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A sweet winter daydreamer
A sweet winter daydreamer
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Ohio
Date: Jan 25, 2009
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1250
Galleries: Landscape, Children
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

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Statistics
Place: 638 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.4623
Avg (commenters): 6.1800
Avg (participants): 5.4567
Avg (non-participants): 5.4933
Views since voting: 561
Views during voting: 636
Votes: 491
Comments: 55
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 05:58:03 PM
Nice emotive portraiture! Good contrast of color and white.
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03/17/2009 05:17:40 PM
This is very nice. like the star on the boot and the relaxed overall feel. 8
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03/17/2009 12:13:24 PM
Cute kid. Nice photo.
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03/16/2009 09:44:26 PM
Charming shot.
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03/16/2009 07:29:51 PM
Sensitive capture of a pensive moment
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03/16/2009 05:20:13 PM
very vivid colors...very nice
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03/16/2009 02:56:01 PM
this is absolutely gorgeous .. love the little girl all rugged up against the cold, the snow drifting down, the contrast of her bright colours against the landscape/background and her pose .. its a wonderful shot :)
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03/16/2009 10:14:28 AM
very nice, six from me ;D


brano
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03/16/2009 06:30:05 AM
lovely image
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03/16/2009 04:01:29 AM
nice shot
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03/15/2009 09:46:34 PM
Great colors against the snow.
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03/15/2009 08:43:56 PM
Lovely portrait, proving you don't need perfect wether to get a wonderful shot.
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03/15/2009 05:34:36 PM
Hat looks a little big on her. :P I like this, especially with the falling snow. The things I would change would be removing the logo on the hat and the stars on the boots.
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03/15/2009 01:37:30 PM
I like the contrast of the bright colors with the drab background. Good focus
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03/15/2009 11:46:39 AM
I like the focus and use of negative space. This might be a nice study in BW too.
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03/15/2009 10:11:27 AM
Beautiful! I really like that I can see the snow falling.
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03/14/2009 10:00:05 PM
nive comp and awesome color
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03/14/2009 09:20:42 PM
Cute Picture...maybe better if you cropped more of the snow out on the left side
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03/14/2009 09:17:15 PM
Interpretation of Topic: Interesting Idea
Photography: Good Job
Viewers Reaction: So True! She is a gem.
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03/14/2009 08:10:09 PM
Stand out.
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03/14/2009 05:29:44 PM
Great isolation of the subject.
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03/14/2009 05:21:41 PM
Nice colors but I don't get a connection without seeing her eyes.
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03/14/2009 12:04:07 PM
Excellent clarity and focus.
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03/13/2009 11:16:24 PM
Nice pose but the amount of empty space around her is a bit much IMO
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03/13/2009 08:49:42 PM
nice contrast with the colors, 6
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03/13/2009 06:35:18 PM
Great crisp photo. The colors are very nice.
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03/13/2009 06:18:02 PM
I like this... It's an interesting pose with her looking out of the frame in an odd way... I think it would be better with her looking forward and contemplative... but still I like this.

I hope it does well for you. She's beautiful.

Not voting yet.
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03/13/2009 06:15:39 PM
Her expression and posture is cute. Nice photo.
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03/13/2009 02:49:42 PM
Voted earlier coming back now for comments. Very nice portrait of this young girl and you even caught the falling snow as an interesting backdrop element!! Colors, skin tones and details are good and very dynamic. This has a very casual capture feel to it as that we happened to glance and catch a glimpse of her sitting there taking a breather and thinking. Perhaps she is taking a break from building a snowman and deciding what to do next. Pose is very natural and does not appear posed at all. I like the snowy backdrop but I think that there is a little too much negative space. I think making the composition a vertical presentation with closer crop to the girl (cropping out the space up to the the tree with the white bark) would bring us closer to your main subject.
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03/13/2009 11:59:26 AM
cute portrait, good job processing, she's really sharp and colors vibrant
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03/13/2009 10:35:19 AM
So she sat there in the quiet of the falling snow, having run out of the house in one of those childhood bursts of emotion that will occur from time to time, as the child struggles to learn and control those feelings that are so new and wondrous to them.

