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Challenge: Dreams (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: 2005
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Canon (Black)
Location: My Back Yard
Date: May 5, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2005

Um, very, very last minute, not well thought out, why-dont-i-just-enter-something picture. I was shooting flowers around the yard today and thought whis one could be post-proc'd enough for the Dreams challenge. I didn't even know what stamen was - had to look up flower parts and come up with a lame title.

Did some burning, saturating, radial zoom blur. No cropping at all though.

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 114
Avg (all users): 5.8426
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 5.5730
Avg (non-participants): 6.0315
Views since voting: 1725
Views during voting: 344
Votes: 216
Comments: 15
Favorites: 2 (view)


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07/04/2007 03:29:35 PM
pouring through the archives, found this incredible image! beautiful!
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04/22/2006 01:13:22 PM
Originally posted by SJCarter:

It would probably score a 7-8 from me now. :-) Love the radial blur and the tack sharp focus of the stamen.

LOL! I think these days the radial blur would get me a DQ! Funny how the rules haven't changed but the rules have changed. ;-)
04/21/2006 08:49:09 AM
Way back when, I scored this a 4. I must admit that was way too low. I've learned a lot since then and appreciate things a little differently. It would probably score a 7-8 from me now. :-) Love the radial blur and the tack sharp focus of the stamen. The DOF/perspective of the petals is particularly striking and I think the colors are great. The crop may be a tad tight, but nice work and apologies for the low ball.
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05/19/2005 08:38:47 AM
beautiful colors! i love the DOF and the soft feel to the shot. love it!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/12/2005 02:49:10 PM
One of my favorites - oh the horror - it's a flower :) I love the colors and dreamy nature of this, great job - 10
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05/12/2005 02:54:14 AM
Nice, I like the soft focus and think it was the correct choice for this challenge. Good colours and focus and pretty much the only thing I could say that could have been done better is the composition wich I think is too centered and I personally don´t find this very interesting. Gave it an 8 though, I like it.
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05/11/2005 11:32:33 PM
You haven't lived until you've chugged ranch dressing. That being said, wonderful photo. It's art not because you or I think it's art, but because flowers are art by default.
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05/09/2005 11:20:34 AM
I really like the blur effect and the way that the stamens are sharp.
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05/08/2005 07:27:07 PM
Wow, awesome selective focus! Did you use a Lensbaby? 9
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05/07/2005 12:49:52 PM
Pretty flower and a nice bokeh
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05/06/2005 01:51:40 PM
Nice dreamy looking image.
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05/06/2005 08:23:42 AM
The focus is perfect though maybe a bit too central. The soft focus around the edges projects a nice dreamy mood. 7
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05/06/2005 06:24:44 AM
Wow! This looks really awesome!
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05/06/2005 12:37:12 AM
A lovely image
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05/05/2005 10:43:11 PM
shouldn't it have been the living stamen
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