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Challenge: Three (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: My Backyard
Date: Jan 27, 2005
Aperture: 1/3.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/250s
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2005

 A Perfect Three (redux)

Boy - I feel cheap here, redoing an earlier shot of my own. I looked and looked for the leaf I used previously, but alas, it seems the workmen chopped it off in the latest massacre of our garden.

The camera has been upgraded, so better quality. The background has been lost, and the 3 isn't as nice.. But I'm going with it. Lets see if it scores anywhere near the last shot!

Tech Details - 1/3 level camera flash. Lots of PS work to eliminate the hotspots caused by it. When dodging them, they turned nice and gray, so I had to use a bit of creative airbrushing to get them green again.

Why the all the negative space? I don't know to be honest. My fiance thinks it should be less, but I think it gives more of an edgy feel to the shot. There's the three... everything else is wide open.

Statistics
Place: 58 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.6009
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.4842
Avg (non-participants): 5.6949
Views since voting: 849
Views during voting: 322
Votes: 213
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 02/03/2005 11:34:11 PM
1.3 points less. Was it the BG that made all the difference? And only one person commented on it being similar to my last shot..
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/02/2005 11:27:55 PM
Interesting idea. I love the colour brightness. I little more contrast couldve help in the definitions of the leaf. Unfortunatly, the left side as a ghost green blur which breaks the effect. Perhaps missed because the Monitor brightness was not strong enought (print). a closer crop from the left wouldve fixed the probllem. 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/31/2005 12:48:11 PM
A little bit too much black space but I like the effect
 01/30/2005 11:10:51 AM
im glad i take my time for judging cause at first i just thought of this as a risky but interesting composition (maybe just a little less space at the left)
and than i spotted the fantastic 3
marbelous!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/29/2005 08:34:39 PM
Too much negative space...
TC
 01/29/2005 03:34:36 PM
Too much black.
 01/29/2005 07:50:29 AM
Love it! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/29/2005 06:24:17 AM
This is extremely nice. Composition works, and the idea is great. If only the bottommost spike wouldn't shine that much nor the leave glow that much on the bottom part (the top part is great)!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2005 11:54:14 AM
Great idea
and well shot too...
9 from me
good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2005 08:20:43 AM
Almost missed the hidden three here. Nicley done. ((7))
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2005 12:05:22 AM
deja vu vu vu. nice rendidtion of last "3" winner :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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