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Late Night Reading
Late Night Reading
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
Location: Inside
Date: Apr 23, 2007
Aperture: F4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2007

 I used my dog Lex in this photo challenge. My Mom, who is a loving mom of two, gave me pointers. When we did photoshop, she was having a good time helping me. We enjoy giving each other pointers. She is an awesome mom, and I hope she will continue the GOOD WORK.

Statistics
Place: 130 out of 573
Avg (all users): 6.1437
Avg (commenters): 7.5625
Avg (participants): 6.0667
Avg (non-participants): 6.3148
Views since voting: 1168
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 174
Comments: 23
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 05/09/2007 10:41:51 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club -

First congrats on your first 6+ score and a new personal best! Thats always exciting. And a 6+ score in a FS to boot is really good. The FS's tend to be a bit tougher to get the higher scores as voters tend to be a bit more finicky.

You have a very nice image here. The lighting is excellent. The color tones are warm and appealing and your overall composition is really laid out well. This is just an in general pleasing image - and now looking at your comments (and so many in challenge - well done) you hit a good chord with all of them. I placed a a bit higher in the challenge and didnt come close to that many comments during voting. Really well done. Congrats.

And I can also say that I dont really have alot to offer to make this better. You have a complete image here. Colors, detail, lighting, model and pose. Your editing is clean and well executed. Not much else to add here. While maybe not an image with serious WOW power to get you a higher score, you certainly have an image that is strong and is appealing to a large group here at DPC. 22 comments and 4 faves is excellent. Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing more images from you!

Tim
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 05/08/2007 03:42:28 AM
Ooooo a new personal best!! Congratulations! Nice score in this large challenge! This is such a classic photo!! I am looking forward to see more of your work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2007 07:53:37 PM
nicely done! cute positioning and great lighting...
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 05/07/2007 06:44:09 PM
beautiful lighting and composition 8
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 05/07/2007 06:25:51 PM
terrific. 8
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 05/07/2007 08:15:11 AM
Oh, I love it! The subtle lighting is just glorious, and I'm always a sucker for gold and deep black like this. :) The details are fabulous. I'm guessing it'll get bombed by voters for being a low key image, but I personally love low-key. Excellent shot.
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 05/06/2007 06:37:40 AM
Now that's a convincing pose!
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 05/05/2007 11:23:13 AM
great image, i like it.
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 05/05/2007 01:37:55 AM
this is SOOOO adorable :o)
Perfect example of using light to turn a simple idea into something amazing
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 05/04/2007 07:31:11 PM
Such a sweet image - it's the sort of thing you'd expect to see on a biscut tin from the 50's. The lighting on this is wonderful. A more traditional aspect ratio and this would make a good greeting card.
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 05/04/2007 12:06:37 PM
This is such an unexpected visual and so very nicely done. Looks like a painting by a Dutch Master. I love it.
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 05/04/2007 09:33:56 AM
Great capture, nice low key lighting.
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 05/04/2007 06:56:52 AM
When he reads like this, you really should give hime more light. His eyes will go bad and he will need glasses! But serious is this set up or by chance? Cool either way 10/10
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 05/04/2007 04:47:46 AM
Very cute dog! Nice lighting. 8
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 05/03/2007 09:13:48 AM
awwwww....beautifully done!
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 05/03/2007 08:44:42 AM
Well presented theme. Really like the lighting.
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 05/01/2007 06:37:08 PM
You really did a great job with photo. I love how the puppy looks like it is reading the old books and I love the warm glow of the photo. Makes me smile everytime I look at. Great job and I hope it does well.
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 05/01/2007 06:19:41 PM
This is a great concept with good light and color...8
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 05/01/2007 11:14:18 AM
It's so cute!
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 05/01/2007 11:04:29 AM
7
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 05/01/2007 07:36:17 AM
Like a Dutch Master. WTG!
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 04/30/2007 08:44:50 PM
This is a very emmotive photograph. The lighting gets just a bit too harsh on the right edge of the book but otherwise I love the pose of the dog and the subject in general.
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 04/30/2007 08:24:57 PM
Smart dog you have there! Wonderful low key lighting and composition! Has a feeling of a painting by one of the old masters. I really love it!
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