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Making the best of Christmas Without the Kids
Making the best of Christmas Without the Kids
rjackpine


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Life II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot Pro1
Location: Pelican Lake near Crosslake Minnesota
Date: Dec 3, 2006
Aperture: 2.4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Family
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2006

 Having grown, married chlidren means alternately their presence yearly. Our little dog Maizy, helps fill the void.

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Place: 140 out of 163
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Votes: 221
Comments: 7
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
 12/07/2006 04:53:52 PM
To make this a better photo I recommend placing the tree to the side. This way it appears the tree is coming out of the gentleman's back. Also a closer crop to get rid of the chair, lamps, coats and books would have been better.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/07/2006 02:38:07 AM
I love the expression on his face. The lighting is a bit harsh though :(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4
 12/06/2006 10:36:27 PM
I understand the concept here.
Canon EOS-20D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 12/06/2006 02:50:17 PM
Very busy, moving in closer or zooming in tighter would help eliminate the distracting background clutter.
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RIM BlackBerry Curve
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/06/2006 01:42:11 PM
Cropping this vertically would help to remove the background clutter (chairs, book case, coats, lamps etc and would tend to favour the vertical subjects (people/ xmas tree)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 12/06/2006 05:53:40 AM
Would like to read the background story to this shot. It immediately made me feel sad, Christmas without children, huddled up indoors with warm coats and a blanket, getting old........must be my state of mind :-)
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/06/2006 02:43:34 AM
Merry Christmas!
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