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Melethia


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Challenge: Color Portrait II (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Challenges 2007
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Frankfurt Zoo
Date: Mar 17, 2007
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2007

Taken at the Frankfurt zoo. Cute little guy. I spent my entire Sunday evening (between loads of laundry) trying to do something about the stick behind him, but decided that I am horribly inept at Photoshop. And it wouldn't make a heckuva lot of difference, as it isn't a portrait of a person so it'll be DNMC to a lot of people to begin with. It is, however, in color.

Statistics
Place: 125 out of 268
Avg (all users): 5.5585
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 5.4483
Avg (non-participants): 5.6535
Views since voting: 1067
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 188
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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12/02/2007 02:13:10 PM
Wonderful clarity on the head, and DoF is perfect.

Maybe as it was advanced editing I would have toned down the branch coming out of his backside :- )

Really nice colours.
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05/14/2007 06:06:47 PM
Great focus, DOF, & color tones. Terrific shot Deb! :-)
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03/27/2007 02:26:46 PM
ok so who cares about the challenge..great shot, and love the DOF...as for the stick..I like it...works as a leading line, brings me back to the little guy...and perfectly clean backgrounds aren't needed ALL the time...
well done on this shot...
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03/27/2007 08:51:47 AM
:) yes, I liked the idea a lot! his color is perfect, and I like the dof too. but the most exciting thing for me here is his expression: just look at the way he is holding his head!! :) extremely cute. why do they always have the cutest expressions? :)
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03/27/2007 07:47:57 AM
I see you made it to the zoo. Good for you! This is an excellent shot, and I personally love the DOF. The glass really is hard to shot through and I often run into the same type of problems (can't back up because of glare and then they are too close). I didn't enter or vote this challenge, but I would have given you a 10. You seem to have gotten quite a bit of his personality into the shot!
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03/27/2007 04:29:58 AM
Perfect color and texture! He's (or she?) giving you quite the look there!
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03/26/2007 11:50:45 PM
Now this is ??? could not you find a good looking guy/girl, sorry I did not vote on animals in this challenge, yet you finished in the top 50%, great work...
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03/26/2007 07:10:59 PM
Melethia,I voted 4 on this, not because of DNMC but because the shallow DOF bothers me. I wanted to see the whole iguana clearly. I love the color, texture, and patterns of their skin, and I don't think it does justice to the subject to obscure most of him. That being said, I like the pose you captured, and the light, color, and focus on his face is very nice. I got a laugh from the title too.
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03/26/2007 03:13:02 PM
excellent! love the colours of this guy, fits so well to the colour portrait challenge :) great DOF, deb.
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03/26/2007 10:24:52 AM
And it is a very cool photo!!! The texture is AMAZING! I always love these kinds of photos where the shallow depth of field makes them look like their heads are coming off the page at you! Excellent work, Deb! And underrated -- and I'm sure that is only because people voted animals down :( dumb voters!

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03/26/2007 08:11:35 AM
The detail and the bokeh is very nice. I don't think the stick behind him is distracting as it seems to be out of focus enough.
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03/26/2007 08:00:02 AM
I voted this quite high, as it is a very good animal portrait, with a very catchy title, that really suits this image.....
Deserved to get just a little higher score than this IMO.....
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03/26/2007 12:18:32 AM
I voted more or less the same for the animal shots, and this is one of the best I've seen - probably would've given it a 7 or 8. Well done! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/25/2007 11:40:29 PM
Before seeing the title, I was going to comment just the same.
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03/24/2007 01:20:36 PM
I absolutley love this! It's a great shot, but what really makes it for me is the title.. utter genius
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03/19/2007 06:15:12 PM
sweet
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03/19/2007 11:46:13 AM
cute :)
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03/19/2007 01:44:06 AM
OUTSTANDING! Gutsy and well done! A good portrait on its own merits, and an extra point from me to help compensate for any whiny DNMC Policw! 8
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