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Shopping for Christmas Memories
Shopping for Christmas Memories
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Challenge: Window Shopping (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Pentax DA 50-200 ED
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: Dec 20, 2008
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/20 sec
Galleries: Candid, Children
Date Uploaded: Dec 20, 2008

 One of six historic window displays inside the Schuster Center in Dayton, Ohio. This was taken from the same staircase that won my only ribbon so far. Hopefully this location will be lucky again. The Christmas light in the dog's mouth is not burned out but is a blinker. I couldn't get someone cute in front of it when the light was on.

Converted from Raw then processed with Paint Shop Pro X

- Rotate & Crop
- One step noise reduction
- Clarify @2 three times
- USM 0.30 - 250 - 0
- USM 50 - 12 - 0
- Slight S-curve for contrast
- Hue/Sat/Light: Desat yellows -32
- Resize
- USM 1.0 - 100 - 0

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 63
Avg (all users): 5.9885
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.8077
Avg (non-participants): 6.0085
Views since voting: 1043
Views during voting: 426
Votes: 261
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/29/2008 05:24:36 AM
I hate yellow retail lights! Cute perspective. I like the natural diagonal lines on the window and again on the floor.
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 12/27/2008 04:47:48 PM
I like the angle. Would have been good to see something of her face or a reflection. Still, well composed and framed.
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 12/27/2008 11:40:40 AM
what a great moment...
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 12/27/2008 12:47:39 AM
Nice shot. How Much?....would have been a great title.
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 12/26/2008 06:12:30 PM
Lovely shot with nice composition and exposure. I like the pictures which feature window shoppers, rather than just window displays. 9
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 12/26/2008 03:30:18 PM
Beautiful
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 12/26/2008 01:34:11 PM
good
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 12/25/2008 03:57:57 PM
Nice sharp image that meets the challenge. I think a lower perspective to the right of the child and at their level might have had more impact. 6
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 12/25/2008 11:20:18 AM
Very cute. Love that the spots on the coat sorta match the spots on the pup.
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 12/24/2008 07:25:10 PM
cute shot, i think a lower angle would be more impactful /5
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 12/24/2008 05:26:15 AM
This is so sweet. It gives me a big smile.
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 12/23/2008 10:53:58 PM
Very nice. Maybe a lower angle would have added more intimacy to the scene.
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