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80th birthday: a moment alone
80th birthday: a moment alone
dragonlady


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candid IV (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Casio Exilim EX-Z750
Location: outdoor birthday party
Date: Jun 9, 2007
Aperture: f5.1
ISO: auto
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Date Uploaded: Jun 9, 2007

 An elderly aunt of my husband's attending his mother's 80th birthday party; she was watching the kids play football in the street from inside a dark garage, because it had started to drizzle; never saw me take this image; I liked the introspective gaze...crop, curves with layer mask, dodge/burn, gaussian blur, brightness/contrast, hue, saturation,usm

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Place: 104 out of 448
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Views during voting: 208
Votes: 138
Comments: 8
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 06/17/2007 10:09:42 PM
Very very nice... Looks more like a portriat than a candid, but that doesn't matter...
Pentax K100D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 06/15/2007 05:31:38 PM
i like the black background here.
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Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 06/14/2007 11:14:31 AM
good composition and i like the use of black and white here
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 06/13/2007 09:51:15 AM
Beautiful expressive feature of a ladt who seems to carry her past in her eye

Nice B&W conversion
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/13/2007 02:21:47 AM
tones need some work, a good moment...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Tamron AF 28-105mm f/4.0-5.6 IF for Canon
 06/12/2007 04:05:42 PM
I like this black and white a lot. The title also adds a lot to the picture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 06/11/2007 09:49:47 PM
Nicely done...although it just seems too sharp over her face on the right hand side.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 06/11/2007 07:40:50 PM
the black background feels unreal and thus not candid. too bad because the portrait looks great.
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