She sat there and brooded for a time, and wondered why life was so unfair, and parents so lacking in understanding, and siblings so cruel. She sat there and began to wander in her mind, to tell herself tales and stories in an attempt at self-distraction. She dreamed of more pleasant lands and places, places where parents existed not, and little brothers were chained and forced to say only nicer things to their older, and better, sisters.

And as she sat there and dreamed, and plotted, and a hint of smile passed her lips, she heard a soft snapping of branch in the trees behind her. Her head whipped around and she looked back into the dense bracken. A slight gasp came from her then, for in the shadows there she thought she caught a glimpse of something. Something squat and round, but it was gone so fast. She blinked a couple of times, thinking that perhaps it was her imagination. Had just been a branch falling from a tree, was all.

Just as she shrugged a shoulder and began to look away, there it was again. A flash of something moving, going deeper into the trees. She gave a shout, her curiosity and wonder masking any fear or caution she may have had, and she jumped up from the log that was her seat and ran off, now certain that she had spied some kind of shy little faery creature. Her mother had told her tales of such things, and who was she to misbelieve them?

So she ran off, chasing what she did not know, and her wonder and belief, this time, did not betray her, for what she found in the deeps of those woods on that day shocked and amazed her. A kingdom of wonder and imagination untold.

Through her childhood years, she returned there many a time, but those adventures, I'm afraid, are tales for another day.
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03/13/2009 09:22:52 AM
The snowflakes in this are just perfect. Whenever I take pics when it's snowing, they get on my lens and make it look dirty. The natural light looks so good and the DOF is fantastic.
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03/13/2009 01:10:41 AM
Nice capture of a candid moment.
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03/13/2009 12:23:58 AM
Sharp subject and nice positioning and color.
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03/12/2009 11:35:53 PM
Good pic. Good color. The snowflakes almost look fake.
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03/12/2009 09:48:51 PM
Very good focus, DOF, lighting, great composition. I didn't like the fact that she is looking outside the frame.
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03/12/2009 05:57:47 PM
Great capture and very nice DOF. The colors of her clothes really make her pop among the drab of winter.
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03/12/2009 04:23:48 PM
This is really cute. I like the composition and that you even managed to capture some of the light snowfall.
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03/12/2009 03:17:49 PM
She is a cutie! nice shot.
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03/12/2009 02:15:53 PM
good shot in difficult light conditions
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03/12/2009 10:27:02 AM
Great shot, nice use of the DOF and great sharpness on the child.
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03/12/2009 09:44:46 AM
I miss some detail in the snow - I know this is diff.
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03/12/2009 08:59:08 AM
I'm surprised how sharp and in focus the snow flakes are.
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03/12/2009 07:24:07 AM
nice use of dof to isolate the subject, her colourful clothing really helps
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03/12/2009 07:03:04 AM
Very nice exposure for an outside shot. I like the contrast in the colors.
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03/12/2009 03:13:48 AM
Great colours.
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03/11/2009 06:06:38 PM
That hat looks a little oversized; it's cute :-)
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03/11/2009 01:48:16 PM
great composition, great shot
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03/11/2009 01:22:55 PM
I like how you've captured the snow gently falling ... her outfit really gives this the color pop that it needs! great job ...
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03/11/2009 12:08:37 PM
i wish she filled the frame more
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03/11/2009 10:23:32 AM
She is sweet and so is the picture. Nice.
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03/11/2009 07:28:11 AM
What a portrait in the snow. Nice contrasting colors with the background.
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03/11/2009 04:37:01 AM
Simply beautiful.
03/11/2009 01:58:44 AM
Looks like a snapshot.. but cute kid.
03/11/2009 01:15:43 AM
Nice expression of feeling here
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