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Challenge: Shadows III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Columbus OH
Date: Jun 11, 2006
Aperture: 4.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2006

I wanted to go outside and take some cool shots of trees & shadows but of course the sun didn't come out all weekend....so I had to make my own. :)

Crop (Arnit inspired of course!), curves, levels, burn, saturation, sharpen, contrast, minor cloning, border, save for web, neat image

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 154
Avg (all users): 6.6064
Avg (commenters): 7.8696
Avg (participants): 6.5844
Avg (non-participants): 6.6216
Views since voting: 1817
Views during voting: 291
Votes: 188
Comments: 29
Favorites: 5 (view)


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06/23/2006 01:43:14 PM
---Greetings from the Critique Club!---

First impression - WOW! Great idea and execution!

Meets the challenge - perfectly

I like the border although it fights for attention from the image a little too much. Borders are a tricky thing. I use them most of the time, but I find less is more when it comes to borders. Perhaps if it wasn't pure white it would fade back from the main image a bit.

The idea for this shot is brilliant. The orange and sunshine connection works and comes across loud and clear.

The square crop leaves a but too much negative space on top IMO. I get that you were going for the square crop, but I think the image would have been better served with a slight horizontal crop leaving less space on top.

These are nit-picky things for such a strong image. I'm only trying to think of what would have taken this into the top 10 or top 5.

Any score north of 6 is a good score, so you're successful on that account.

Congratulations on your 11th place finish.

I hope this was helpful. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

David
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06/19/2006 05:31:12 PM
Both creatuve, colorful and funny. Congratulations on your 11th place finish.
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06/19/2006 01:48:03 PM
Awesome job!! I like this picture a lot! Congratulations on your 11th place.
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06/19/2006 08:57:47 AM
I just did a double-take as I realized that's a plain white plate :-) This is nicely put together indeed :-)
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06/18/2006 09:47:37 PM
Congrats on an excellent shot and an excellent finish! And beating out that Tim guy, too. :-)
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06/18/2006 08:18:24 PM
Great job woman!!! So close to front page. You will get there next time.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/18/2006 07:51:48 PM
WOW, this is very cool! I'm not big on the border but still a great picture!
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06/18/2006 03:51:44 PM
Good contrasting shapes with shadows which work. And an element of humor which never hurts.
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06/17/2006 10:37:44 AM
Very Creative. I hope this photo does well.
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06/16/2006 10:27:42 PM
Hehe very nice can't find anything wrong with it soo 8
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06/16/2006 07:10:47 AM
Neat. This one keeps catching my eye.
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06/15/2006 07:44:41 PM
Truly amazing how you managed to take a few simple, readily available items and combine them to make a striking image.

I commend you on your resourcefulness, ingenuity and photographic savoir faire. Very well done indeed.
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06/15/2006 02:47:48 AM
Awesome idea.
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06/14/2006 03:22:19 PM
Great picture... could probably use this one for advertising some sunny places... Nice idea and colors - well done.
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06/14/2006 12:30:53 PM
Oh how spectacular a sunrise can be. Nice take on it. Would like this even more if the shadow was even with the orange (et. al)
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06/14/2006 12:18:08 PM
Gotta love it! Grea idea :) A phew nitpicks about the image would be the slight blueish spots on the edges and green ones ones on the plate, just seems somewhat out of place. Not technically perfect but lots of extra points for creativity. 8
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06/14/2006 06:56:57 AM
very creative! very nice shadow!!
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06/14/2006 06:50:06 AM
A neat idea and a great shadow. Something about the composition doesn't quite sit right though for me. Still one of the better images in this challenge.
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06/14/2006 06:45:54 AM
nice, creative concept.
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06/14/2006 04:01:44 AM
Creative, you should have made it look more round maybe by placing the light elsewhere but it's cool.
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06/13/2006 12:59:40 PM
Clever
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06/13/2006 02:45:40 AM
It got a laugh from me as it was loading so thats at least one bonus point! shame the shadow isn't round though, looks more like an egg than an orange
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06/12/2006 07:36:13 PM
I really like the idea for this shot and it works well with the challenge 9.
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06/12/2006 02:55:09 PM
Cool effects.
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06/12/2006 07:07:18 AM
Very cute and creative. I love your border and the way the plate extends out of it. One of my favourites.
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06/12/2006 03:20:30 AM
Clever idea, beautiful colours.
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06/12/2006 03:20:28 AM
Great shot. Great idea. Very creative. This is such an unbelievable shot that it should win all three ribbons. Will you sleep with me?
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06/11/2006 10:53:00 PM
Nice idea! Good photo as well, and I like the model ...
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06/11/2006 08:52:26 PM
Very Creative!
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