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Education begins early
Education begins early
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Challenge: Education (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D50
Location: home
Date: Mar 12, 2006
Aperture: f3.3
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Family, Snapshot
Date Uploaded: Mar 14, 2006

My daughter may be only 18 months, but she loves to read (or look at) books. Family, friends and I bought her lots of children's books to look through. She really does enjoy being read to. I chose the mini sofa with Dora the Explorer to point out that reading is only 1 part of a child's education. There are many ways to teach lessons, which also includes videos such as Dora the Explorer or Blue's Clues. TV can be a good thing. It just depends on WHAT you watch.
As for the photo itself, I had to change it to sephia because the color was not so good with the low lighting.

Statistics
Place: 99 out of 145
Avg (all users): 4.7891
Avg (commenters): 4.9231
Avg (participants): 4.4098
Avg (non-participants): 4.9077
Views since voting: 855
Views during voting: 317
Votes: 256
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
03/22/2006 09:55:43 AM
Thank you everyone for your comments. As I learn about my new camera, I am also learning good tips from your comments. Thanks!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/20/2006 04:11:38 PM
This is a really cute scene and the composition seems just right to me. If only it were sharper. I can see that it was shot at a slow shutter speed and probably handheld. A tripod can hold the camera steady and prevent blur from camera shake (I use one that can get very low to the ground for shooting children). Bumping up the ISO setting, when possible, can help acheive a faster shutter speed and reduce the motion blur from the subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/20/2006 03:56:14 PM
Nice, sepia is beautiful ... like an old photograph. Wish it could be sharper but that's ok, like i said, it looks like an old photograph.
03/20/2006 09:21:29 AM
Nice image but it needs to be brought into focus.
03/19/2006 07:38:42 PM
Not quite in focus.
03/19/2006 06:42:01 AM
Nice compostition, shame about the poor focus.
03/16/2006 11:04:40 AM
Would have given this higher if the child had been in focus..
03/15/2006 05:23:57 PM
Sepia tone doesn't work here because it gives the photo an old feel but that conflicts with the Dora the Explorer chair, which can't be very old. Image looks a bit fuzzy to and very snapshotish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/15/2006 02:31:05 PM
Cute kid.
03/15/2006 01:44:55 PM
I was going to do this exact same thing but ran out of time...
03/15/2006 10:04:10 AM
Use of sepia in this composition works well and you captured your young subject at a moment of discovery and learning. This image captures true education far better than 98% of the images that will score above it.

The biggest defect in this image is focus. Your model should be in tack sharp focus. You can see that your autofocus decided the background should be focused and not your subject since it occupies more space.

Your perspective is not necessarily bad but is "snapshot-like". Taking it from the right up from floor level where you could see the whole face might be worth trying. You can't see the contents of the book from that perspective but you have a different angle and the facial expression is what makes the image. The contents of the book are inconsequential.

You might also consider a tighter crop and cut out as much wall in the background as possible. It adds little to the composition and the wall plug is a major distraction. There is a tendency for photographers to include the entirety of an object, like the book on the right, in the image. But you can achieve a very pleasing effect by including part but not all of an object. Cropping out part of the book would achieve that effect as well as get rid of the wall plug.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/15/2006 07:14:09 AM
The one thing against this image is that it is blurry. Beautiful child and great idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/15/2006 06:51:19 AM
Nice idea but not completely in focus
03/15/2006 12:23:26 AM
very cute! Good luck


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