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Challenge: Morning (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges 2006
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Home
Date: Oct 15, 2006
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Oct 15, 2006

 This is a view from inside my shower, aimed out at the wall with the towels hanging on it. The bluish color is from the open doorway into the bedroom. Used my 500W shoplight shining on the wall with the towels to allow a handheld shot so I didn't have to get the tripod into the shower.

Yes, it's an abstract. Yes, I know better. But I realized that (*gasp*) I didn't have a water droplet shot in my portfolio! This couldn't be! So here you have it - my water droplet shot. Woo!

(Does anyone actually read these things?)

Post - cropped, added a hue/sat layer in multiply mode (which did really cool things to the colors), smart sharpen, resized. Note that it's resized to 620 on the long side vice 640 - that "really cool things to the colors" bit added a lot of information, apparently, and the file size of the 640 px image was well over 200K. As it is, the slightly smaller version is at 65% to get to down to under 150K.

Statistics
Place: 128 out of 188
Avg (all users): 5.3237
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1605
Avg (non-participants): 5.4286
Views since voting: 779
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 207
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 10/26/2006 12:02:35 PM
Very gorgeous - the colour is beautiful, the flow of the lines really lovely. There are areas of dark near the centre that offer an interesting variegation. Awesome water droplet shot, one of the best.
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 10/23/2006 06:36:17 AM
I love your comments. Ha! And again, ha!

Cool shot. :)
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 10/23/2006 06:05:36 AM
Oh yes they do. I read the comments on every picture I look at after the challenges. I love the stories behind the photo.

I really really like this Deb! It's really strikingly sharp, and the interesting colors and textures make a great abstract photo. I wish this could have been entered in an abstract challenge because you would have probably been a top scorer with this shot!
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 10/23/2006 05:49:47 AM
Does anyone actually read these things?

Oh yes. Yes, they do.

Interesting abstract. It looks like you intentionally left out the sprawling landscape from the background that would have gotten you that 7+ score. Still, a nice choice.
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 10/23/2006 04:39:22 AM
Ya know, I don't think it's always us that suck (for sure not you) but the voters. I know my top ten picks seldom ever make it to the actual top 10. This is a very interesting shot. I love the tones of brown. With the title and the water, it could be a stomach silloutte. And it almost looks like a bellybutton in there. LOL. I haven't been voting the past few challenges, but I would have given this a 7 or 8.
p.s. Yes, I read the photographer comments!
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 10/22/2006 10:24:22 PM
This is a very good absract image for your water drop portfolio, like the colors and presentation.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/21/2006 05:19:15 AM
Interesting shot, nice textures. Does not realy invoke the nature of the challenge without the caption though.
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 10/18/2006 07:35:59 AM
As abstract pictures go this one is very successful. The colours are everything here.
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 10/16/2006 07:13:57 PM
I want just a scooch more sense of what's behind the curtain.
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 10/16/2006 01:19:45 PM
Would have gone well in the abstract challenge. Nice and clean, sharp
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 10/16/2006 09:03:50 AM
Meets Challenge - 2
Lighting/Composition/Processing - 2
Overall Impression - 1
"WOW" factor - 0
Score: 5
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