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Challenge: Zen Photography (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Olympus C-70 / C-7000 Zoom
Location: Home Studio - Delhi, India
Date: Jul 29, 2006
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 30, 2006
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Chittakshana, in Sanskrit, means the moment when the "mind" ceases to exist and you can see the reality AS IT IS, with "no-mind". I feel this image reflects those moments (the delicate petal) in generally cluttered (the background) mind (or simply "mind").
I don't know if the photo is "serene" or not, but its my depiction of serene moments (of awareness).
The setup is simple - A flower petal on rough stone (brown in color in real) and some water sprayed on.
Postprocessing -
Crop, Selective desat of rock and shifted hue, Selective saturation of petal and glow to add "dreamy" feel to it, basic levels adjustment and curves. Saved for web. NeatImage with some sharpening.
Next day (from office) - Allright, checked my submission again from my office machine (with better screen) and the colors look a lot muted :( Can help much now - I do not have time, as well as resources (in office), to rework on photo. I'll take this as chance to let this feeling go and find a zen moment for myself :) |
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08/07/2006 01:18:45 PM |
| I feel that this shot should have performed better, I voted it up in my top few. |
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08/07/2006 06:51:10 AM |
| This is one of those pictures that shuold have done better than it did. As beautiful and simple as it is, it's lacking the DPC 'look.' The contrasting textures appeal to me in this picture. The roughness of the background, the smoothness of the petal, and the delicate sense that water drops give. Well done shot! |
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08/06/2006 08:33:14 AM |
| Looks to posed, but it's OK. |
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08/05/2006 08:56:51 PM |
| Nice. The water drops are outstanding, and the rule of third is wonderful. |
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08/03/2006 11:53:46 PM |
| A very nice photo, good job meeting the challenge. Nice use of minimal color and subject matter. Great job from the 'Great Job Baggie'! |
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08/03/2006 10:32:37 AM |
free the water
from its island
of flower. 4 |
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08/03/2006 04:04:24 AM |
| Simple but effective, may have been tempted to crop the lower right hand corner out as IMHO it is slightly distracting but the colour of the stone? and petal work well together. |
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08/02/2006 04:06:58 AM |
| Good simplicity, and presentation..... |
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08/01/2006 02:04:05 PM |
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07/31/2006 04:16:33 AM |
| God, I love this. The soft/hard. Dry/wet. All in perfect harmony. 10 |
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07/30/2006 10:52:33 PM |
| Excellent. I love the color contrast. I like the drops of water. I like the contrast between the silky smooth petal and the rough rocks. I think this does have a zennish feel though I wish the petal were a bit more cornered rather than edging so close to be centered. I do like the way you left that corner that drops off in the image, it helps break up the large stone mass and saves it from being just a boring petal on a rock. I gave a 7 |
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07/30/2006 08:41:52 PM |
| Really like the idea, I hope it does well. |
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