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2nd toughest in the juniors
2nd toughest in the juniors
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: School Days (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ2
Location: Baerschwil, Switzerland
Date: Oct 17, 2004
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30s
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 19, 2004

 I tried a few pics of my son and decided not to enter, then after playing around with this pic (was out of focus and generally not good) I came up with something that reminded me of 70/80's English school life.

Hopefully it'll scrape a 5

lots of adjustments of levels, neat image and usm

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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 10/26/2004 10:29:25 PM
Damn! I used to fight with this kid. He lived across the street from me. Great capture! Just a classic look.
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Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/26/2004 09:00:13 PM
Great expression and framing. Only minuses are a little jagged from oversharpening (or downsampling for web, I suppose), and the sweater is too solid black, no detail in it.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 10/26/2004 08:39:37 PM
This is a great portrait
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/26/2004 11:48:56 AM
Sharper focus would have made this better, but I love the expression you've captured. I keep going back to look at it and it always makes me smile. Wait til he's a senior...
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Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital
 10/26/2004 09:43:09 AM
Looks a bit oversharpened but other than that, not a bad portrait but hardly exceptional either.
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Canon EOS-D60
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 10/25/2004 03:17:44 AM
looks rather like a mug-shot, maybe that was your intention
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Canon PowerShot A50
 10/22/2004 12:16:02 AM
good 'mugshot' feel to it - would have been a good submission in Defining Feature, too
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 10/21/2004 10:29:19 PM
great mug.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 10/21/2004 09:21:22 PM
This would have been even better in color, in my opinion.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/21/2004 06:58:10 AM
Funny! Nice spoof on those awful yearbook photos. Honestly, I'm not sure it "represents education" as such, but there's a certain type of social education popular among the challenge entries. (That's for me to work out.)

Seems to be loss of detail in the sweater. Background is a little harsh. I'll assume it's intentional.
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Sony DSC-P100
 10/20/2004 01:21:23 PM
:) well done...good humour.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/20/2004 12:01:56 PM
heh, his expression says it all. he looks like a rockstar in the works. 8
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