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Downy Field
Downy Field
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Challenge: Impressionism (Advanced Editing II*)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Barrington, Illinois
Date: Nov 8, 2004
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/90 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Nov 14, 2004

a field of wild grass and thistles backlit by the morning sun. I removed some distracting foreground blades of grass and played with the tones a bit.

I'm not really crazy about this as I'm generally not a very good landscape guy. I wanted to do a portrait ala Renoir, but couldn't pull it off in time.

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 39
Avg (all users): 5.7209
Avg (commenters): 7.0667
Avg (participants): 5.2188
Avg (non-participants): 5.7724
Views since voting: 877
Views during voting: 570
Votes: 344
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/19/2004 05:02:05 PM
returning for comments:
A beautiful image with softness and wisp of gentle feelings. More impressionistic to the senses rather than the eyes, but great in its own right. Very good work and bumping up om sheer beauty.
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11/19/2004 05:50:51 AM
I really like your choice of subjects and the way you have presented it for this challenge. The DOF and soft lighting beautifully accent the subject.
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11/19/2004 01:08:12 AM
The one focused blade took all the impression out of this for me. I like the subject very much and was only disappointed by the bold statement in the foreground that clarified the rest of the work instead of mystifying it.
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11/18/2004 01:22:03 AM
soft light, soft colors and texture, great. 9
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11/17/2004 07:40:56 PM
Your soft muted colors add to the effect of impressionism, but the subject has little emotional impact for me. The strong white area at the top draws way too much attention.
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11/17/2004 11:08:34 AM
Congrats on your ribbon. This Image already won.
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11/17/2004 10:26:18 AM
Wonderfull colors... nice soft looks of focus and weed...
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11/17/2004 12:21:45 AM
This was a very difficult challenge to vote on. Impressionism is so subjective!

This is a lovely image, well composed and very nicely post processed. However I can not personally detect the "impressionism" intended. In a free challenge I'd have rated this an 8. Hopefully others will catch your drift more easily than I. Good luck!
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11/16/2004 06:33:05 PM
I think that I would have cropped the sky out. The dof is good creating an impressionistic "canvas".
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11/16/2004 01:07:23 PM
To get just an impression I'd prefer not to see the main subject in such sharp focus- the background gives an excellent impression on it's own. Nice muted colors.
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11/16/2004 11:24:19 AM
The photo has a wonderful feeling of texture and warmth to it. The DOF is very well done.
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11/15/2004 02:13:11 PM
beautiful, elegant, and simple. i'm enjoying this image very much. excellent work!
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11/15/2004 06:03:14 AM
Not sure the white sky complements this shot. However, the subject matter is good for an impressionist challenge but the picture misses that wow factor IMO. 4
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11/15/2004 03:05:42 AM
Dang! You beat me to it. I spent a morning the other day snapping shots of this same grass species. Well, yours is better, but I may still have something in the files to match. This is superbly done. The single inflorescence in focus is well positioned, and well backlit. Super use of depth of field. Nice work. 8
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11/15/2004 02:25:11 AM
10 - Fantastic shot. Simple and poingnant.
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11/14/2004 11:36:06 PM
Wonderful!! Lovely warm colours and feelings come through when you view this image. I really like it!
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