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Dirty Fingernails
Dirty Fingernails
JRalston


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Location: Guam
Date: Jun 4, 2006
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100th
Galleries: Emotive, Children
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2007

We were out hiking one day, when I captured this image. It is a personal fav of mine.

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Statistics
Place: 510 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.3960
Avg (commenters): 5.5714
Avg (participants): 5.3142
Avg (non-participants): 5.6471
Views since voting: 1573
Views during voting: 448
Votes: 346
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 01:37:26 AM
Interesting study. Maybe slightly different lighting (more raking) could have emphasised the difference between the textures of young and old better.
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01/24/2007 08:59:30 PM
nicely done. love the sentiment.
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01/24/2007 05:29:34 PM
I really like the composition and the lighting of this shot. I am upset with myself because I find the dirtiness of the child's fingernails and wrist creases to be bothering me.
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01/24/2007 12:22:43 PM
sincere
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01/24/2007 08:13:27 AM
Great shot. Makes me want to give my son a big hug. What a precious shot.
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01/19/2007 06:00:09 PM
Good DOF
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01/19/2007 10:38:23 AM
Reminds me of my childhood. Great shot.
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01/18/2007 10:33:52 AM
Nice clarity.
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01/16/2007 04:28:18 AM
not bad, but this photo should be postprocessed with curves, levels and stuff to bump the contrast and else ... and it should be black and white, my opinion only
01/15/2007 07:40:05 PM
Simple but good...
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01/15/2007 03:33:22 PM
Gross
01/14/2007 07:32:55 PM
Sometimes I think it is impossible to get kids' nails clean. . .

Overall, it is a bit too "red." Maybe a touch of red desaturation, or this one might make a good bw shot.
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01/12/2007 07:25:44 AM
Cute. Top left is slightly distracting. Maybe you could have cropped that out. I like the blurred background and the child's hand is nicely contrasted against the adult's.
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01/12/2007 06:30:36 AM
I think the picture would have been so much more moving if the nails had been cleaned, or at least editted to be clean?
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01/11/2007 10:16:44 PM
Sweet and heartfelt.
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01/11/2007 09:14:20 PM
Nice framing but looks more soft..
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01/11/2007 07:37:31 PM
sweet! one of thebest so far.
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