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Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
Sonifo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fairy Tales (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: home
Date: Aug 29, 2004
Galleries: Performance, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2004

 I was taking pictures of my daughter and this gal came by and was watching me. She had her big german shepard with her and asked me,"do you need a big bad wolf?" I laughed and said, "sure" and a shooting I went. I did alot of dodging and burning in this one.

Dogs name is Spirit.
Thank you!

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 104
Avg (all users): 6.9815
Avg (commenters): 8.3571
Avg (participants): 6.5224
Avg (non-participants): 7.1879
Views since voting: 8859
Views during voting: 513
Votes: 216
Comments: 42
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 09/16/2004 12:27:56 PM
Thank you so much for all your comments. Kid's rule!
 09/16/2004 12:23:34 PM
Wonderful! You are so imaginative!
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 09/06/2004 04:19:14 AM

CONGRATULATIONS SONI! What a sweet photo. I also had high expectations for this one.

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 09/05/2004 09:23:56 PM
Congratulations on your 4th placing.
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 09/05/2004 09:17:20 PM
I had high expectations for this shot, so I guess 4th isn't so bad.
June
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 09/05/2004 09:15:08 PM
Boy your shot went over my head, dog/wolf, ignor my earlier comments, it was one of those weeks. lol Van
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 09/05/2004 09:06:57 PM
I thought this was gonna get a ribbon! Congrats on 4th place...
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 09/05/2004 08:20:32 PM
LOL, I guess I did. :-(
 09/05/2004 08:16:44 PM
Congrats on a top 5 finish Sonja.

Has a definite mood to it with the desaturation.
(You had enough ribbons anyway) LOL

Well Done!

Message edited by author 2004-09-06 00:16:59.
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 09/05/2004 08:15:58 PM
She is plastered all over dpc. hehehe... All my kids are. Take a look at my profile.

Originally posted by dartompkins:
She has great eyes. I hope to see more work with her in it.
09/05/2004 08:14:47 PM
Thank you all for your votes and comments! Another green for me. :-)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2004 01:55:14 PM
I love the deep velvety red in this! the selective desaturation has a bit of the higher contrast look obtained from using the Channel Mixer, which gives this a great effect. Great work
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 09/05/2004 10:42:49 AM
I think this was a good idea, and a nice photo. I think maybe I would have liked it better without the selective desaturation. Actually, now that I look again, I think the desat would be fine, but I would rather have seen just the little girl and not the dog. Her expression is so perfect, that should have been the focal point and the dog is distracting from it. She has great eyes. I hope to see more work with her in it.
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 09/05/2004 10:37:50 AM
eye catchingly different -- tells the story with the one frame. one of my favorites this challenge
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 09/05/2004 04:42:31 AM
Beautiful. The selective desaturation is very effective on this image, and the composition is exceptional. 10
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 09/04/2004 06:46:23 PM
Nice use of selective desatureation.
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 09/04/2004 05:26:07 AM
Great shot, only drawbacks to me is the desaturation & the model is looking off into space.. 9
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 09/02/2004 08:29:02 PM
This is such a stunning photo in a beautifully unique style. Looks like another ribbon!
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 09/02/2004 03:40:51 PM
Really nice, looks more like a Belgian Malenoise than a wolf, but close enough for me.
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 09/02/2004 11:02:45 AM
Selective desaturation is a great technique to highlight parts of the photo. Here, though, I am not sure about it. The reds are so beautiful vivid, I am sure they would have worked well on a coloured photo. As all other colours were taken away, the dog's toundge and a bit of the girl's face remained redish. Anyway, composition is great, and I love the expression on her face! :-)
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 09/01/2004 08:04:10 AM
Like everything about this. Another favorite for me.10
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 09/01/2004 06:37:58 AM
charmingly captured
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 09/01/2004 02:07:14 AM
The selective desaturation looks fantastic here, and the high contrast black and white is great too. A definate 10 from me.
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 08/31/2004 03:58:27 PM
Great shot.
8 from me
and the only reason it is not higher is that the dog looks like it can't be bothered.
Well done
good luck
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 08/31/2004 06:40:19 AM
Wonderful image. This is certainly a wonderful capture of Little Red Riding Hood. Great Shot!
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 08/31/2004 02:51:03 AM
Just perfect. Great composition, model and "wolf". Nice use of selective desaturation. This has to be in the top few, hopefully a ribbon.
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 08/30/2004 09:15:07 PM
I really like this picture, I like everything about it.
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 08/30/2004 07:22:35 PM
WOW!! This is an amazing shot. Truly stunning. I couldn't think of a better photo in which one should use selective desaturation. Great job. You can truly tell that a ton of effort was put into this shot; it definitely paid off! 10!
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 08/30/2004 07:21:24 PM
Love the selective desat. Good luck in the challenge.
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 08/30/2004 04:38:45 PM
Very nice traditional rendition. I think this might be a bit better if the 'wolf' wasn't so close. Great use of desaturation, good expressions on both the model and the dog. Well done!
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 08/30/2004 12:21:29 PM
Your photo emotes an ominous feeling. I usually don't use big words but that's what came to mind when I saw it. You met the challenge. Very well done.
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 08/30/2004 11:57:32 AM
Like the selective colors.
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 08/30/2004 10:37:11 AM
thats a dog right? great shot 10 from me i've looked at this five times so far great shot hope you win
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 08/30/2004 07:40:24 AM
Cute. This is one where the sel. desat actually works well. Good job! (IMO, it's overused and overrated) - 9
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 08/30/2004 05:20:55 AM
awesome.... I really like this one :)
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 08/30/2004 05:13:34 AM
I like the desaturation, and boy, does that puppy look hungry....
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 08/30/2004 03:18:00 AM
Get rid of the dog and ya got a winner.
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 08/30/2004 01:06:04 AM
Whoooah !!! Scary dog. Good intrepretation of Red Riding Hood
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 08/29/2004 10:46:07 PM
wonderful image, i like it.
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 08/29/2004 08:41:55 PM
I don't remember little red riding hood having a dog; or is that supposed to be the wolf? The dog seems only to be concerned with whatever treat is in the basket! :) Sorry, that's just what came to mind when I saw the photo. This image is excellent. One of the best in the challenge. I think the selected desaturation works very well here. The only flaws in the image I see are the slightly overblow highlights on the dog and some perhaps rushed photoshopping in some spots. Still a 10 from me though and I absolutely love it. I'm trying to work on more constructive helpful comments.
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 08/29/2004 08:30:31 PM
Excellent, I like the desaturation. Definitely a 10.

Good luck...
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 08/29/2004 08:23:21 PM
This is a very beautiful photo to look at. You've saturated the red almost to perfection in my eyes.. (or as close to as one can come), and the dog was a very nice touch. The one flaw I see is that the saturation has made the girl stand out a little *too* much.. as if she was pasted in to the picture. perhaps some softening of the edges or blending would have helped that.
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