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Challenge: Nine (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: House
Date: Sep 15, 2009
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 2
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 15, 2009

So this clearly doesn't look real and is a horrible entry which i predict to score, lets say, 4.7

Statistics
Place: 135 out of 165
Avg (all users): 4.6949
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.4423
Avg (non-participants): 4.8000
Views since voting: 684
Views during voting: 356
Votes: 177
Comments: 7
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09/26/2009 02:27:16 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

I quite like the idea of this but think the execution lets this down. Having browsed others comments, I think there is some good advice.

The composition as Ericwoo says, is a bit too tight. A bit more space around the hands would have helped a lot. Good choice to use the black background. I also agree that the white balance is off on this and a more natural skin colour could have been achieved with some simple editing in Photoshop (or whichever tool you use).

Being a bit picky here, but a manicure may have been a good idea before taking a hand shot, it would have made the image more pleasing to looking at. I don't mean full women's type manicure with polish and all that, just a tidy up of the finger nails.

With some change to set up and some better editing you could probably have increased the score a bit. I doubt however, that this was ever going to be a ribbon winner as it really is lacking the DPC wow factor.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/22/2009 06:35:02 PM
Eh, the idea is good but hard to execute in basic.
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09/18/2009 01:13:43 PM
yes
09/16/2009 09:34:00 PM
An interesting concept with an even more interesting story I am sure. The crop feels too tight, especially on the left side with the hand touching the frame. The white balance also seems too warm for the capture leaving the skin tones overly orange. i think that this idea had some potential, but as it is presented, it just has the appearance of a snapshot. As it is shot, I give it a 4.
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09/16/2009 07:31:27 AM
This is a great concept for the challenge but I would like to have seen the entire portrait. I feel this would have given the image more impact. I am very curious about the owner of those hands.
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09/16/2009 06:10:19 AM
would have liked to see this in black and white.
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09/16/2009 12:22:11 AM
hey that is 9 1/2.....funny (I hope)


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