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Fun at the beach
MacDonald


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Challenge: Candid IV (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: California
Date: Jun 10, 2007
Galleries: Candid, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2007

 There was this lovely young woman laughing at the beach boardwalk today as her ice cream melted too fast for her to keep up with and when I went to take her photo she turned and looked at me, grinning from ear to ear... I know this shot will look staged, it isn't... and it is such a fun shot that I will go with it. Hope I don't get too bad of a score.

Post Processing consisted of cropping, levels, healing brush on her face, cloned out a few minor distractions, neat imaged it... sharpened it.. Resized for web.


Well, the shot got shot down (lol) and I kind of knew it would... it wasn't a wedding. Although there are weddings all the time at the beaches in California... she just had on a white dress on a hot day...but I appreciate all the comments that people took time to make.

Statistics
Place: 220 out of 448
Avg (all users): 5.4522
Avg (commenters): 5.8182
Avg (participants): 5.2936
Avg (non-participants): 5.8125
Views since voting: 856
Views during voting: 316
Votes: 157
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/05/2007 04:58:51 PM
what a cute shot, good catch, Im glad she say the funny side of it some brides dont :)
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 06/18/2007 04:41:21 AM
Such a good photo! I'm sorry it didn't score higher. Many people apparently dq'd photos if the subject was looking at the camera. I'd like to say that I was your 9 but I actually voted 8, which on second look was too low.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/17/2007 02:14:42 PM
Around here, we have ice cream that looks like that called "blue goo." I can't stand it, but my son thinks it is the only ice cream that should exist. I think what I like the most about this shot is the contrast between the playfulness/youthfulness of the ice cream cone, and the elegance/romance that is implied with the rose.
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 06/16/2007 08:26:15 AM
I love that line of blue ice cream! Seems like more of a portrait gone afoul than a candid, but it has a similar spirit. 7
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 06/15/2007 01:38:58 PM
this looks more like a pose than a candid shot.
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 06/14/2007 02:22:09 PM
Cute! Looks like a wedding dress, but at the beach? Never been to a wedding there before...
TC
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 06/14/2007 10:36:46 AM
Wow! You even caught the little drop of ice cream falling off her elbow.
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 06/14/2007 07:04:07 AM
Great moment captured here. I like the expression. Good cropping, DOF and lighting. Maybe just a bit more of here right arm as the bend line leads out of scene and the rest of arm does not bring you back in.
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 06/13/2007 08:44:25 AM
lol Sweet. The colours are lovely - The blue of the ice cream is a nice contrast to the red of the rose. Nice natural laugh too. I'm scared for her dres though! :)
7
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 06/12/2007 10:43:33 PM
Not sure whether this is set up or not (I am marking as if it isnt) but a lovely capture of a very nice smile. The blue bits of icecream are fantastic, especially the drop that you captured mid air

Good job
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 06/11/2007 06:48:15 PM
nice effort
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 06/11/2007 01:09:48 AM
Oh dear...that drop looks like it could do damage to that white dress.
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 06/11/2007 12:59:29 AM
a good moment..
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 06/10/2007 10:52:53 PM
Absolutely perfect...teeth. Great shot!
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 06/10/2007 09:58:46 PM
Nice capture - Like the fun energy in this - The out of focus people in the background are a tad distracting.
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