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Sex in a Child's Life
Sex in a Child's Life
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Challenge: Out of Place (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: My bedroom
Date: Mar 26, 2004
Aperture: F/4
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/10 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2004

 This is a rather touchy subject, I suppose, but it'll be interesting to see what kinds of reactions it receives. I had many ideas for "Out of Place" that involved social and moral issues, but I decided to go with this because there is really nothing I can think of that's more out of place. I opted for deep shadows and black & white to intensify and darken the message - otherwise this might've been one of the rare times I would've used colour, since the items I used were so bright and vivid.

Editing: Sized, cropped, curves adjusted, converted to b&w, NeatImage to soften, levels to tone down a NeatImage aura, slight rotation.

Update after close of competition: Just to clarify, since several people seem not to have understood what the message of the picture is.. yes, it is supposed to be disturbing, but probably not as disturbing as some are making it. It's supposed to be a stab at two things.. 1) sex education too early in public schools and 2) the huge number of kids (say around age thirteen) who are simply growing up too fast.

Statistics
Place: 122 out of 241
Avg (all users): 5.0818
Avg (commenters): 5.5385
Avg (participants): 4.9703
Avg (non-participants): 5.1488
Views since voting: 1138
Votes: 269
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm x100
 04/06/2004 01:24:27 PM
Technically a good shot, contrast is good and foucs is sharp.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/06/2004 01:24:09 PM
I like the lighting and contrast in this (maybe a little dark) but it seems a bit too staged for me and you had to spell it out in the title. But it's a great looking photo, so I don't know what I'm complaining about.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-S85
 04/06/2004 09:49:09 AM
Composition: 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 04/06/2004 01:45:22 AM
Seems a bit too dark for my tastes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix 3800
 04/05/2004 10:23:13 AM
You lost me completely here...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-P71
 04/04/2004 05:59:58 PM
the point I'm afraid is lost if you cannot tell what the thing in the box is - pic is a bit too dark
Pentax *ist DS
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 04/04/2004 03:27:10 PM
Picture quality is good, sex is definitely out of place in a child's life. However, I'm probably joining the people giving a low score because I think this crosses the line in today's culture of making an offensive statement.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-650/T4i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/03/2004 12:28:14 PM
Great idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 04/02/2004 05:02:14 AM
I assume Trojan are condoms? Not very understandable for an international public.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 03/31/2004 11:42:32 PM
I find this very disturbing. Good work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D100
 03/31/2004 09:06:10 PM
Good clarity and texture in this photo and meets the challenge - 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 03/31/2004 04:53:54 PM
Nicely done. Excellent composition, contrast, and clarity.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-F828
 03/31/2004 09:59:59 AM
good composition on this one and the lighting is great
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon
 03/31/2004 07:53:45 AM
The lightning seems pretty good thought you might say its litle underexposed. Maybe litle more contrast and sharpness might have made this image better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D100
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 03/31/2004 01:23:38 AM
very subtle, but nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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