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Challenge: Clowns (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S700 / S5700
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Date: Jan 8, 2008
Aperture: F/3.5
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 8, 2008

Lacking a person in a clown suit, I tried to get creative with a ceramic clown we had around the house. Learned a lot about what NOT to do with lighting. Best of the lot...

PP: straighten, crop, +10 contrast, Curves 23>9 232>204, Hue: +14, Sat: +6, add borders, resize for web, sharpen

Statistics
Place: 46 out of 52
Avg (all users): 4.1189
Avg (commenters): 4.0556
Avg (participants): 3.8148
Avg (non-participants): 4.1429
Views since voting: 823
Views during voting: 524
Votes: 370
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/14/2008 10:09:11 AM
The harsh flash kinda hurts this.
01/14/2008 08:05:37 AM
Good colors and detail.
01/13/2008 09:19:15 AM
When I look at your image, the flower stands out the most and overpowers the little clown. I like the complimentary background.
01/11/2008 04:27:27 AM
Border = distracting.

Cute flower, but this shot seems like it was thrown together in a hurry.
01/11/2008 04:15:46 AM
Flash seems to have left harsh shadows - softer or maybe natural lighting would have been better. And maybe composition and visual interest could have been improved with a different angle?
01/10/2008 06:05:18 PM
Nice try :)
01/10/2008 11:48:56 AM
cute shot, only the focus is on the flower rather thant he clown
01/09/2008 07:21:23 PM
Not very appealling visually.
01/09/2008 06:52:34 PM
Nice try but you have blown your clowns colours out with the lighting 6
01/09/2008 06:04:08 PM
Clown to flower ratio is probably a bit low here...
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01/09/2008 04:34:32 PM
Interesting composition. I am not sure about the orange border especially in contrast to the green background.
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01/09/2008 03:03:05 PM
The shadows causes this to look as if it was propped up against a pillow
01/09/2008 01:30:34 PM
i dont really like this, it seems too simplistic to work well - 4
01/09/2008 11:27:22 AM
I like the clown and the flower prop, but I would have tried to pose them differently to get a closer, more dramatic shot on the clown.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/09/2008 10:27:22 AM
Harsh shadows due to the subject being too close to the backdrop.
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01/09/2008 05:36:21 AM
Composition is OK and I like your choice of background, but the harsh lighting is rather distracting.
01/08/2008 09:27:12 PM
nice and vivid, and I like the frame... but the flash is casting a pretty harsh outline shadow.
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01/08/2008 07:33:03 PM
funny, you should have squirted someone in the face. The lighting does seem harse in this shot.
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