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Challenge: Photograph Becomes a Painting (Expert Editing)
Collection: 2013 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: near Chateau Snaffles
Date: May 11, 2013
Aperture: f.22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: May 12, 2013

 I found the old teapot in the woods behind my house, and the flowers are from a shrub in the front yard. Think they're crabapple or some kind of cherry. The bg is a friend's barn. Camera on tripod and I originally created a washout effect by waving a piece of bubblewrap between the lens and pot to add a dreamy diffuse effect.

pp: shot RAW, rotate, crop, brightness/contrast, vibrance /saturation, dodge and burn, watercolour filter, fade filter, resize, sharpen, save for web

Statistics
Place: 32 out of 102
Avg (all users): 6.0855
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.8704
Avg (non-participants): 6.2698
Views since voting: 526
Views during voting: 289
Votes: 117
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/24/2013 09:28:22 PM
This is lovely, Susan. I have to try that bubblewrap thing. I'm always trying to tame the photo out of my photos.
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 05/23/2013 08:51:28 PM
bubblewrap even better.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/23/2013 06:19:16 PM
I suppose you used some glow effect, but the whole is quite pleasing.
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 05/23/2013 11:23:08 AM
nice and quiet 10
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 05/23/2013 07:46:00 AM
Lovely
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 05/23/2013 07:19:09 AM
If a photographer could be somehow reassembled as a painter, this is the kind of photo-realistic painting that might result. In the struggle between the dual nature of this composition, I can't say which is dominating--the photographic nature, or the painterly one. I like the restful tones, the excitement & clarity in the light, the motion blur in the blossoms, the contrasting texture of the old wood. I hope it's hanging on a wall somewhere.
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 05/23/2013 04:28:25 AM
This is very nice, boosted on second viewing.
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 05/20/2013 07:02:36 AM
Great still life. Love the glow.
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 05/20/2013 05:45:58 AM
nice still life effect
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 05/20/2013 02:50:01 AM
Beautiful
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 05/18/2013 05:48:52 AM
I like how the high key creates and abstract feeling.
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 05/16/2013 09:08:08 PM
Nice colors
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