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Challenge: Bokeh IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: Colonial Park, NJ - USA
Date: Sep 3, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 3, 2007

Thank you all for your good votes. This is my first ribbon, and nothing like the first, hopefully more ribbons to come in short time. I wish the same thing to those who don't have any ribbon yet... Keep on trying, most importantly, "never leave home without your camera" ;)

Special thanks to my friend oksis for lending me his lens until mine arrived :) He is going to Rome with his fiancé next week (week of 09/17/07). Watch his site following week to see some spectacular Rome pictures... I personally can't wait :)

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 364
Avg (all users): 6.8830
Avg (commenters): 8.1818
Avg (participants): 6.7073
Avg (non-participants): 7.0449
Views since voting: 10603
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 171
Comments: 58
Favorites: 32 (view)


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02/09/2013 09:03:54 AM
No surprise this one did so well. A fantastic shot.
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02/09/2013 07:08:06 AM
Beautiful details against the softness.... wonderful bokeh and color.
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04/24/2011 06:49:04 PM
AMMMAAAZING! just beautiful!!!
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12/31/2010 05:03:41 PM
this is beautiful Leo...
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06/07/2008 09:56:34 PM
I love the crisp details in the dragonfly, and the bokeh is excellent. Well done!
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10/31/2007 02:12:49 PM
really nice shot, killer bokeh, incredible colors, just a awesome job
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10/30/2007 12:55:30 AM
A wonderful macro! Congrats! :)
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09/16/2007 01:01:21 PM
Stunning - really lovely. One of my 10s for the challenge.
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09/15/2007 08:03:41 AM
awesome!
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09/14/2007 04:46:38 AM
Wonderful color and light...congratulations on winning the red ribbon!
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09/13/2007 11:37:38 AM
Congrats on the great shot and the ribbon!!
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09/13/2007 06:27:44 AM
Hey, congratulations on your first ribbon for this amazing photo! You're right. . .I'm sure it is the first of many for you. You have some really awesome photos!

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09/13/2007 04:27:29 AM
Congratulations on the first Ribbon! Beautiful entry!!
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09/12/2007 10:34:00 AM
Really wonderful image, excellent in every way. Congratulations.
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09/12/2007 10:11:01 AM
Lovely shot Congratulations on your first ribbon
i missed the last date check it out
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Message edited by author 2007-09-12 14:18:40.
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09/12/2007 09:19:34 AM
Wonderful shot, bokeh is perfect. Congratulations on your well derserved ribbon. Van
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09/12/2007 08:30:24 AM
Awesome, I think Dragonflies are so neat. Great work!
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09/12/2007 08:17:53 AM
way to go!
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09/12/2007 08:10:26 AM
Congratulations on your first ribbon, it is a beautiful image!!!
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09/12/2007 07:14:27 AM
Congratulations!! Beautiful image!
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09/12/2007 05:25:13 AM
I'm really glad this one ribboned - I think the bokeh is exceptional here. Well done!
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09/12/2007 05:24:20 AM
Way to go Leo! Congrats on your first ribbon. What was the lens?
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09/12/2007 03:22:45 AM
Congrats but now comes the hard part, to get another one, I found that nr 2 was much more difficult cause then I was trying so hard to prove I wasn´t a one hit wonder!

You can do it!
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09/12/2007 03:13:31 AM
Should of placed higher in my opinion. at least this one is in focus. Great job, now hopefully you will stop going on in the forums about winning a ribbon.

Excellent image that meets the challenge perfectly, you have both the `creamy` bokeh (the correct kind of bokeh) and the out of focus points of light (for those who dont understand the bokeh concept as well).. Composition is good as well..

faved.
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09/12/2007 01:44:59 AM
Congrats on the Red! Really beautiful image - well deserved.
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09/12/2007 01:44:56 AM
Congrats on a great shot and your red, nice job.

Jack
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09/12/2007 01:38:14 AM
What a beautiful shot! Great composition and the colours are divine! Lovely work.
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09/12/2007 01:12:57 AM
great piccy well done
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09/12/2007 01:08:02 AM
brilliant job. Are you going to stop moaning about ribbons now? :-) fav
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09/12/2007 12:26:12 AM
Wow, I had to look twice after finding that this is your first ribbon - I thought for sure you had several. Well, you're on your way! Congrats!
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09/11/2007 11:35:26 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon! - I was looking at your profile only last night and something was telling me you were about to ribbon.
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09/11/2007 10:14:54 PM
Very nice shot. If that dragonfly is anything like the similar-looking blue dragonflies here in Japan, you've done a very good job at capturing it (they invariably fly away if you approach them here...).
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09/11/2007 09:04:58 PM
Many congratulations! I somehow thought you had a pile of ribbons already, but since this is your first, double congrats, and I hope you get many more :)
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09/11/2007 09:01:06 PM
Congrats on a personal best and your first ribbon. Very nice photo.
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09/11/2007 08:43:55 PM
congrats on ur ribbon...thats one awesome bokeh
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09/11/2007 08:42:35 PM
Wonderful bokeh, a beautiful shot altogether. Congrats on the red and on your personal best, Leo.
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09/11/2007 08:26:22 PM
Congrats!! very pretty picture..
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09/11/2007 08:23:49 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon.
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09/11/2007 08:17:59 PM
Congratulations! Excellent stuff.
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09/11/2007 08:13:38 PM
Congratulations. You definately deserved to be on the front page.
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09/11/2007 08:09:31 PM
excellent dragonfly. Very nicely done.
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09/11/2007 08:07:54 PM
Congrats!
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09/11/2007 08:07:12 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon and new personal best!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2007 04:44:08 AM
Very artistic use of the circle bokeh in your composition. Great macro and beautiful photograph!
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09/10/2007 06:14:12 AM
really wonderful. I like the white circles and the colours!
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09/09/2007 09:00:31 PM
you are in the running for the "most circles of light" award
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09/06/2007 12:23:40 PM
what an excellent bokeh! must be an expensive lens with lots of blades :) i also like the pastel colors.
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09/06/2007 08:53:36 AM
Great capture, really amazing.
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09/06/2007 07:33:04 AM
nice bokeh, finally!
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09/05/2007 11:07:17 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background good,
Technical: Focus, Exposure: good,
Appeal:lovely soft colour, good focal point straight out of a fairytale
Total Averaged Rating 9.
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09/05/2007 07:23:56 PM
Love the border.
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09/05/2007 04:40:55 PM
Like it. Clear colorful detail on subject and nice bokeh.
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09/05/2007 07:55:15 AM
Goregous shot with fine bokeh and beautiful subject
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09/05/2007 03:44:14 AM
great bokeh...frame adds to the image
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09/05/2007 01:31:29 AM
Beautiful macro, i like it :)
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09/05/2007 12:23:32 AM
very pretty, should do well.
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09/04/2007 11:29:45 PM
Love the sharp detail of the dragonfly and the soft glisten of the background. A perfect capture.
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09/04/2007 09:14:10 PM
Perfect!!
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