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Old 10-26-2006, 06:26 PM   #1
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Re: Hard days work

Nice shot Pez. Perhaps a little distortion on the side there, but nothing too drastic. The only thing I wish it had was the homework in focus too, would let the viewer know what he was doing.
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Old 10-26-2006, 10:37 PM   #3
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wish his side wasn't chopped off as much, other than that, great shot.
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Nice shot Pez. Perhaps a little distortion on the side there, but nothing too drastic. The only thing I wish it had was the homework in focus too, would let the viewer know what he was doing.
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Thanks GB,

Shot at 18 mm so there is some distortion which I tried to correct on PS. Only the first line isn't clear in the print, I was really making sure the eyes would be sharp. Thanks for the input.

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wish his side wasn't chopped off as much, other than that, great shot.

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Thanks for the reply. I went tight on the side to give room for the homework.

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I think the crop is good, almost like he's leaning against the edge of the photo. I love the expression.
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Old 10-30-2006, 09:48 AM   #7
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I think the crop is good, almost like he's leaning against the edge of the photo. I love the expression.

Thanks Molaselake,

The expression is how he really felt about the homework.

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Re: Hard days work

Cute portrait.
His expression is priceless.
The lighting is really good too.
His pose and the placement paper and pencil make for a great composition.
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Great portrait. The tight crop on the side is ok, for me, as Liz said. The placement of the papers, pencil, lighting, and the doors in the bg which give me the feel of it being a kid in his room trying to get homework out of the way . . . Very nice overall
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Cute portrait.
His expression is priceless.
The lighting is really good too.
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Thanks for the kind words and the sticky.

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Great portrait. The tight crop on the side is ok, for me, as Liz said. The placement of the papers, pencil, lighting, and the doors in the bg which give me the feel of it being a kid in his room trying to get homework out of the way . . . Very nice overall

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