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Challenge: Leading Lines II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Ontario
Date: Jun 23, 2005
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Family, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 23, 2005

Curves, bit of dodge and burn, USM.
Rotated 180.
My kids lay down there, and I simply took shots of them doing whatever they wanted. The popsicles weren't a bribe..but they were being co-operative..hmmm maybe many more shots of them featuring popsicles for different challenges?

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Place: 62 out of 275
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Avg (commenters): 7.3462
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Views since voting: 1070
Views during voting: 328
Votes: 248
Comments: 28
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/03/2005 06:08:18 PM
How can this not bring a smile.
Precious moments!
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07/03/2005 04:50:46 PM
Adorable. The lines play well and the kids, placed atop each other, is a great idea!
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07/03/2005 12:32:34 PM
This is sooo adorable! I love the facial expressions.
All the other elements (lighting, contrast, sharpness, comp) are right on, aswell.
Good Luck
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07/03/2005 11:18:42 AM
bribes?
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07/02/2005 10:57:19 PM
This is fun, I love the use of the boards as leading lines. Were the icy-poles a bribe :)
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07/02/2005 08:34:14 AM
Great placement of your subjects. Were the ice lollies part of your original plan, or did you have to offer a bribe?
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07/02/2005 03:56:15 AM
Because the kids are centered in the photo, my eye goes to them immediately, without being led there by the lines in the wood. Might be more effective with the kids off center. Cute shot, though.
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07/01/2005 10:04:14 PM
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07/01/2005 07:05:31 PM
Cute kids, nice shot
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07/01/2005 04:14:13 AM
adorable
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06/30/2005 01:57:23 PM
great composition. i think it would actually be stronger with just one child in the shot....at least for this challenge. the lines lead directly to the boy. the girl seems kinda stuck in there.
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06/30/2005 01:45:25 PM
What a concept! This is certainly a beautiful take on leading lines ... I love the converging lines at the center and having a reward once your eyes reach the center. 9.
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06/29/2005 02:04:01 PM
Ahhh...a bribe of the kiddies to get utterly submissive participation in the parent's photog hobby never hurt anything. Good shot by the way...I see lines that lead my eyes to your kids...well, they are someone's kids, most likely...and that works in my book. So, was this shot taken looking down onto a deck or standing in front of a wall with carefully arranged and highly acrobatic children?
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06/29/2005 11:34:22 AM
haha, this is a hoot! I'm not 100% sure this really, truly qualifies as "leading lines", but who am I to say? I like it!
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06/29/2005 07:54:37 AM
great lines everywhere!!
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06/29/2005 04:16:17 AM
Very nice and creative... the variety of colors is nice and the layout is pleasing.
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06/28/2005 04:59:39 PM
Ya know... I kept coming back to this image. There is just something about it that gnaws at me (in a positive way). You know what it is, is that it reminds me of those upside down picture books where you can look at an image in one direction and see one thing and then you look at it upside down and a completely different image appears!

The lines are great and I LOVE the fact that you reversed the colors of the popsicles and shirts - VERY nice subtle touch. The DOF is okay - could probably be a little crisper. The models eyes are directly on the camera and their expressions are pensive but cute.

I keep bumping this up in score, but like I said, you really captured something unique here and I can't "not" reward that - you've piqued my interest and curiosity to no end! It's your attention to detail with the popsicle colors and shirt colors (and juxtaposition of boy/girl) that I think are so beautifully subtle and absolutely outstanding. 10
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06/28/2005 04:27:32 PM
interesting use of diagonals leading to children..I like the way it was shot from above and use of primary colors.
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06/28/2005 03:08:56 PM
clean and beautiful
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06/28/2005 06:31:47 AM
Nice contrast of warm tones, soft skin against cool, hard boards (lines). You have recently achieved a quality to your portraits that is quite amazing and beautiful. Your subjects defy the space they are in......reaching out from their two dimensional confines. Excellent!
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06/28/2005 04:36:22 AM
Really nice idea. Great expressions. This is an excellent take on the challenge. good luck!
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06/28/2005 01:40:54 AM
Love this!
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06/27/2005 03:40:23 PM
clever idea. tough break on the blown out shirt, as it's kind of distracting. composition if controllable, i would have gone with her arm out of the pic and his popicle arm up more to match hers. colors are very nice
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06/27/2005 01:27:15 PM
great idead vand very well executed
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06/27/2005 09:23:45 AM
nice idea!
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06/26/2005 10:43:37 PM
You get an extra point for the cuteness factor!
TC
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06/26/2005 08:47:40 PM
Darling. Great originality. Super colors. The focus is perfect.
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06/26/2005 08:31:38 PM
Cute kids, good lines
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