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You lookin' at me? No, really. I can't tell. Are you looking at me?
You lookin' at me? No, really. I can't tell. Are you looking at me?
timfythetoo


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Challenge: Headwear (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: my driveway
Date: Nov 10, 2006
Aperture: 3.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Fashion, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2006

 My wife and I are jugglers and have a couple of different derbys hanging around the house. When this challenge came up I had considered doing some sort of self portrait with this hat, but it is just a tiny bit too small (see my wifes entry). Aidan was the next logical choice. We did two sessions - one on the back porch with a white sheet up against the wall on a cloudy afternoon. UNfortunately I didnt clean the hair and crud off the felt and since this wasnt advanced editing I couldnt clean up the hat in post process. So we did a second round of shots out in front of our garage in the shade as the sun was out and shadows were brutal. I took a ton of pics and Aidan was amazingly helpful. I got quite a few shots that I am really pleased to have outside of any challenge. In fact I made a triptych of some of them and placed my first order on DPCPrints. One for me and one for my dads bowling alley. Hopefully the prints are here before the challenge is over. Aidans face is a bit soft on the focus - a higher aperture probably would have fixed it, but the hat seems sharp and I am very pleased with the image. I am hoping for a solid 6 - but in the end I dont really care on this one - this pic is for me.

Alternate edit - Tritpych - [thumb]425703[/thumb] Alternate shots -

Post processing - shadow/highlight contrast adjustments, saturation, sharpness, noise reduction in RAW. In PS - levels, contrast, saturation, selective color adjustments, USM, NI, crop, resize for web, one more USM.

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 244
Avg (all users): 6.3448
Avg (commenters): 8.1250
Avg (participants): 5.9231
Avg (non-participants): 6.5584
Views since voting: 1835
Views during voting: 328
Votes: 232
Comments: 18
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Canon EOS-5D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/23/2006 09:05:09 PM
Great finish Tim! Congratulations on your top 20!
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/22/2006 04:05:17 PM
Hey Tim. Great finish and such a very cool entry. Very well done pardner!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM III
 11/22/2006 08:47:03 AM
Lovely picture. Congrats on your top 20 finish!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/22/2006 01:45:04 AM
Clever take on this challenge. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/22/2006 12:20:29 AM
your wife beat you Tim...what goin on here???

Great image, from the neighbour just below you...you ended up beating me...just!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/22/2006 12:20:22 AM
Well done Tim, and I really like this one a lot.....
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/22/2006 12:20:04 AM
Another fine shot from the too's! She gotcha huh ... Congrats on the top 20 Tim!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/21/2006 06:13:41 PM
How cute is this little kid! And how neat is his daddy!
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Canon PowerShot A400
 11/21/2006 09:10:59 AM
nice one
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 11/19/2006 01:35:59 AM
A little bit of a pink cast, but great image none the less.
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 11/17/2006 12:17:06 AM
so cute! great image! 9
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/16/2006 02:06:40 PM
Super cute image, good entry.
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/16/2006 10:58:00 AM
great contrast
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 11/15/2006 08:40:55 PM
needs a bit more reflected light on left of hat and less on face....7
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Nikon D50
 11/15/2006 03:26:28 PM
Simple and nice. 10
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 11/15/2006 10:40:35 AM
This is great!!!!!
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
11/15/2006 05:05:46 AM
maybe my favorite of this contest...
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 11/15/2006 01:34:03 AM
Excellent! Yeah.....I gotta bump this one up. Good luck!
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