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Challenge: Best of 2002 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Challenge Entries
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Date: Dec 22, 2002
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2006

My daughter Taylor and her friend playing dress-up. They were good enough to pose for me for a few minutes outside - and it was COLD!

Reedited from the original today and WOW has my editing technique improved! I'll leave the old version in my portfolio for comparison.

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 201
Avg (all users): 6.4645
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 6.0581
Avg (non-participants): 6.8247
Views since voting: 1554
Views during voting: 323
Votes: 183
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)


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04/09/2006 04:10:44 PM
*Critique Club*

"Fairies" is an excellent addition to the Best of 2002 challenge. This was a tough challenge since many of us were in such different places four years ago.

It is very interesting to think it was that cold in this shot, I would not have never guessed. I really like the glow from between there heads enhancing the wings. Wonderful choice of black and white. The glow gives the girls such a nice look. I think the focus being the in the center is nice and gives a soft flow to the outside edges. The composition is lovely, I don't feel like anything is missing from this piece. Even though the piece is somewhat unreal it looks and feels very natural. This was a great piece and I am so glad that you choose to enter it.

Congratulations on the top thirty it was very well deserved.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/08/2006 07:24:31 PM
8 - Nice setup and capture (or acting (especially of the 'blonde')). Keep wanting to see that ear 'pointed', but perhaps you cloned it out under advanced editing (kidding).
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04/08/2006 03:56:30 PM
Exceptional quality and tonality. Technical quality is fantastic and the decision having the center brightened works well in this situation. Great job. The boder style does not add greatly to the composition for DPC challenges but is perfect for an image destined for the web. High scoring image, for sure.
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04/04/2006 08:00:52 AM
lovely shot!
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04/04/2006 01:56:17 AM
Beautiful fantasy feel.
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04/03/2006 08:20:06 AM
Great clarity and lighting and black and white is perfect for this.
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04/03/2006 01:26:29 AM
This is a really crisp, tender capture. If it weren't for the blown out spot between them, and the overzealous border, I think it'd be a ribbon contender.
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04/02/2006 03:29:05 PM
Nice use of vignetting. This is a nice soft portrait. Well done.
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04/02/2006 11:45:26 AM
Good lighting and posing. I like it that you choose to show it in b&w.
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04/02/2006 06:50:39 AM
Hey - is that a persimmon tree in the background? Nice archival footage - it'll do well :)
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04/02/2006 01:52:16 AM
Children can have such natural expressions, even if they know they are being photographed.
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04/02/2006 01:27:24 AM
Lovely girls. Excellent PP work.
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04/02/2006 12:33:53 AM
beautiful fairies.....
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