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Challenge: Soft Focus (Classic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: My Basement
Date: Nov 28, 2003
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 50
Shutter: 15s
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2003

 Hey!! Only diffusion used here was some cellophane from a CD my wife bought. I think she was a bit disturbed by the fact that I showed more interest in the cellophane wrapper than the actual CD. No PS used in the soft focus effect, just the cellophane. Painted with light from my Mini Maglite and fiber optic snork.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 99
Avg (all users): 6.7708
Avg (commenters): 8.1538
Avg (participants): 6.2319
Avg (non-participants): 7.2667
Views since voting: 17340
Votes: 144
Comments: 27
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 06/04/2011 02:16:46 PM
Lovely result. I'm familiar with loved ones' reactions to a fascination with odd experimental filtering material.
 10/15/2010 01:48:42 PM
This is a lovely flower. That was a great idea of defusing the light. I'll try it sometime.
 05/07/2008 08:25:41 AM
that is gorgeous
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 03/19/2008 12:20:35 PM
This photo is wickedly amazing! This demosntrates what soft-focus can be used for! The lighting on it is unreal. Excellent capture.
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 09/19/2007 02:23:47 PM
Gorgeous.
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 03/14/2006 06:21:50 AM
Great shot! Congrats on your top 10!
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 03/14/2006 06:00:06 AM
wow that is beautiful.
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 01/04/2006 05:48:04 PM
this is incredible, great picture
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 07/12/2005 04:48:55 PM
very nice. great effect! thank you for sharing
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 11/05/2004 04:16:40 PM
Wow, that is one stupendous photo! It seems actually to be vibrating it's so intense, yet soft at the same time. Gonna have to try that cellophane trick! :)
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 04/06/2004 07:47:44 PM
I love this photo...such soft yet vibrant colors...very eyecatching...nice job!
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 01/19/2004 06:43:59 PM
I didn't comment either, but I gave this a solid 10. A truly wonderful shot. (Maybe just a little noise interferance...)
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 12/08/2003 05:40:53 AM
I failed to comment on this one during the challenge, but just to let you know, I thought you shot was great. I expected it to be placed higher, but it still did great. You did a wonderful job capturing soft focus without using PS - congrats! Lovely work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2003 04:53:17 PM
Beautiful, love the colors.
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 12/07/2003 11:16:19 AM
stunning color
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 12/07/2003 08:48:39 AM
The hints of other colors around the edges turn this into a complete floral still-life, not just a flower macro. I'd be tempted to run a canvas filter on it -- to me it has the look/feel of an oil painting while remaining photographic.
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 12/07/2003 04:23:42 AM
What a beautiful picture. Lighting a wonderful. Well done.
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 12/07/2003 03:55:04 AM
beautiful colors and contrast
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 12/06/2003 01:39:47 PM
Excellent filling of the frame and the lighting causes it to be right in your face. Good tonal balance, no blowout yet strong contrast between fore- and background. Good color, well chosen subject for a soft focus.
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 12/05/2003 08:05:02 AM
Wow - and orange is a color that you seldom see in photographs. 10
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 12/02/2003 08:53:10 AM
Beautiful Capture!
Great composition, colors, soft focus! 10
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 12/02/2003 03:35:15 AM
really great colors and nice composition
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 12/01/2003 03:11:24 PM
Beautiful shot.
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 12/01/2003 07:26:49 AM
This is a lot like the photo I entered.....flowers make nice subjects.....very soft with nice vibrant colors...
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 11/30/2003 08:54:08 PM
Nice colors.
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 11/30/2003 08:12:06 PM
this is amazing, great detail, and the blur affect is just enough to add a beautiful glow to this shot, excellent 10
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 11/30/2003 07:27:22 PM
What wonderful depth of color. Lush! Beautiful shot, ?great poster!! Nice shooting.
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