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Midnight Secret
Midnight Secret
jano


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Habits (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Olympus C-4000Z
Location: bedroom
Date: May 18, 2004
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 6.8
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2004

 So I bite my nails.

Picture taken by the light of my laptop.
I know it's a bit soft, but I didn't have time to reshoot.

I was trying to go for a mysterious/secretive look. I think it worked out sort of well, although in focus would've been a lot better, but I decided to go ahead and submit it anyways.

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Place: 232 out of 256
Avg (all users): 3.9572
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Avg (participants): 3.9245
Avg (non-participants): 3.9801
Views since voting: 1113
Votes: 257
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS Rebel T6s
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM
 05/25/2004 09:38:14 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background (20% Weight): 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing (20% Weight): 3
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. (30% Weight): 5
How well does it meet the challenge (30% Weight): 8
Total Rating (Rounded) 6
05/25/2004 06:37:44 PM
I like the exposure - the highlight across the index finger is very strong and brings the composition together. I like the softness of it but think perhaps it's too blurry.
Olympus C-3000Z
 05/23/2004 12:40:31 PM
too blurry
Nikon D70
 05/22/2004 09:38:43 AM
It looks like the photographer is a bit blurrry at midnight. What kind of habit you are depicting is also unclear.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 05/20/2004 11:15:50 AM
I don't care for the out of focus aspects of this picture. The lighting is pretty good. I think it provides an almost ghost-like effect.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 05/19/2004 05:38:24 PM
Image OOF, doesn't look like she's biting her nails, more like she's looking at something she just did.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 05/19/2004 02:25:31 PM
Cool framing, and I like the use of negative space on the right but the picture is to soft for me otherwise.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus Stylus 300 Digital
 05/19/2004 01:35:55 PM
Very mysterious. I like that it's out of focus, it emphasizes that you don't know what's going on here...don't listen to anyone that says it should be in focus. Very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
 05/19/2004 01:11:12 PM
nothing in focus
Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko
 05/19/2004 10:13:35 AM
Image quality kinda' lacking, unless it was intended to be this blurry.
Not sure I understand how it fits into the challenge.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 05/19/2004 03:25:59 AM
I gather this is supposed to seem distorted? Seems to be the overall message.
Kodak DC280
 05/19/2004 12:40:08 AM
A nice thought, but a little on the blurry side.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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