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Caledonia in Snow
Caledonia in Snow
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2011-01 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2011 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Date: Jan 12, 2011
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2011

 I had no plans whatever to enter any challenges. But my renewal came up. I decided to 'save my DPC portfolio' and so I re-upped my membership. I had a few shots that I thought would do nicely in my portfolio and entered.

[Feb. 2nd, 2011 09:01:15 AM]

Yep- the background is a distraction on at least one monitor I reviewed this - but I was reluctant to 'clean it up and blank it out' for fear of disqualification. i probably should have desaturated it so it was merely b/w blobs but it has been a while since I enetered for DPC so my DPC chops are a bit out of practice....

Post Challenge: Thanks for the kind comments and votes on my shot of our puppy. She loves the snow and really doesn't mind having snow thrown on her face - as long as a cookie is involved after the fact....

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 307
Avg (all users): 6.5461
Avg (commenters): 8.0714
Avg (participants): 6.5849
Avg (non-participants): 6.4565
Views since voting: 1587
Views during voting: 248
Votes: 152
Comments: 22
Favorites: 0

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 02/08/2011 09:13:19 PM
UNDER rated..........
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 02/08/2011 11:18:12 AM
Welcome back, Peter!
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 02/08/2011 10:18:22 AM
cute little pup.. nice finish Pete!
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 02/08/2011 09:23:06 AM
ahhhh, nice placement...not bad for taking a leave of absence...cute, cute picture
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 02/08/2011 09:02:34 AM
haha you just can't stay away :D What an adorable shot! She is a cutie. Congrats on 12th place!
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 02/08/2011 05:12:06 AM
Thought I recognized that dog. Well done for no intentions. Good to see you peter!
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 02/08/2011 01:28:06 AM
Ditto Melethia. The whites here are perfect for this shot.
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 02/08/2011 12:15:22 AM
The background is the background - serves a marvelous purpose of just being there (and it is not at all distracting) to support the marvelous face in the foreground! Your chops are just fine.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2011 09:55:53 PM
So cute!!
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 02/06/2011 08:37:17 PM
LOl. too cute. 8
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 02/05/2011 10:09:23 AM
Cute
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 02/04/2011 03:24:35 PM
Is it possible that this could ribbon? In my books it does. Can you get any cuter than this. Adorable, kissable, loveable. That look will get him anything he/she wants from me. :) 9
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 02/04/2011 03:17:19 PM
Adorable!
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 02/03/2011 08:20:20 PM
Great capture, thanks for the laugh.
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 02/02/2011 05:03:44 PM
Very cute. Nice angle. Great sharpness and use of DOF on his face. Wish his eye were a bit more visable, but other than that a great image.
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 02/02/2011 09:33:24 AM
That is too adorable. Love her name.
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 02/02/2011 06:54:49 AM
I absolutely love this shot
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 02/01/2011 08:14:53 PM
Love this photo!

However, I gave it a lower score than I wanted for these reasons:

In editing, the whites in the snow were over-blown white bumping up the contrast/brightness. This is bad because the white over takes the snow on his face. The whites need to be even.

I like the horizontal orientation but I feel it needs to be taller to complement the long shape of the dog's face.

-7
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 02/01/2011 06:09:40 PM
Priceless!
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 02/01/2011 11:40:18 AM
made me actually laugh out loud! nice capture.
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 02/01/2011 07:19:28 AM
You certainly have some great airedale shots.
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 02/01/2011 02:54:00 AM
Very cute, well focused and exposed. Processing seems to have gone wrong. If you are not seeing the splotches of grey around the background then its your monitor hiding them. At the right angle its obvious (optimal to low) and Optimal to High on bad LCD's like the worse of my two when it inverts u can see everything. But a a certain point you miss it, hope this doesn't hurt your score but people will spot things as it will not show the same on every monitor. Especially a calibrated one.
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