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"Smile, or else!" (Mom coaches dancers at Children's Festival)
"Smile, or else!" (Mom coaches dancers at Children's Festival)
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Challenge: Photojournalism II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Location: San Jose, CA
Date: Apr 29, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Candid, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Apr 29, 2006

 Taken this morning at the Children’s Festival outside the Discovery Museum in San Jose, CA. This mother was coaching her daughter (and other kids) who were on stage dancing a traditional Mexican dance. I couldn’t resist the shot – the baby smiling was just killer!

Very little post processing. Crop, levels, some burn/dodge, resize, USM, border.

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Place: 62 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.8864
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.7273
Avg (non-participants): 6.0101
Views since voting: 720
Views during voting: 241
Votes: 176
Comments: 15
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/07/2006 09:12:08 PM
nice candid moment. not really front page material (except on a really slow news day), but it's the type of stuff weekly papers love. bad idea with the border, though.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/07/2006 07:16:08 PM
Great shot for the challenge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/06/2006 10:32:53 PM
one of the better entries so far, has expression, emotion....story is a bit unclear i guess though, still pretty nice, technically good.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/06/2006 10:31:15 AM
Very good candid! Works well for local coverage of the event.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/05/2006 08:59:09 PM
So cute.....
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/05/2006 04:40:37 PM
Great capture of the "moment". Childs face, note and Mom's face create a pattern that conveys a message. DOF is right for a newspaper.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/04/2006 12:00:42 AM
Would make a great shot for the story. 8
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Apple iPhone 4
 05/03/2006 07:10:14 AM
haha, the baby is absolutely is stunning ...
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Sony DSC-F717
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Nikon
 05/02/2006 01:56:30 AM
It's a good photo which will evoke a lot of feelings.

'or else' what!....? it always makes me feel sad that children are pushed this way by their own Mom.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 05/01/2006 06:59:04 PM
A great moment caught well.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/01/2006 11:36:09 AM
excellent photojournalistic shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/01/2006 10:14:50 AM
Nice capture.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM
 05/01/2006 09:30:48 AM
does it say smile or else!?! if so, the rest of that word would have added tons to the picture
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Nikon D70
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 05/01/2006 09:05:27 AM
Cute... nice shot.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 05/01/2006 06:41:52 AM
Yikes! smile or else?? lol. dont want to know what or else is. sooo cute. great capture and great photo in terms of technical aspects too!
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