
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08/10/2005 01:08:48 AM
Great shot Mandy! ;)
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08/10/2005 12:50:48 AM
I like this very much...her stare is perfect and the doll is a nice touch. And just a little photo history tidbit...the grain wasn't necessary to portray the era...as a collector of 19th century photography, you might be surprised to learn that many of the images from then were virtually grainless...still a fine entry.
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08/10/2005 12:47:36 AM
Great idea! I love the grain and the old style coloring. They never smiled back then. 9
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