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Challenge: Pink (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Miscellaneous
Camera: Canon PowerShot G6
Location: La Jolla, CA
Date: Feb 5, 2005
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Emotive, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2005

pretty straightforward: fixed a pair of glasses in front of the camera, shot a sunset at the beautiful La Jolla beach. In post-processing, adjusted colors within the glasses and desaturated and added noise outside. Cropped, adjusted overall brightness and contrast, cleaned with Neat image, saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 270
Avg (all users): 5.9434
Avg (commenters): 6.8095
Avg (participants): 5.7867
Avg (non-participants): 6.1478
Views since voting: 1388
Views during voting: 459
Votes: 265
Comments: 25
Favorites: 2 (view)


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02/16/2005 06:56:53 AM
great idea! love it!
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02/14/2005 06:37:22 PM
Ah, I forgot to comment on this fine photo. It was my top pick. The two figures sitting facing forward was a very nice touch, as was the added grain as commented below. Surprised this did not do better, but overall a great entry.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/13/2005 06:37:55 PM
Mmmm. Trendsetter. Good idea - very creative. Like the contrast in grain/smooth too. Only criticism is subject behind. To fulfil the concept's promise you could have used a subject that changed with the 'happy view' like dead flower/living flower, for example. But that would have meant some set-up, printing out pic and sticking it on glasses, etc. So I'll shut up!
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02/13/2005 04:09:35 PM
Quite an effect. I suspect a giant here somewhere. 7 Another bump for the special effect: 8
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02/12/2005 04:19:13 AM
Very creative idea.
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02/12/2005 03:39:28 AM
very unusual approach - the figures make it.
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02/11/2005 09:01:05 AM
Interesting picture, where did you get Elton Johns glasses? ;-) I think I would have liked to see the couple silhouetted against the pink sunset without the glasses in there and perhaps some of the bottom cropped off. I'm a huge fan of sunsets. Creative though!
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02/11/2005 07:03:30 AM
A great idea. A lots of potential to the title. Too much grain. I am also not sure I like the scanery - I think taking a pictures of tons of people would have worked better with that idea.
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02/11/2005 05:05:22 AM
A very unique capture. Good job!
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02/09/2005 04:49:48 PM
Great technique, would have been a good entry in the breaking ground challenge. I personally use my sunglasses in this way! I like it and the stars in the glasses add a little something extra. I do have a problems with the grainy B/W portion of the photo, as compared to the colored one, maybe too much adjustments on the B/W portion? Neatimage would probably have taken care of that. Keep up the good work.
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02/09/2005 02:41:57 PM
I LOVE the idea...but the sharpness is lacking.6
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02/09/2005 01:31:29 PM
Oh wow! What a great concept! Wonderful idea and great execution!
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02/08/2005 03:40:23 PM
I thought of this and had no glasses. Far better than anything I would have done. The couple on the left add to the Valentine feeling, the sea to romance, and the setting sun to the hope for a beautiful evening. I will give this a 9.
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02/08/2005 12:25:19 PM
Good work! Love it. [10]
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02/08/2005 10:17:38 AM
Returning for comment: The idea is beautiful. The photo is nice and I really like the pink parts, but the gray is a bit too grainy IMO.
Yet a good photo altogether. Bumping up.
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02/08/2005 08:00:42 AM
I Can't wait to see how you did this. This is a photo I would like to be able to take
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02/08/2005 06:01:08 AM
Good imagery. Nicely thought up and very well executed.
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02/07/2005 05:30:47 PM
Love the take on the challenge. I wish the people were centered more in the left lens and that there wasn't so much noise in the sky. 6
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02/07/2005 04:35:44 PM
Nice concept. I just wish the glasses didn't have those stars on them -- that's a little distracting.
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02/07/2005 01:32:31 PM
creative
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02/07/2005 12:41:51 PM
Great idea! noise reduction (unless it was intentional to leave noise in the grayscale part of the photo) might help the image look better, but its a minor detail. 9
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02/07/2005 10:28:04 AM
I think this is a little gem when talking about creative compositions. Very nice!
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02/07/2005 09:51:28 AM
I'm liking this. It's a little grainy, but the concept makes up for that. Neat shot.
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02/07/2005 08:18:09 AM
Very nice idea! Rose coloured shades, I like that!
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02/07/2005 03:24:30 AM
This is quite nice but I think it would have worked better without the stars. I understand they are meant to represent 'starry-eyed optimism' but the star at the left of the frame obscures the sillhouetted couple. I don't usuallly enjoy selective desaturation but here it works well. The shades looming so largely in the foreground give the image the feel of a surrealistic painting. The soft, grainy appearance of the sky enhances the theme quite nicely.
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