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Cheater's Habit
Cheater's Habit
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Challenge: Habits (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Near my desk
Date: May 16, 2004
Aperture: F/2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/5 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: May 16, 2004

 Really not sure if people are going to understand this photograph or not, as the whitened ring mark doesn't show up well against pale skin to give a more clear explanation of what's going on. The habit is of course removing the ring from the left ring finger to "fake" a single status. I had many other ideas as well for this challenge, but liked this the best of the lot, despite the ugly, unpolished fingernails. Sorry about that.

Editing: Resizing, curves, brightness/contrast, Neat Image, and some colour toning from the original black and white it was shot in.

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 256
Avg (all users): 5.4363
Avg (commenters): 6.8571
Avg (participants): 5.3119
Avg (non-participants): 5.5267
Views since voting: 1012
Votes: 259
Comments: 17
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 03/23/2005 12:45:03 AM
Originally posted by Nafigator:
Why you mark as "helpful" only praising comments? ;)
That one from 16point2mm about motion was the most helpful here, I guess. On other hand, what is a help from just saying "Good picture though"?


Thanks for pointing that out. I missed that comment entirely. The other one isn't marked helpful because it's not. :) The person missed the point of the photo (the indentation.. not swelling) and didn't give any useful feedback otherwise. I mark nice ones (and criticisms) helpful because I appreciate people commenting. I can only think of two other comments that have been made in my DPC career that I've not marked helpful, but I could be wrong. Only those two stand out though, and I think it's obvious why they're not marked helpful.
 03/22/2005 11:27:07 PM
Why you mark as "helpful" only praising comments? ;)
That one from 16point2mm about motion was the most helpful here, I guess. On other hand, what is a help from just saying "Good picture though"?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2004 04:50:48 PM
I hope it's not true... Good picture though...
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 05/25/2004 02:11:19 PM
Very nice.
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 05/24/2004 02:20:19 PM
Nice duo-tone, great exposure and composition!
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 05/24/2004 09:58:52 AM
Though the quality of the photo is good, the message portrayed is poor.
A different title would have ranked this one much higher in my opinion.
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 05/23/2004 08:30:30 PM
finger looks a little swollen
 05/20/2004 07:40:51 PM
Great job with the lighting. I also like the sepia tone. I don't think it would have been as effective just black and white.
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 05/20/2004 07:10:30 PM
I think the concept is fabulous, and there's real skill in macro work here. My only disenchantment with the piece is that I have to look at the title to understand whic direction, if any, the ring is travelling, and the title is also my only clue as to how this fits in with "habits". While dreadfully difficult to do in macor shots, a shutter speed long enough to create a blur on the ring and "right" hand to denote direction of motion would have been a stronger clue.
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 05/20/2004 09:46:33 AM
This image seems a little dark and lifeless. Maybe if it weren't in B&W it would show some skin tones and color in the ring. Good focus and depth of field.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2004 08:19:42 AM
Very powerful, excellent definitiion, great idea
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 05/19/2004 07:48:17 PM
Very original idea and great picture. The desaturated colors work well.
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 05/19/2004 04:10:48 PM
ooh, on a female hand...double OUCH
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 05/19/2004 03:40:59 PM
Great closeup. The DOF is good and the details are well captured. The composition is rather nice, I like the diagonal lines created by the fingers. The sepia choice makes this a more compelling shot - almost like one of those dreamy ring exchange shots from a wedding.
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 05/19/2004 11:30:43 AM
very nice
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 05/19/2004 03:03:04 AM
I like how you used a woman's hand. When people think of a cheater they usually think of the man. It makes you look twice at the photo. 8
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 05/18/2004 08:58:31 PM
nice interpretation of the challenge
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