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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Lounge
Date: Oct 27, 2007
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

 This is my eldest son, Conor. He was watching TV and totally engrossed in it. The lighting is natural light coming from the large ranch-slider door. As far as portraits so I think this is one of my best.

Composition is a bit poor IMO but when I shot this I was really just playing with the 50mm lens so I didn't think too much about framing. No doubt the fact Conor is centred in the frame will count against me.

I really like the shot and have a large copy on our wall. I realise the voters won't be quite so "attached" to it as I am but I hope that doesn't reflect in the votes too much.

Enough of that, let's have some score predicitons:
Realistic score: 5.5
Make me happy score: 6.0
Over the moon score: 6.5
I'm quitting DPC score: 5.0

[Mar. 15th, 2009 07:34:10 PM]

Noise you all say? Well if I open Adobe Gamma and look at a DPC page with those little bars and set it right I see...lot's of noise.

So I have to blame myself for having my monitor setup wrong. :(

Statistics
Place: 722 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.3224
Avg (commenters): 6.1026
Avg (participants): 5.3309
Avg (non-participants): 5.2740
Views since voting: 661
Views during voting: 634
Votes: 490
Comments: 43
Favorites: 0

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 03/25/2009 01:08:20 AM
Well crap, if that's how people feel about a wee bit of noise, I'm going down big time in the March fs. Oh wait... I'm probably brown toast any way, lol.

Heh, you should have said the noise was deliberate, you were going for the arty high ISO film grain look ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 06:38:02 PM
I almost wonder if the eye focus should be reversed, with the lighter eye and cheek being in focus? My eye is drawn the to the blurry part by the lighting.
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 03/17/2009 11:15:20 AM
Lovely baby portrait.
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 03/17/2009 08:44:38 AM
Great lighting, such a curious look in the eye, I wish both eyes popped as nicely as the nearer one.
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 03/17/2009 12:47:29 AM
Great candid. The youngster is definetly focused on what he is watching. Nice choice with the black & white too.
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 03/16/2009 01:41:23 PM
what a cutie
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 03/16/2009 11:29:35 AM
He must be watching Dora 7
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 03/16/2009 10:45:23 AM
I wish there was a little more DOF, the OOF eye takes away from this image IMO.
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 03/15/2009 09:35:16 AM
Not sure I really like the DOF here, but the left eye is nice and sharp.
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 03/15/2009 08:02:34 AM
Very clear and good focus on the eyes.
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 03/15/2009 06:11:48 AM
beautiful portrait, nice conversion to black and white, perfect catch lights, i like how quick the focus falls off, adds interest to the image, well done
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 03/15/2009 05:04:28 AM
great focus at his eye - the light could improve
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 03/15/2009 01:11:27 AM
cuuuute , but Id prefer DOF so deep that both eyes would be sharp


cheers ;)
brano
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 03/14/2009 09:30:28 PM
Love the lighting and expression on the child's face. Well done. 8.
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 03/14/2009 06:18:21 PM
DOF just a tad short for me would have prefered seeing both eyes crisp like the front one .fantastic detail in that one
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 03/14/2009 05:20:24 PM
good lighting
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 03/14/2009 05:03:03 PM
Cute. Not sure I'm thrilled with the shallow DOF.
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 03/14/2009 07:43:14 AM
Nice portrait. The eyes really draw us into the photo.
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 03/14/2009 06:47:29 AM
Great sharpness on the eye, I like the lighting.
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 03/14/2009 01:05:04 AM
great focus and expression, the lighting it excellent as well but there is a lot of noise in the background? still a great portrait though, well done
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 03/13/2009 03:53:30 PM
nice b&W tones, but I have to admit that I am not a fan of selective focusing in potrait type shots. 7
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 03/13/2009 01:58:25 PM
lovely expression. that first eye is just perfect, so are the lips and nose. great dof-8
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 03/13/2009 01:51:49 PM
I have a sister with cheeks like those! Beautiful eyes.
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 03/13/2009 11:12:57 AM
good use of toning
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 03/13/2009 10:13:49 AM
Good focus on both the subject and the subject itself. Nice shot.
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 03/13/2009 08:54:33 AM
Lovely portrait with a well chosen title.
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 03/13/2009 08:31:12 AM
Cute and candid. Very nice.
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 03/13/2009 03:59:18 AM
Cute as a button. Love the focus on the eye. A little noisy but still very nice.
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 03/13/2009 02:48:53 AM
Good DOF and apt title.
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 03/12/2009 08:13:57 PM
Nice shot
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 03/12/2009 10:18:57 AM
Makes me want to reach out to the kid. I like that it's precisely focused, which emphasizes a great composition.
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 03/12/2009 07:21:30 AM
Very nice.
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 03/12/2009 05:58:28 AM
Great focus and DOF, nice light
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 03/11/2009 04:08:00 PM
I really like the eyes
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 03/11/2009 03:44:34 PM
Very sharp left eye! A slightly deeper dof might have worked better.
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 03/11/2009 02:28:44 PM
Cute. Love the chubby cheeks and the wet lips. Nice focus on the eye.
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 03/11/2009 01:49:36 PM
great focus on the eye
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 03/11/2009 01:47:24 PM
Those cheeks are awesome. Good focus on the eye too.
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 03/11/2009 12:13:22 PM
would have like this better if both eyes were in focus....
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 03/11/2009 07:59:10 AM
a little noisy in the blacks, but i like the fact that half of the face is not in focus. nice b&w
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 03/11/2009 05:10:55 AM
They look VERY focused. Nice details in the front eye.
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 03/11/2009 02:51:06 AM
I love the razor sharp eye. Fun expression.
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 03/10/2009 09:10:39 PM
Lovely expression. This boy(?) is really concentrating on something. Good title. Good DOF. I like the catch light.
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