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Nervous Nail Biting
Nervous Nail Biting
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Habits (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-P32
Location: my dining room on Greenville TX
Date: May 16, 2004
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 10/800
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 16, 2004

 Self-portrait of my worst habit...nail biting (usually when worried or stressed). Taken in my dining room with a clamp light from the garage and my camera set up on a monopod between my knees. Post production: desaturated; auto levels/contrast; resized; sharpened - all in PS; ran through NeatImage to clean it up a tad.

I was going to photograph a good habit, but none of the things I thought of turned out very well, so I was kind of stuck with having to shoot a bad habit. Oh well...

Statistics
Place: 87 out of 256
Avg (all users): 5.1445
Avg (commenters): 6.3750
Avg (participants): 5.1019
Avg (non-participants): 5.1742
Views since voting: 2316
Votes: 263
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/24/2004 03:16:03 PM
Very good DOF on a close-up shot. Good contrast and use of B&W.
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 05/22/2004 05:17:44 PM
Great close up. Good crop leaving the eye so that we feel a sense of concern on the models part. Great use of b/w (this would have be overpowering in color). Great expression.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2004 03:03:43 PM
I wonder if your being recognizable will affect your score? This is one of the shots I wanted to try, but failed; your take is great!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2004 08:28:52 AM
I would have like to seen the focus a little bit more on her eye... it has a "seeped in worry" look that seems more important than the nail bitting. Perhaps cropping the bottom of the photo just below the bottom of her lips, to exclude a large portion of her finger would redirect the focal point.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2004 10:42:22 PM
Nice use of b&w. Not as fond of the perspective, I feel that its to low. Nice sharpness though and very well fits the challenge. Good job...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2004 07:32:16 PM
one of many, but probably the best of the many
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 05/19/2004 03:38:01 AM
Works good in b&w
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 05/19/2004 12:30:20 AM
Good choice of using B&W here, and the close-up shot adds to the picture tremendously! Good job! 9
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