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"CUDDLE" me this hols for $10.99!
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Challenge: Holiday Catalog (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-W1
Location: At home
Date: Dec 10, 2005
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40 s
Galleries: Studio, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Dec 10, 2005

 A simple set-up using our only soft-toy, Tiggy, wearing my matching winter scarf and bonnet. Shot on tripod in natural light indoors (that is with half the shutters closed) to get a slightly under-exposed image. Cropped tighter. Photo-processing was mainly levels to get close to studio-like lighting. Then, it was back and forth between selective colour adjustments, luminosity and contrast to bring up the colours and lessen the grey tones. Used slight blur to soften a wee bit and did small bits of cloning.

This was a challenge for me as I’m not very comfortable with setting up shots (second attempt so far). Took about 60 shots with different light variations. Wanted to see if I could achieve or mimic clean lighting without any special lamps, bulbs, etc. If part of voting criteria was to have fun, well, I sure did but hope I’ll get some constructive critique too.

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Place: 85 out of 120
Avg (all users): 5.0489
Avg (commenters): 5.4286
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Views since voting: 740
Views during voting: 302
Votes: 184
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/18/2005 12:23:03 PM
I'd like this better if it stood out more from the background. Focus also seems a little soft.
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 12/16/2005 08:22:14 PM
Seems a touch overexposed even on my home LCD
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/15/2005 11:03:18 PM
Cute. Although it looks like you focused on the present with a shallow DOF, so the face is a little OOF. Either use a deeper DOF or focus in on the eyes, as is usually done with portraits.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/14/2005 01:15:03 PM
Cute idea but just a bit too close up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/14/2005 07:04:53 AM
very cute
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/13/2005 01:03:15 PM
Well, this was a good attempt, but the focus is a little out of whack and the background should be something other than white.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/12/2005 12:37:09 PM
I like the wrapped gift; that's a nice touch. But the whites are a bit overexposed, and you lost some detail because of it.
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 12/12/2005 12:54:36 AM
Merry X-mas from me 10
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