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Challenge: Selective Desaturation (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A40
Location: Almere Netherlands
Date: Jun 17, 2004
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Family, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Jun 17, 2004

This was my first challenge, I learned a lot since then...
No flash, No extra lights. Only did some shadow/highlight, desaturate and some work on the pictures, cropped, add border submitted.

Statistics
Place: 86 out of 227
Avg (all users): 5.3905
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 5.3893
Avg (non-participants): 5.3924
Views since voting: 1317
Votes: 210
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)


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09/17/2004 11:42:14 AM
great shot. just a little overexposed. staged but convincing, good angle.
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09/17/2004 12:37:38 AM
I really like the black and white on part and color on others. I can't wait to learn how to do that.
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06/30/2004 02:20:15 AM
Greetings from the Critque Club!

Composition:
Great job. You filled the frame nicely, your points of interest are intriguing and effective. I think you captured this challenge superbly.

Lighting:
I like the lighting you used. While it is highly contrasted, I think it helps rather than hurts in this photo. The important points are properly lighted, and that's what counts.

Technical:
I think you lost some points with voters with it appearing to be over-exposed. I think it works well for this photo though. It makes it interesting. It seems to be in focus, the photos appear soft enough to not steal too much of the attention.

Post-Processing:
I like what you did to it. It is very effective. Your desaturation was done nicely. I think many people voted lower due to the high number of objects left in color. Although, I don't think coloring just one would have the same effect. People would wonder what's so special about that specific photo, and it would detract from the theme you are presenting.

Overall:
I think you did a great job on this challenge. There is strong emotion in your photo and it speaks volumes. I like the editing you did to it, and think it helps give your photo character. About the only recommendation I have for you, would be perhaps have only 2 or 3 photos. This would satisfy all the people who thought there is too much in color.

Great first entry. I look forward to what you come up with next.
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06/28/2004 01:44:51 AM
Well, for my first Challenge, i'm very pleased with 87th place.
Thanks everybody for your comments, try to better next time!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2004 07:52:57 AM
Very creative idea and execution...only criticism is the blue tinge/oversaturation to all photos
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06/25/2004 02:17:51 PM
Wow I like the idea behind this photo. But I must say that it seems that the whites seem to be washed out and lots of detail has been lost in those areas.
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06/24/2004 12:59:41 PM
Too many items are colored, and, too many colors for this challenge. You would have been better off just having one picture, or, just one person in each picture in color. Good picture for the challenge. Rated 6.
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06/23/2004 04:08:46 PM
Very cool idea and execution. I like the way you composed the shot and used selective desaturation to emphasize the idea rather than the model..... 8
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06/22/2004 01:49:33 PM
Nice use of desaturation to separate the picture elements - viewer vs. pictures.
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06/21/2004 06:40:26 PM
Great *meaningful* use of selective color. Well done.
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06/21/2004 06:17:54 PM
:) good job. Lots of feeling.
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06/21/2004 05:09:06 PM
one of the few in this challenge where the highlights really have a function in the picture. 9 (10 after i looked at them twice)
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06/21/2004 06:50:48 AM
Nice work.
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