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Nicholas
Nicholas
basia03


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Challenge: Free Study (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony Mavica FD-81
Location: Chelmsford, MA
Date: Jul 13, 2002
Date Uploaded: Jul 14, 2002

at the edge of the pool...

Statistics
Place: 173 out of 175
Avg (all users): 3.2120
Avg (commenters): 4.3667
Avg (participants): 3.2057
Avg (non-participants): 3.2171
Views since voting: 1102
Votes: 316
Comments: 31
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09/09/2002 09:49:00 PM
Thanks a lot for all the comments! I do appreciate your input. Just a bit of an explanation of a blue tint on the boy's face - it's the reflection of the pool water of course... and yes, i did crop it out from the larger picture... but really, i mean it - thank you.

PS: 2/27/2019 - i always recommend "dpchallenge" to new digital photographers to learn things... looking at this photo now I can see all of the problems with it, but, when I first submitted it and got all of the comments, I didn't even understand all of them... live and learn. thank you again!


Message edited by author 2019-02-27 14:14:49.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2002 08:42:00 PM
Interesting expression and composition. The focus and grain on this one doesn't help though, I don't think. The logo on the shirt also has a bit too much of a presence in this picture.
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07/20/2002 10:08:00 PM
good composition
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07/20/2002 07:16:00 PM
I like the composition. It's a little too grainy/blurry for me, and there's some odd color shoing up on his right chin area -- I don't know if these are camera-based, intentional/unintentional adjustments, or compression-related.
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07/20/2002 06:33:00 PM
a bit grainy and a less tighter crop would look better
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07/20/2002 05:13:00 PM
Check the focusing....
Low contrast colors..
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07/20/2002 12:45:00 AM
fuzzy
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07/19/2002 06:45:00 PM
A bit grainy and pixelated. Did you hit the sharpen function a few too many times?
5 Swash
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07/19/2002 12:34:00 PM
Very nice portrait and composition. Typically, you see the "cute kid" pictures (of which I'm not all that fond) but here there's quite a bit of psychology at work. Very effective composition and cropping.
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07/19/2002 07:22:00 AM
Not sharp. Label on the shirt i sdistracting, colors are washed out.
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07/19/2002 06:51:00 AM
don't care for the out of focus thing
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07/19/2002 12:26:00 AM
out of focus
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07/18/2002 11:51:00 PM
too grainy and coloring seems off. Not very clear.
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07/18/2002 08:43:00 AM
Hes a nice enough looking kid, but the lighting is flat, its blurred, youve got compression and overzooming defects, the subject looks is bored, the logo on the sweater is an irritation. There are so many ways you can improve on this.
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07/18/2002 04:46:00 AM
too grainy
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07/18/2002 01:46:00 AM
Nice perceptive. Seems a little 'Low Res"... Was this a crop from a much larger shot? The color of the shirt is great, but the logo keeps stealing my eyes away. Kind of distracting. Great model! Very photogenic :)
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07/17/2002 10:36:00 PM
This would have been OK if you hadn't compressed it so much. The filesize is only 19K. The golden letters on the right are also disturbing.
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07/17/2002 03:04:00 PM
the photo is quite pixelated, probably due to your very small file size. try and use one closer to the allowed max (150k) to get better quality pictures. as for the shot itself, he's a cute boy, but i don't like how he's looking up at the camera and the text on his shirt to the right is distracting. -- gr8photos (3)
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07/17/2002 02:51:00 PM
Great expression! This looks a little grainy. Is it cut from a larger picture?
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07/17/2002 12:42:00 PM
good composition, blurry focus doesn't work for me in this picture.
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07/17/2002 10:43:00 AM
Am I not getting something or is it just grainy?
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07/16/2002 09:42:00 PM
logo on shirt lowered value of picture. Otherwise it is great
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07/16/2002 04:04:00 PM
The trouble with pictures of loved ones is that no one else can relate to the subject. This picture could be alot sharper as well.
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07/16/2002 11:33:00 AM
It's a well-balanced shot as far as the composition left to right. I'd have preferred to see the top and bottom of his face as well, but that's a stylistic choice.
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07/16/2002 09:18:00 AM
a bit too close for the focus on your camera ?
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07/15/2002 11:44:00 PM
Cute kid :-) The words coming out of his cheek are unfortunate though
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07/15/2002 10:41:00 PM
a little more focus and contrast and this would be GREAT! I love the look and the composition :) = 5 - jmsetzler
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07/15/2002 04:16:00 PM
His shirt logo is distracting and the whole shot seems over compressed. Soft focus. Still over all I like this portait of a cute little guy. KEE
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07/15/2002 11:01:00 AM
I like the composition, not a portrate for the wall, but the serious kid look makes this a keeper. Now the technical, the image seems to have an overall blue-red tint, if this was not intentional it could have something to do with a overcast day and the wqhite balence adjustment if your camers has that. also the soft focus normalu does no apeal to me when used in boy shots, I like to see the eyes in sharp clear focus.
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07/15/2002 10:52:00 AM
to fuzzy
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07/15/2002 01:11:00 AM
good composition, horrible focus and exposure.
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