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Challenge: In the Garden (Classic Editing)
Camera: Casio QV-4000
Location: Home
Date: Jul 29, 2003
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: unknown
Shutter: 1/160s
Galleries: Interior, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 29, 2003

 Sometimes it's the little what we appreciate so much. I admit the pciture is set up. I wanted to convey some sophistry (right word?) with the plant being the small "garden" of somebody who does not have a real garden. I would have loved to have a city skyline as the background to make this more understandable, but I didn't find a good location for that.

I used slective gaussian blur to smooth out some dust and specks. This had the fortunate effect of increasing the shallow DOF. The trees in the background were even more blurred while the foreground stayed sharp.

Statistics
Place: 103 out of 350
Avg (all users): 5.5259
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.3617
Avg (non-participants): 5.7802
Views since voting: 871
Votes: 232
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 08/12/2003 07:06:08 PM
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

I did not vote in this challenge, because of time issues, but I think you have done an excellent and creative job of meeting the challenge. I guess my only beef would be that it wasn't really "in" the garden, but other than that, I think it is an awesome idea.

I do think the reflection detracts a little. At first it didn't bother me, but as i looked at it, my eyes began to cross and it was like part of the picture was out of focus (not the deliberately out of focus part,). I like that the plant is so well lit and visible in front of the blurry greenery outside. It would have been neat to have a cityscape behind it, but I guess we can't have everything.

Something about the shadowed part across the bottom makes it feel unbalanced to me. Perhaps if it were cropped so that just the shelf, and not the shadow were showing this could be helped OR give just a bit more room on the right.

Good work and best wishes to you in future challenges.

karma
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 08/06/2003 03:38:10 AM
I'm happy that the photo did relatively well and people liked joke.
I didn't recognise the reflection in the windows as a distratcing element before. But I agree that it would have been better without it. Time to by a polariser filter :)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/05/2003 05:57:13 AM
i like the composition a lot. would have rated it higher but for the distracting window reflections
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 08/04/2003 09:40:13 PM
excellent! 10.
 08/04/2003 06:19:17 AM
Now that's funny. Why didn't I think of that, I could have sprouted another bean. See my portfolio. Nice idea. 7
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 08/03/2003 05:35:26 PM
Perfect except for the reflection of the watering can in the window. Great Shot!
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 08/03/2003 08:08:45 AM
Composition is very clean, has great atmosphere
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/02/2003 01:39:38 PM
Great lighting! Nice, simple composition. Looks like a painting. =-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/02/2003 05:30:10 AM
nice and simplistic, this is great. 10
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 08/01/2003 09:13:01 PM
Nice, looks like a painting, high gaussian blur i think?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/01/2003 05:35:57 PM
Nice idea and I like the space, allowing you to reflect on what the plant will be one day. [7]
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2003 06:01:50 PM
A little blurry 4
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 07/31/2003 12:08:27 PM
Brilliant idea. Poor execution.
 07/31/2003 06:03:23 AM
nice composition
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 07/31/2003 04:05:48 AM
The reflections of the watering can in the window are a real problem for me here. Otherwise the lighting is excellent, and the composition pretty good. Not completely sure that the window frame and the outside helps or distracts from it though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/30/2003 07:57:32 PM
nice!!
 07/30/2003 06:22:50 PM
excellent lighting! and interesting composition-8
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 07/30/2003 09:16:23 AM
Made me chuckle
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 07/30/2003 05:07:51 AM
I love this shot ! PERFECT light ! The crop is perfect. NICELY done !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/30/2003 01:01:27 AM
I like the simplicitiy of both the image and the (pun, beware) budding garden. The reflection on the window pane rather upsets the integrity of the water pot. 5
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