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 This image was disqualified from the Faces in Household Items challenge.
The Lady in my Sewing Room
The Lady in my Sewing Room
allisonh


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Faces in Household Items (Basic Editing)
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Location: at home
Date: Nov 30, 2010
Aperture: f2.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/20
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2010

 It was hard to get the lighting even...it had to be from the side to get the shadows around the measuring tape...but then the cutting mat was uneven. And it was hard to figure out how tight to crop. So I left in the extra sewing materials even though some may think them distracting.

After all the tweaking I think it's a fun caricature...I hope someone else likes her too!
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Ah well, it was nice while it lasted. :)
I did myself in by wanting the squares on the mat to be square. I used perspective cropping without checking the fine print on the basic editing rules.
Disqualification Details
You may not distort or stretch your image in any way.

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Views during voting: 329
Comments: 26
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 12/11/2010 12:54:10 PM
It still is a very nice image, DQ or not.
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 12/10/2010 10:53:59 AM


I understand the pain. I had to align myself for this photo a few times to make things even enough from the view finder :P
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 12/09/2010 07:21:47 AM
The image really wanted the cutting board squares to be square - it is an integral part of the impact of the image. Too bad about the DQ, but it takes nothing away from the image, which deserves the votes it got (and maybe even a bit higher!)
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 12/09/2010 01:17:31 AM
Bummer about the DQ. Live and learn. Very creative entry. Best of luck next time.
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 12/08/2010 10:52:50 PM
oh, that's too bad. it's a very creative image still.
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 12/08/2010 09:29:13 PM
I'm assuming you used some tool to straighten out the lines on the cutting mat. Whatever it was that caused the disqualification, it's still a highly imaginative and nicely whimsical image. Congrats on the almost ribbon, Allison! :)
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 12/08/2010 09:03:59 PM
A ribbon on your fifth entry. Congrats. Really great image, and very creative. And don't worry about the DQ. All the best photogs here have at least one :-)
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 12/08/2010 02:53:29 PM
Good for you, Allison! What an imaginative take on the topic. Personally, I think leaving the "extra stuff" in was the ideal approach... Welcome to the Ribboner's Club!

Message edited by author 2010-12-08 14:54:49.
 12/08/2010 08:28:52 AM
Thanks to everyone!! I was quite amazed that this photo did so well since I wasn't completely happy with it myself and would've worked on it more it if time had been available. There are lots of great photos on this site and I'm still on the learning curve! :)
 12/08/2010 07:27:14 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon!
 12/08/2010 05:42:07 AM
Was one of my favourites. Congrats on ribbon.
 12/08/2010 01:34:15 AM
What an idea, and well executed.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2010 10:36:37 PM
lot of work in this pic. good idea and execution.
 12/07/2010 07:01:21 PM
hahaha lots of work nice job
 12/06/2010 09:19:31 PM
My favorite of the challenge.
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 12/05/2010 02:01:24 AM
so inventive...
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 12/03/2010 09:52:07 PM
I love your creativity here. I gave you a 10 for it. Well done!
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 12/02/2010 10:33:56 PM
Love it! 10
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 12/02/2010 09:17:47 AM
Very creative!!!!
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 12/01/2010 08:33:17 PM
Very imaginative, very fitting profile for an old time seamstress, nice job.
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 12/01/2010 06:28:03 PM
Good work with the composition!
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 12/01/2010 04:21:17 PM
You are very good at crafts!!!
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 12/01/2010 09:41:16 AM
Cute setup. I think I would have liked to see the photo just contain the lday. The elements on the right are distracting from the main subject.
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 12/01/2010 04:58:13 AM
very creative but looking at the heart it's like I'm missing something. Maybe if there was a man on the other side, the image would felt more complete.
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 12/01/2010 01:34:57 AM
Cute
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 12/01/2010 12:51:56 AM
lol, very good
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