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Morning Devotions
Morning Devotions
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Challenge: The Sacred (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Friedens, PA (Aunt Donna's house)
Date: Aug 16, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: Auto?
Shutter: 1/320 s
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Aug 18, 2007

 crop, auto fix, slight brightness/contrast, noise ninja

Had a vision of doing a picture of an open Bible in the foreground of a beautiful sunrise/sunset, but wanted the text to be visible, and perhaps have a way to highlight a specific verse. Soon realized that most Bible print might be too small to do that effectively.

While stopping by our aunt's home out of state for just a few minutes, I noticed that she had a Bible with larger print on the table in her study. As I held it up toward the window to test frame a shot, I realized that the light passing through the paned glass was casting crosses all over the place (definitely a light-bulb moment). I ran out to the car, grabbed my camera and started taking photos, with everyone wondering what in the world I was doing!

The way the cross emphasizes my target verse(s), and frames the words "Everlasting Life" was icing on the cake.

Doesn't really matter whether the world gives this a ribbon, as this inspiration I receive as a gift from the Lord. Hallejula!

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 166
Avg (all users): 5.7296
Avg (commenters): 6.8462
Avg (participants): 5.6984
Avg (non-participants): 5.7444
Views since voting: 898
Views during voting: 252
Votes: 196
Comments: 16
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/28/2007 07:33:20 PM
Nice way to create a cross on the New Testament.
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 08/28/2007 06:18:12 PM
Since all my photo equipment was stolen and I am camera-less, I will spend time now voting...
Interest - 2
Theme Interp - 2
Technical Merit - 2
Personal Bias - 2
TOTAL - 8
 08/28/2007 07:04:09 AM
Beautiful the way the cross shadows the Word! I love this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/28/2007 05:10:28 AM
Great image! Love the cross made by the window trim. Was going to use John 3:16-17 as well, but the old Bible I was using had it split on two pages front and back.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/25/2007 08:17:45 AM
beautiful
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 08/24/2007 10:01:12 AM
Nice idea to put the shadow of a cross on the page. Well done. I like the window there, too. Nicely composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2007 04:31:42 AM
Nice idea - using the shadow of the cross, don't think the top half of the frame ads much though.
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 08/22/2007 05:39:24 PM
I really, really like this. I love how the shadow of the cross is on the open Bible. The words are clear enough to read, the lighting is good. It's just a really good picture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 05:26:15 PM
Amazing composition and perfect execution
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 08/22/2007 03:29:17 PM
Nice composition.
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 08/22/2007 01:00:47 PM
Nice choice of page, and I really like the shadow!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 08:22:50 AM
Ohh, I like this one! The cross reflection is really clever.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 07:08:36 AM
Nice composition here, and great detail!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 06:57:01 AM
Wow...this is well thought out, well composed and very well executed shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 06:16:26 AM
Creative use of shadow to emulate the cross. I like it alot.
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 08/22/2007 02:17:20 AM
Great shadow
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