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Eighteen to life...
Eighteen to life...
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Challenge: Chains (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Tigard, OR
Date: Apr 8, 2007
Aperture: 13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8
Date Uploaded: Apr 8, 2007

A follow-up of sorts to . Wednesday, 4/4/07 my wife and I found out that she was 7 weeks pregnant with our first child.

* Shot in a lightbox in raw
* Adjusted in ACR
* NoiseNinja
* Uniformly burned background to make it a little less stark white
* USM
* Convert to RGB
* Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 167 out of 171
Avg (all users): 4.3176
Avg (commenters): 3.3333
Avg (participants): 4.1014
Avg (non-participants): 4.5063
Views since voting: 716
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 148
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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04/16/2007 02:22:27 AM
Yeah - I think I tried to throw too much into the photo to tie it all together. The "sculpture"/"cookie" is almost a little more disturbing than that. It was on the cake at my mother's babyshower for me (i.e. when she found out she was pregnant with me). It's a very large piece of 30-year old frosting. Not edible - I tried when I was a kid.

The comment about the test on the counter is accurate. It probably would have been better/more recognizable had I just shot it sitting on the bathroom counter, in its own element, as it were.
04/16/2007 12:26:24 AM
Well, maybe not a ribbon winner, but, IMO, should of scored better than that. I thought it to be a good, creative take on the challenge theme, and not that far out of the box to understand. Oh well, darned speed voters :-)
04/15/2007 11:41:39 PM
Seriously underscored. I got it. Good even light, good focus. The composition is OK, but I think the "baby" thing threw a lot of people. And at first glance, I thought the pregnancy test thing was one of those anti-theft devices on the clothing. Maybe instead of the sculpture, a rattle or a toy might have been better. Still, I thought it a nice picture - gave it a 6.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/14/2007 06:45:43 PM
Is that a cookie? If so, it's a very disturbing cookie. I didn't even notice the pregnancy test at first, I was too caught up in the cookie. IMO the test strip on the counter (sans cookie) would've conveyed the idea more effectively.
04/12/2007 11:59:51 PM
This is over my head !
04/12/2007 07:05:19 PM
interesting way of looking at it. wouldn't it be "life to 18" though?


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