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Nuts & Fodder
Nuts & Fodder
mobiusknot5


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Olympus C-830L
Location: Home
Date: Jan 6, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/2
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2007

A bowl of nuts on a table in the front room of my house, taken in the dark without flash. Adjusted exposure, contrast, brightness, lighting, sharpness, filter, saturation, and contrast again.

Statistics
Place: 485 out of 491
Avg (all users): 2.3908
Avg (commenters): 1.9362
Avg (participants): 2.2258
Avg (non-participants): 2.5188
Views since voting: 1114
Views during voting: 412
Votes: 284
Comments: 49
Favorites: 0


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01/17/2007 02:50:53 AM
You fodder has nice nuts. Nice brown.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/16/2007 06:40:37 PM
not a portrait and too small
01/16/2007 03:57:37 PM
i really don't see how this relates to the challenge. Also the image is too small to see what's going on.
01/16/2007 02:41:19 PM
its to small, not in focus, not a portrait and too contrasty... are you trying to get the brown?
01/16/2007 02:07:19 AM
The image is a bit small, and I don't see how this fits portrait?
01/15/2007 07:52:29 AM
wow. off topic and....well im not even sure what i m loooking at to be honest. can't make out the details cause it's so small.

for the future: NEVER make your submission this small cause it will get nailed, even if it's ON topic.
01/14/2007 09:12:32 PM
this picture has no character
01/14/2007 06:44:07 PM
What is this a portrait of?
01/14/2007 06:40:12 PM
Lacks resolution, context and meaning. I do see some potential though.
01/14/2007 12:50:54 PM
dnmc
01/13/2007 07:57:02 PM
wrong challenge perhaps? right side blown out womwhat.
01/13/2007 01:37:50 PM
nothing to hold the eye at all, there are to many shapes and lines, yet everything is indistinct, its overwheleming yet dull. Too small
01/13/2007 10:34:57 AM
SMALL blurry no defintion ....
01/12/2007 09:47:20 PM
DNMC
01/12/2007 09:18:19 AM
I am so boggled by this entry into the B&W Portrait challenge. It is small ... It is busy ... I am not sure what it is a portrait OF ... sorry ... I missed your point.
01/12/2007 06:07:48 AM
??
01/12/2007 05:16:34 AM
Have you, perhaps, uploaded the wrong photo?
01/11/2007 07:22:03 PM
Check out the turorials. Go with max size a challenge allows or at least 640 on the long side. Really dont see a portrait here. The lighting is real harsh. Just take some time and read.
01/11/2007 05:21:01 PM
I Really can't see what it is.. The quality of the image is simply to low, to see any detail..
01/11/2007 11:27:05 AM
To small and the highlights are blown out...no detail in the shadows portions either...sorry...
01/11/2007 10:51:19 AM
Portrait of a bowl??????? *smile*
01/11/2007 10:45:28 AM
Bigger?
01/11/2007 10:15:10 AM
It's a bit small, I can't really see whats going on there???
01/11/2007 07:59:25 AM
too overexposed, too small.
01/11/2007 07:33:07 AM
Portrait?
01/10/2007 07:32:33 PM
Where's the person?
01/10/2007 07:10:09 PM
too small,and hard to tell what it is, too much contrast 2
01/10/2007 04:17:49 PM
This is a horrible photo. Doesnt fit the challenge, to small, out of focus.
01/10/2007 02:14:57 PM
portrait?
01/10/2007 02:08:17 PM
dNMC
01/10/2007 01:45:42 PM
too bright
01/10/2007 01:42:37 PM
too small for starters
This isn't a portrait
Its grainy and pixelated.
01/10/2007 12:31:50 PM
???????????
01/10/2007 12:31:03 PM
Please tell me you weren't being serious when you entered this...
01/10/2007 12:24:15 PM
DNMC for me...a portrait? a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face
01/10/2007 11:58:54 AM
I dont get this picture
01/10/2007 11:36:42 AM
I don't see any portrait - but then again, the picture is way too small to see anything...
01/10/2007 10:20:20 AM
I'm sure a million people will point out the faults in this. As it is, I have no reservations giving it a 1. I dont really see how this could be considered a portrait, but I'll try to offer some constructive criticism anyways. The bowl? has good contrast in it, but your small size and lack of detail hurts it alot. By using a larger, higher quality image, youd bring out the detail and texture that are essential in a black and white. The contrast is there; adding the other two could make this a decent black and white (although not a portrait!).

Hope that helps, better luck next time.
01/10/2007 09:49:39 AM
To tiny to see.
01/10/2007 09:09:26 AM
Where's the portrait. Not seeing it. Picture small and badly composed.
01/10/2007 07:42:49 AM
Too small.

portrait

noun
1. a painting of a person's face
2. a word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal]
3. any likeness of a person; "the photographer made excellent portraits"
01/10/2007 04:37:41 AM
is this supposed to be a portrait?
01/10/2007 03:13:37 AM
I think the photo is overcontrasted.
01/10/2007 02:46:16 AM
Very small and noisy
01/09/2007 11:55:37 PM
Not on topic.
01/09/2007 08:51:49 PM
black and white portrait???
01/09/2007 07:55:49 PM
I see b&w ... I don't see a "portrait" though. Size and quality looks kind of like a camera phone. Anyway, point being ... make use of the full resolution available to you in the challenge (most are 640 pixels, I think this one is 720, but your image looks like it's only about 300 pixels across).
01/09/2007 07:52:10 PM
I don't think this meets the challenge intent. It is not a portrait, but a still life.
01/09/2007 07:51:11 PM
too small


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