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Challenge: Clichés and Sayings (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 3100
Location: Waxahachi TX
Date: Apr 29, 2006
Aperture: f3.7
ISO: 141
Shutter: 1/45
Galleries: Fashion, Performance
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2006

Bellydancer at Scarborough Renaissance Festival, Waxahachi TX

Statistics
Place: 268 out of 288
Avg (all users): 4.2840
Avg (commenters): 3.8667
Avg (participants): 3.9012
Avg (non-participants): 4.4753
Views since voting: 587
Views during voting: 395
Votes: 243
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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06/06/2006 12:23:57 AM
I used to work with a belly dancer and yes, they do love their curves. I agree about the white balance though, it does appear to be incorrect and needs to be warmer. The other thing that hits me here is the sharpness of her face. It looks a bit soft because of the shutter speed but you've captured the sense of movement in her lower half which is good. It's hard to balance the two out. Don't be too discouraged by the score. Go out and take some more shots! :)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/09/2006 05:43:44 PM
Nice idea but the colors are not right, perhaps you needed to change the white balance
05/07/2006 11:29:05 PM
Wrong angle and clothing to display 'curves', in my opinion.
05/06/2006 11:35:50 PM
Great work
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05/06/2006 08:42:47 PM
Wish the color was a bit more vivid, but nice fit to saying.
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05/06/2006 06:04:39 AM
i think only fat women say those type of things...
05/05/2006 08:36:45 AM
I feel that this photo could've benefited from being a little sharper maybe a higher shutter speed would've stopped the motion. The lighting also is flat and therefore the subject lacks definition.
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05/05/2006 02:56:27 AM
I bet she's a belly full of laughs.
05/04/2006 04:32:00 AM
To be honest I'm not very fond of 'snapshots' in public, unless the topic was to do candid's or something similar. Still, this is technically a good shot, but there's not a lot to it to hold me there. Good luck with the next challenge!
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05/03/2006 08:28:02 PM
nice shot. I think the focus may be a bit off - looks like the wall in the background was what the cameras autofocus picked up on, and the dancer is just a bit out of focus. Or, perhaps she was moving too much toget a solid shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/03/2006 06:43:47 PM
the focus of this is funky
05/03/2006 09:53:49 AM
I like the colors of the shot, but the composition is a little off (I know it's hard with dancing subjects). The dancer's hand obstructing the drummer is rather distracting as is the rafters of the roofline.

Could be sharper focus or maybe some more creative cropping and post-processing to work with isolating some portions of the frame.
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05/03/2006 09:23:09 AM
the picture is blurred and the woman's eyes are closed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/03/2006 08:02:23 AM
she looks blurry
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05/03/2006 06:41:57 AM
basic snap
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05/03/2006 05:32:31 AM
Ahh! She's blinking! Oyk! I hate it when people blink in my pictures... :)

It looks like you have some room to grow in a couple of aspects of this picture. In this setting, it might have been difficult to get everything right anyhow....

Most notably with this picture, I would have sliced off about 30 pixels from the bottom to cut off the front end of the rug...

Try it and see the effect that it has on the foreground. It removes the figurative barrier of the edge of the carpet and invites the viewer inwards a bit more...
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05/03/2006 03:50:09 AM
LMAO!!!


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