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SMALL, but MIGHTY eye catching (flower in stones)
SMALL, but MIGHTY eye catching (flower in stones)
jcclucci


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Minimalism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: outside
Date: Apr 26, 2005
Aperture: 9.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/5 sec
Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2005

 -Levels
-Reduced saturation for yellows (making rocks in background grey)

Used slow shutter speed and zoomed in on the flower (one of my favorite techniques as you can probably tell, that make the picture seem as if it's in warp speed, ). I also used a flash to try and make the flower more clear but this was the best I could get it because of zooming in, But I still thought the result was pretty neat.

Statistics
Place: 331 out of 492
Avg (all users): 4.8623
Avg (commenters): 6.0750
Avg (participants): 4.8806
Avg (non-participants): 4.8395
Views since voting: 804
Views during voting: 566
Votes: 363
Comments: 49
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/03/2005 04:28:57 PM
Gimmicky, but it works. You seem to have some dust on your sensor though.
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 05/03/2005 02:07:18 PM
very interesting, but not sure if I like it.
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 05/03/2005 05:31:25 AM
good photo...i would have liked to see the flower more in focus with the motion blur around it like that...i like the effect good luck
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 05/02/2005 09:08:21 PM
wow... this is cool... i def dont understand how it works... how did you make it all cool and blurry without spot editing? nice picture though... very original
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 05/02/2005 06:23:40 PM
The blur effect and centering the subject don't do much to bring out the subject. 4
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 05/02/2005 12:21:15 PM
this is making me dizzy but the more I look the more I like. i think a cool title for this one would be falling in a dream, cause it is what my dreams look like. 8
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 05/02/2005 12:07:37 PM
I would like to see the rose a little bigger and with a little more detail, but a cool picture!
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 05/02/2005 06:31:47 AM
Well this is different it kind of messes with your eyes, but it goes well with the objective of the shot.
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 05/02/2005 05:36:53 AM
You've missed the mark with this, according to Webster Minimalism is "a style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity" There is way to much going on here with the blur forcing your into the center of the image. The subject is out of focus, it is too centered. Use the rule of thirds, lose the radial zoom technique focus sharply on the subject and reshoot, then you may have something.
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 05/02/2005 12:38:37 AM
interesting ...
 05/01/2005 01:57:31 PM
I think this would have been a much more effective photo without the effect. Yes, it draws your eye to the flower, but when I got there, I was rather disappointed to find that nothing was in clear focus at all. I would love to see the photo in sharp focus.
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 05/01/2005 01:31:38 PM
Fantastic
10
i love this shot
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 05/01/2005 12:40:14 PM
This is a powerful way to address a centered composition....however...
It would be nice to see better focus on the flower since there is little rest for the eye, I just want some reward for all the work my mind must do. Unfortunately, there are points to rest on and they seem to be bits of sensor dust. In an advance editing challenge those could be easily addressed with cloning, of course.
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 05/01/2005 10:24:26 AM
wonderful abstraction, i dont think its going to do well with 'the voters' but i love it anyways. 9
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 05/01/2005 04:25:33 AM
I think the blurred effect and the flower being centered takes away some. The contrast between the stone and the flower would have carried this. It is eye catching.
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 04/30/2005 04:57:38 PM
interesting shot
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 04/30/2005 03:31:11 PM
I'd like to see the flower a little less blurry but still a great shot! 9
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 04/30/2005 03:13:33 PM
the zoom blur adds a mysterious feel to the image, which is sensational. I do believe I would have leaved it in full color however. 7
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 04/30/2005 07:56:43 AM
wow! this picture is really trippy.
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 04/30/2005 07:27:17 AM
very interesting shot, good work
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 04/29/2005 07:30:25 PM
The feel of speed interesting use of focus.
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 04/29/2005 08:33:53 AM
Net picture and neat effect. The color really makes the subject stand out and the sense of movement makes the shot more interesting.
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 04/28/2005 08:46:02 PM
no no to blur effect
 04/28/2005 06:39:50 PM
too much blur. gives me a headache.
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 04/28/2005 04:56:45 PM
Very creative idea, but the blurriness is a little hard to look at. I like the lone spot of red against all the whites, grays and blacks.
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 04/28/2005 03:29:24 PM
Good artistic photo. The DPC community won't see it the same way though.
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 04/28/2005 03:20:05 PM
this is the perfect level of strange to grab my attention...i like it
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 04/28/2005 03:19:32 PM
Can't focus.
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 04/28/2005 02:31:35 PM
Very interesting effect. Flower only interesting in that it did not suffer from the movement effect. You appear to have some dust on your image sensor which shows up at high f numbers on light backgrounds.
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 04/28/2005 12:16:07 PM
the flower is out of focus
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 04/28/2005 08:09:05 AM
Cool zoom effect
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 04/28/2005 05:37:16 AM
Excellent - love the blurred effect... is this that trick where you zoom during the exposure?
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 04/27/2005 09:52:46 PM
NICE zoomer. I liek this image a lot. Hope it does better than I expect it will. One of the few "centered" images int he challenge that impresses me.
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 04/27/2005 08:50:18 PM
Interesting shot. I kind of like it. The color definitely stands out, and works well with the greys/neutral tones of the rest of the scene. The centered composition works very well in this case IMO. Not sure how the mass of voters will see it, it seems usually people favor crisp sharp pics, but I like it. A neat effect, I'm curious did you achieve this in camera or gaussian blur or something like that in editing? If you have the time and care to answer, feel free to PM me.
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 04/27/2005 08:37:22 PM
interesting shot!!! love the blur and the red right in the center...excellent
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 04/27/2005 04:51:42 PM
If this was done in camara GREAT; If it was done with software I am not sure this meets the basic rule. I will vote neutral for now
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 04/27/2005 04:23:24 PM
Nice use of the zoom blur. You've got a couple of spots, though, probably from dust. Nice concept though.
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 04/27/2005 07:45:50 AM
Very nice idea, but the focus could be sharper? 6
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 04/27/2005 06:12:13 AM
This is a nice image. I like how you made everything black and white except the flower itself. Nice work.
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 04/27/2005 05:28:32 AM
Interesting effect.
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 04/27/2005 05:23:10 AM
This makes me dizzy to look at.... interesting and unique.
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 04/27/2005 01:32:46 AM
Subject seems blurred
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 04/26/2005 10:45:24 PM
seems very blurred to me
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 04/26/2005 10:00:19 PM
help, my eyes may never focus again
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 04/26/2005 09:51:55 PM
this makes me dizzy.
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 04/26/2005 09:41:25 PM
Interesting technique.
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 04/26/2005 09:40:28 PM
Really like the way you drew attention to it.
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 04/26/2005 08:53:55 PM
hard to tell those are stones, oh, wait, no I'm stoned...wait...nope its the picture
 04/26/2005 08:45:50 PM
Whoa! This one makes me dizzy.
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