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Bad Santa
beautyqn25


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Triptych (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Indoors studio shot
Date: Nov 10, 2005
Galleries: Digital Art, Diptych / Triptych
Date Uploaded: Nov 11, 2005

 I shot this in my studio with two strobes and a hairlight to the side of him. He was not cooperating hence the title, but I ended up loving the pictures anyway. Especially the middle one.

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Place: 51 out of 234
Avg (all users): 6.0611
Avg (commenters): 7.6842
Avg (participants): 5.8889
Avg (non-participants): 6.2206
Views since voting: 1748
Views during voting: 587
Votes: 262
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 11/25/2005 09:34:21 AM
** Critique Club **

Nicely done as far as selective desaturation goes. I like the way the background goes from light grey in the first to black in the last(right side). If people don't have their monitors calibrated right your gonna lose some points from them not being able to see the difference. I think its subtle enough like that to not include boarders which is always my preference anyway.

There is something about either the brightness or the contrast from the boys body that throws the photo out of balance and I quite can't put my finger on what it is (altho it could be this monitor). It's almost like its throwing the focus off a tad but again that could be because of the resize or this monitor.

The facial expressions fit the photo well and I can't help but think of how well this fits for christmas time. Well done and I look forward to seeing more of your work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/19/2005 06:37:54 PM
not sure if it's intentional, but the panels black points are different for each section.
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 11/18/2005 07:55:49 PM
Nice! One of the best in the contest! 10
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 11/17/2005 04:47:55 PM
more like naughty santa to me :)
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 11/17/2005 10:31:27 AM
good capture and the selective desat works here
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 11/15/2005 08:22:32 PM
aw! i love it! good idea and well done! 7
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 11/15/2005 06:44:52 PM
I smiled when this popped up. That always gets a good scoring ;)
Great expressions, what a sweet kid!
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 11/15/2005 03:56:08 PM
OMG -- I am loving this!!! Great expressions, and a selective desaturation that truly adds to the shot, I think. I do hope that at least one of these (if not all) are your family Christmas pics this year (if it is your kid. if not, better not use it -- hahaha).

Great work. 10
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 11/15/2005 01:45:04 PM
This is so festive and entertaining. Sneaky Santa. I'm glad you were brave and went frameless, this is not suited to a frame. I hope this ends up being youre xmas card!!
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 11/15/2005 12:38:10 PM
very cute. I think this fits with triptych well. Image quality excellent. Selective desat works. 9
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 11/15/2005 12:23:27 PM
Ha, love it. The center panel is priceless. 9 If I have a beef, there is slightly too much reflection on his torso. You might have been able to lower that by using a different channel mixer ratio.
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 11/15/2005 08:32:08 AM
Would have liked to be able to see the division between panels better. 7
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 11/15/2005 03:20:15 AM
Wonderful photos, the playful feeling draws me right in.
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 11/14/2005 06:54:24 PM
cute...
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 11/14/2005 06:17:19 PM
Nice. Would have been better if the background was a consistent color black then you could have separated the photos with another color border
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 11/14/2005 04:36:34 PM
Great Xmas Card picture for the Grandparents!
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 11/14/2005 03:42:20 AM
Cuh Yute! :) Nice job.
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 11/14/2005 02:26:12 AM
Oh, the expressions! Priceless. The selective desat is good here -- doesn't have that "gimmicky" feel that it sometimes can have.
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 11/14/2005 01:08:36 AM
cute! i like it
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 11/14/2005 12:12:04 AM
ADORABLE. I love the single sat of red! This is excellent. What a cutie. Love the center shot. ROFL
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