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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Stories
Camera: Canon PowerShot A530
Location: Lafayette, NJ
Date: May 20, 2007
Aperture: 2.6
ISO: auto
Shutter: 640
Galleries: Animals, Textures
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2007

I did lots of stuff. the dog and hydrant are not only in color, they're also sharpened, whereas the background is gaussian blurred.

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post-challenge: well, I'm thrilled to get some favorites! and thanks for the great comments, too. I love how my dog disappears into gravelly textures. Not very DPC, I know!

Statistics
Place: 211 out of 556
Avg (all users): 5.5345
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.6818
Views since voting: 953
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 232
Comments: 18
Favorites: 4 (view)


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07/02/2009 12:11:37 AM
Just saw this. Hmn. I think I have a number (3 on dpc) of dog pics very similar. Sans the sweetness of red, and other subtleties. And yet there must be millions of peeps with dog on lead with one hand, camera in the other. But where are they?. Oops, don't want this as a challenge topic.
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08/25/2007 10:46:43 PM
I like this concept, and the selective saturation is done well, b&w has good tones (great texture on that concrete). Must be the petsitter in me. :)
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05/29/2007 12:50:19 PM
I think the composition/perspective is the strongest part of this shot. A unique angle that adds a lot to the depth of the photo. Also the textures are terrific too.
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05/28/2007 11:28:45 AM
Originally posted by JuliBoc:

The composition bothers me a little ... feels uncomfortable.


that's what I was going for! :D
05/28/2007 11:14:01 AM
I like your processing a lot on this shot. The composition bothers me a little, because the red line leads my eye down and off the page. I understand it is leading to the unseen 'master', but it still feels uncomfortable. I think this was an excellent example of good selective desat. The color is great, and I like the b&w tones.
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05/28/2007 10:21:35 AM
Somehow I had a feeling that this was from the king of OOB, I had a good laugh just at the right time while voting all those 500+ pictures.
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05/28/2007 10:19:18 AM
I liked this one, think you did good.
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05/28/2007 10:01:42 AM
You did get a fairly respectful score out of this. Nice job.
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05/28/2007 09:26:27 AM
I really liked this one and thought it would score higher. Great job!
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05/28/2007 04:59:41 AM
This is killer! I love it!
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05/28/2007 04:14:22 AM
i like it, lol@title :)
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05/28/2007 02:17:00 AM
there's my gracie :)
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05/28/2007 12:34:07 AM
I'll offer you the "this should have scored higher" platitude, but I've learned it really doesn't do much. You can't trade in comments post challenge for a better score, nor will they be accepted at your local Starbucks in lieu of cash or a charge card. But I will say this was in my personal top ten. And you can't use THAT at your local Starbucks either.
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05/28/2007 12:31:00 AM
I didn't vote but would have given this a 9. I love the textures and the title is perfect.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/24/2007 03:13:36 AM
I like it alot. I love the composition of this and the desat works well - red, black, and white are a good combo.
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05/23/2007 01:26:18 PM
How typical of the doggie, nice one.
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05/22/2007 10:32:21 AM
Very clever title and concept. I had to think twice about the title! The red of the lead and his tongue complete the picture very nicely. I think it may have had more impact if it could have been shot without the grass. Good luck
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05/21/2007 10:59:19 AM
very nice idea. Could be much better with less grain
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