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"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day"
"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day"
theanton


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Habits (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Date: May 14, 2004
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2004

The title is from Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the Moon", maybe the best album ever :)
Hopefully, some Pink Floyd fans will hear the song coming out of the speaker on the picture.

Statistics
Place: 245 out of 256
Avg (all users): 3.8022
Avg (commenters): 4.2500
Avg (participants): 3.6726
Avg (non-participants): 3.8968
Views since voting: 984
Votes: 268
Comments: 17
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09/05/2005 11:48:02 PM
watch out. u might get burned...
02/11/2005 04:03:53 PM
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2004 05:48:12 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background (20% Weight): 5
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing (20% Weight): 4
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. (30% Weight): 4
How well does it meet the challenge (30% Weight): 8
Total Rating (Rounded) 5
05/25/2004 04:25:29 PM
I like the expressoin on the face and the extrordinarily long ash on the cigarette. The harsh shadow from the flash distracts from the composition and the soft focus makes some of the better details mushy.
05/24/2004 02:18:49 PM
Ash it... just ash it all ready!
05/24/2004 06:32:28 AM
good ideal ..subject looks a little stiff , to possed .. light glar on the wall is a little distracting , sharper focus may help
05/21/2004 11:07:30 AM
Could be more in focus and less orange on the left side of the picture. Needs to be brightned up. But yes a very bad habit. And the white square to the left of his head is distracting along and the metal piece.
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05/20/2004 06:01:44 PM
doesn't work for me...to much shadow behind model, and lighting need to re arranged...IMO
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05/20/2004 01:48:02 AM
Lighting is very flat in this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/19/2004 01:13:16 PM
Nice title.

Shame about the flash shadow - need to use a fill in or reflector to remove that.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/19/2004 11:36:16 AM
shouldnt have done this on a white background with that angle. I had to search for what the purpose of the picture is... cant see the cigarette or the smoke...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/19/2004 10:24:03 AM
Cool idea for a photo. Needs work though, pose, lighting, sharpness could use some tweaking. Small changes could make this photo jump right out at you...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/19/2004 06:41:24 AM
oh by the way, which one's pink?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/19/2004 05:19:36 AM
Bad use of a smoking person. It almost seems like something that would be in a cigarette advertisement, especially with that title. I am sorry, but this is bad form and goes against the rules, escpeially with all the talk on the forums leading up to this challenge due date.

Other then that, there is a flash shadow that could have not been in the shot with additional lighting. The background is rather dry and uninteresting.
05/18/2004 09:50:33 PM
shadow on wall because of flash is annoying. The speaker on wall (I guess) does not add much value to the picture. You could have captured some smoke in picture by reducing light.
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05/18/2004 08:54:35 PM
Common solution and the composition needs more for intrigue
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05/18/2004 08:10:48 PM
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way... :)


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