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Challenge: Intimacy (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Location: Tacloban Philippines
Date: Mar 22, 2008
Aperture: F2
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Black and White, Children
Date Uploaded: Mar 25, 2008

 The Image: Taken in the slums of Tacloban City in the Philippines. These kids live in abject poverty, but they are full of laughter, smiles and closeness. Unfortunately, many of these kids end up uneducated and in prostitution. Our church is working here to make a difference in 2008 and beyond.

I had the ISO a little high at 800 because I had been shooting in the darker part of the slums. But the D300 is magic when it comes to noise.

EDIT: Just my usual stuff...grayscale, duotone, levels, USM.

PREDICTION: I haven't done well with my last two entries and am not sure if this conveys intimacy enough for the dpc voters....achieving a 6 would be great.

POST CHALLENGE: Finished about where I thought. These kids live in the slums and they are so close to one another! The families have 8-10 kids each...I love the Philippines. Thanks for the votes everyone

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 117
Avg (all users): 6.3277
Avg (commenters): 7.8235
Avg (participants): 5.6744
Avg (non-participants): 6.4387
Views since voting: 2046
Views during voting: 510
Votes: 296
Comments: 28
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 04/10/2008 06:10:58 AM
very nice bw love the tones . made it fave I love it very much
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 04/10/2008 05:56:44 AM
Love this...you've captured their character. Excellent!
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 04/03/2008 10:25:45 PM
just fantastic Enzo
congrats on the 12th pos
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 04/03/2008 04:28:23 PM
Incredible photo!
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 04/02/2008 07:20:22 PM
great shot Enzo :)
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 04/02/2008 05:52:24 AM
Enzo, this is SO SWEET!!!!!
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 04/02/2008 03:41:02 AM
What a beautiful photo, Enzo. Stunning work. Congrats on top 20 (should have been top 10, IMO).
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 04/01/2008 10:16:32 PM
Congrats on your high score...good work Aussie.
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 04/01/2008 08:17:13 PM
a truly beautiful photograph and perfect for the challenge .. congratulations on a 12th place .. :)
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 04/01/2008 08:10:48 PM
very cool capture, you got the moment all right.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/01/2008 05:26:31 PM
Intimacy among friends... good shot. The only thing I might have done a little different is not cropped the top girls head so much.
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 03/31/2008 08:48:03 AM
birth control.. also available in 3rd world countries
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 03/31/2008 02:10:30 AM
Beautiful tones, wonderful expressions, nice composition. I love it. The range of expressions is fantastic. The older girl's smile lights up the picture.
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 03/30/2008 04:09:52 PM
Beautiful. Great use of DOF. Perfect focus. Awesome.
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 03/30/2008 03:58:49 PM
A well done image. just didn't convey intimacy more just a group of kids taking a snap shot.
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 03/29/2008 01:24:29 PM
Great Composition and exposure is right on!
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 03/29/2008 04:35:20 AM
Great shot!
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 03/28/2008 04:20:01 PM
Now this is sweet! One of the handful of bright lights in a pretty dismal challenge... :-)
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 03/28/2008 12:39:21 PM
Intimacy, for sure. And a lovely group, well photographed and processed.
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 03/27/2008 11:04:54 AM
Great use of b&w for the different skin tones, I like it. Bokeh on this lens is kind of funny, making the bike rider (?) a bit distracting in the background.
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 03/27/2008 12:39:05 AM
Nice triangular composition and good B&W work
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 03/26/2008 07:03:26 PM
Perfect lighting and tones. good luck
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 03/26/2008 06:31:35 PM
This is a great shot, but the intimacy I believe we are looking for is of the different kind. Man you should have saved this one for free study. Its an awesome shot.
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 03/26/2008 08:57:15 AM
The boy in the front that looks like he's going to punch your lights out detracts a hair from the shot, but the rest of it works really well. Hope to see some outtakes when the challenge is done.
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 03/26/2008 07:13:19 AM
Nice contrast and DoF, wonderful.
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 03/26/2008 03:22:55 AM
Natural one.
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 03/26/2008 01:27:45 AM
Nice group portrait. I really like their smile. You got yourself a good shot!
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 03/25/2008 08:30:13 PM
I like that they are all "connected" by touch. It's not really an intimate scene the way I refer to intimate. But your allows me to overlook that and decide that yes, this could be an intimate group of friends.

Lovely B&W toning, by the way!
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