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Feeding the Ducks
Feeding the Ducks
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Challenge: Candid IV (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Date: Jun 7, 2007
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Black and White, Children
Date Uploaded: Jun 7, 2007

 This may not score well because it's a kid (or just a mediocre photo :) ), but I have never been comfortable photographing people, so this is what ya get. :)

The shot was taken at the long end of the zoom, so it was softer than I wanted. The softness plus the ugly yellow-green water led me toward the black and white processing.

I used the vignette because the blurred water around the edges was so bland and lifeless.

Statistics
Place: 238 out of 448
Avg (all users): 5.4138
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.3265
Avg (non-participants): 5.5957
Views since voting: 748
Views during voting: 240
Votes: 145
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/16/2007 08:43:48 AM
there's something strange and scary about this photo, like he's too close to the ducks, and then there's his hand reaching out, the almost desperate expression on his face. 8
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 06/14/2007 03:05:57 PM
I'm a bit tossed up about the blur around the edges. It's doing things with my eyes, even though the subject - the kid - is in focus. I like the black and white - well I usually do. The burned edges are cool and add atmosphere. The gesture you caught is cool and different, as well as the boy's facial expression. The tones are a bit soft. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2007 02:22:43 PM
Cute but a little soft on the focus. I don't care for the border effect myself...
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2007 01:57:11 PM
I like the bw and composition of this. The vignette/frame is a bit distracting, though, in that it doesn't seem to add to the shot, but rather is a separate, distinguishable characteristic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2007 07:20:26 AM
I don't often like candids of children, but this one is better than most.. I like his expression
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/12/2007 08:32:03 AM
vignette works but leaves the overall image a little muddy. I like the composition - like that you left in at least the head in the bottom left to give us a sense of what he is looking at. DOF works well. sharpness where it should be. well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2007 04:38:42 AM
VERY well done, this has the feeling of one of the old shot's my grandmother used to keep on the mantlepiece.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2007 02:27:02 AM
Soper candid imahage of a child absorbed in what they are doing. Like the dof you have used and the B&W works very well as does the slight vignetting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/10/2007 11:57:34 PM
Cute...good vignetting.
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 06/10/2007 10:44:29 PM
Nice capture - Like the light - Shame about the cropped ducks to the left.
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