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Daddy's Love
Daddy's Love
aimeethetoo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Love II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Columbus
Date: Feb 17, 2007
Aperture: 4.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Family, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Feb 17, 2007

 These are the hands of Tim and Rowan. I love her typical little kid dirty fingernails - there is no keeping this kid clean! Turned out pretty grainy. Nasty halo from trying to sharpen it to an acceptable focus - woe to the basic editing rules. Boring background & uninspired shot but I still like it from a Mom's perspective. That's never good for the score but I had to enter something for WPL!

Shot in Raw next to one of our windows for light. RAW conversions. Elements - levels, neat image, unsharp mask, hue/saturation, selective color, brightness contrast, crop, border, save for web
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I can't believe this got a 6.1. THANKS!
I really wanted to reshoot it to get a cleaner shot but my model was throwing a fit, screaming, whining, rolling on the floor - it was quite a spectacle. I would have thought he'd be embarrased to behave like that in front of his two year old! ; ) Hee hee - maybe I have my story switched a bit!

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 232
Avg (all users): 6.1455
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8676
Avg (non-participants): 6.2697
Views since voting: 1400
Views during voting: 306
Votes: 220
Comments: 16
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/06/2007 03:05:28 PM
awwwww...such a sweet shot.
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Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/05/2007 06:24:26 PM
don't you love "cooperative models." I've got one of those, too. (I'll let you figure out if it is Bernard or the kids). I like the message in this. Did you try it in bw and see what would happen? Because there is not a lot of contrast between the background and hands, bw may (or may not) help.
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Pentax K20D
Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
 02/28/2007 03:43:46 PM
Congrats on the score! Nice job with editing, it worked very well for you. Maybe using the 50mm would have worked better for this type of shot?

Message edited by author 2007-02-28 15:46:20.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 02/28/2007 10:08:24 AM
Can't go wrong with that illustration of love :) It's beautiful! And I love the realism that her dity little fingernails give the photo too. Like it's not set-up.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 02/28/2007 08:48:16 AM
i liked it as it was very real. not studio hands, hahaha!
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Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 02/28/2007 06:52:47 AM
I thought this was a great shot. It's touching.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 02/27/2007 10:33:59 PM
cliche
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/27/2007 11:35:03 AM
Good portrayal of love between a father and his child. I really like this one. Good job caputuring the detail in their hands.
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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 02/24/2007 11:05:45 AM
abit harsh on sharpening as I can see abit of haloing around the hands
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/23/2007 08:47:15 AM
Very tender photo...
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Canon PowerShot S2 IS
 02/22/2007 06:10:34 PM
nice .
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 02/22/2007 05:03:02 PM
Awww ...
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Sony Alpha a7R III
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 02/22/2007 02:10:33 PM
This would have got a much, much higher score from me if it wasn't for the very visible 'halo' around the lower side of the hands. It is also a shame that the child's finger nails are not clean - a minor detail, but one that does have an effect on the viewer. Nonetheless, a very pleasing composition.
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Canon EOS-650/T4i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 02/22/2007 12:54:51 AM
My perfect 10 for this really nice concept equally well executed
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/21/2007 09:58:07 PM
Timeless.
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/21/2007 11:52:53 AM
Nicely done with the tight crop. I think this one might work better if it had a different color background to offset the color of the hands a little more. Also seems like there is a slight halo around the hands, especially to the left side. A product of resize or sharpening?
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