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Challenge: Personified Smiles and Frowns (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2010 - Challenges
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Date: Jan 17, 2010
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125 sec.
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2010

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Soooo very happy with my score, it is very funny because my husband and I were on a walk at the State Park that we were camping in kind of keeping an eye out for something with a smile/frown in it and right on the boardwalk where we were walking...ta da...2 shots later and a few others that didn't make it into this bunch...

What is even funnier...it that this one scored soooo much higher than this one which I had really, really worked hard at...just goes to show...less is more

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 82
Avg (all users): 6.5027
Avg (commenters): 7.8750
Avg (participants): 6.1500
Avg (non-participants): 6.6000
Views since voting: 3026
Views during voting: 350
Votes: 185
Comments: 26
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 02/03/2010 02:16:09 PM
lol .. such a great shot janine .. congrats on such a great place in the challenge .. :)
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 01/27/2010 06:33:17 PM
Congratulations on your HM. That funny face has so much personality.
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 01/26/2010 10:46:24 PM
Pretty cool shot! Congrats on the HM!
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 01/25/2010 08:04:29 PM
Very funny...Congrats
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 01/25/2010 03:14:45 PM
Simple yet very effective. Congrats on the HM!
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 01/25/2010 11:55:22 AM
Congrats on the HM. I loved this one. I can almost hear him talking...!
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 01/25/2010 08:25:59 AM
Well done to find this! A great smiling face.
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 01/25/2010 08:17:47 AM
Hi from the Critique Club

When this came up I thought why does someone who is in the top 5 want a critique? I guess the comments since voting have been of the "good one" style rather than a critique so here goes...

First impressions are that it meets challenge well and looks like it was a find, rather than contrived. The cropping/composition gives a feeling of being tilted at first but then we glimpse the other boards at the side and then it seems to take on a lifelike feel - like one in a crowd.

The tones are nice, the nose adding a much needed element of colour to the otherwise bland wood. DOF seems to be a little shallow, the mouth is in focus but the eyes seem to be getting a little fuzzy.

Overall its a nice shot with a good whimsical face showing.
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 01/25/2010 04:39:16 AM
Oh Janine! So little difference in ribbon score and this. *sigh*

I really hate it when that happens. *sigh again*

He's just TOO ADORABLE! I've never seen wood be so cute!
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 01/25/2010 04:21:02 AM
Wood doesn't get any more adorable than this- great job!
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 01/25/2010 02:51:00 AM
Wow! I'm so excited for you. I had no idea you even entered this one. GREAT job & congrats!!!
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 01/24/2010 10:52:17 PM
Good find! Congrats on the HM
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 01/24/2010 08:20:56 PM
really a great find. Congrats on hm!
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 01/24/2010 07:24:44 PM
This is very cute - congrats on the HM!
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 01/24/2010 07:09:40 PM
Nice one..I liked it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/24/2010 03:55:46 PM
Very funny, reminds me of a cartoon character. Well done
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 01/24/2010 05:11:32 AM
Fabulous shot, my favourite so far. Good luck.
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 01/24/2010 05:01:28 AM
One of my favourites!! Really cute.
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 01/23/2010 09:48:50 AM
awwww! Great eye!
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 01/22/2010 06:07:50 AM
Hihihihihihi ... i fell in love with this shot. So smart. So Hush Puppies look. The tone, the composition, and the details are superb for such not-an-easy-one theme. Congrats, comrade!!!
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 01/21/2010 06:41:27 PM
cute.
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 01/20/2010 12:40:03 PM
Very cute face.
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 01/19/2010 01:25:11 PM
Oh man, this is almost too good.
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 01/18/2010 03:13:33 PM
Great find
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 01/18/2010 10:57:07 AM
:-)
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 01/18/2010 09:07:31 AM
Love the mouth really makes the shot!
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