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Buster and Me
Lydia


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Challenge: Self Portrait VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II
Date: May 29, 2010
Date Uploaded: May 29, 2010

 Golly! I hate doing Self Portraits. *sigh*

This was crazy! I'd pre-focused the camera, so then... I'd push the shutter button to start the 10-second timer, grab the dog, jump into the chair, hope the dog didn't move, and try to smile as if I were relaxed.

Then... get up, look at the shot, and then... do it all over again.

I was sweating by the time I finished. And the dog thinks I'm crazy.

Oh wait. He thought that before...

*heavy sigh*


And... after the shoot... there are THIRTY-SEVEN edits of this one image. I'm not kidding.

Yes. I AM crazy. And I'm SO TIRED of looking at my face.

Sad thing is... it's really not that great of an image. *sigh*

I obsess.

I love this place! :)

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 131
Avg (all users): 5.4716
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0968
Avg (non-participants): 5.6108
Views since voting: 1078
Views during voting: 457
Votes: 229
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/08/2010 08:12:56 PM
Oh well - not sure why it scored so low. It's a great shot of you and your new boy :D
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2010 05:13:55 PM
nice and relaxed
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 06/03/2010 01:00:38 PM
Ohhhh Hi Lydia! You and Buster are looking Beeeautiful!
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 06/03/2010 07:43:29 AM
So, cute and so nicely done! How many times did you have to get up and readjust the focus on it? That was my biggest problem. Love this shot!
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 06/02/2010 08:51:22 PM
very cute! the only thing that I do not like is the angle of your neck. It looks a bit ackward.
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 06/02/2010 06:05:06 AM
very nice - I like the cozy feel
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 06/01/2010 09:25:12 PM
Somehow the fact that Buster is blurry makes this photo hilarious to me.
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