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Challenge: Where In The World Is drewmedia? (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Woodinville, WA
Date: Nov 24, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Humorous, Nature
Date Uploaded: Nov 24, 2007

 Water temperature: In the 40s (no kidding, there was a thin sheet of ice the day before). Wore a dry suit, but it was still really cold. This is a pond in my parent's backyard. I'm really torn between the color and B&W version. I'm not sure which I'll ultimately go with.

Tonemapped, S/H, multiply layer masked off on the grass, contrast, hue sat to shift the yellows a bit to red (been doing that a lot lately) and increase saturation, USM, resize, NI to grass and then either keep in color or channel mixer for B&W (if I go with that...).

Somehow I figured this challenge was in the mode of Where's Waldo. We'll see if I'm wrong about that. BTW, my dad snapped the shutter. Last time he did that I got the blue. Let's go for two in a row!

POST: Do I laugh or do I cry?

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 115
Avg (all users): 7.1867
Avg (commenters): 8.3889
Avg (participants): 6.5833
Avg (non-participants): 7.4706
Views since voting: 3831
Views during voting: 337
Votes: 150
Comments: 42
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 12/06/2007 01:17:51 PM
AWESOME colors, detail, composition and processing.....
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 12/05/2007 02:55:33 PM
Very creative, gave it a 10.....another 4th...Lol
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 12/05/2007 01:40:18 PM
nice work - you get the sneezes from this effort ? ;}

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 12/04/2007 04:08:34 PM
i love this photo! Great job Achoo, almighty 4 master!
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 12/04/2007 10:03:23 AM
Congratulations on another 4th. You're "da master" of the fourths!!! BTW, 4 is my favourite number, by far, so it's not so bad.
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 12/04/2007 08:35:23 AM
Don't cry, Jason. Be happy! (Great finish, great score, great image).
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 12/03/2007 05:30:29 AM
I think the problem here is that most voters gloss over the photos while voting. It was obvious from many of the comments that your head was only seen after taking a second look. What a shame, because this most certainly deserves a ribbon.

Another issue would obviously be the details missed with a 640 pixel maximum, but that's the subject of (many) other discussions! :)
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 12/03/2007 05:09:41 AM
haha that's sweet! way to go!
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 12/03/2007 04:09:22 AM
THis was my other 10. Expecting to be in top 3, but hey, 4th is great! Congrats
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 12/03/2007 03:45:06 AM
wow...the colours...
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 12/03/2007 01:54:37 AM
Congrats on the 4th place. Excellent shot!
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 12/02/2007 10:05:47 PM
Congrats, Doc, we knew this would end on 4th place...
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 12/02/2007 08:01:11 PM
Beautiful image Doc. Congrats on another 4th! What's that now - like a Bazillion?
Hey... if it wasn't for Iceland - You, Jennifer, & I would've had a PNW sweep ;O)
There's a reason we live here!
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 12/02/2007 07:45:15 PM
Well I laughed. By any chance did you play sports and have the number 4??? :P
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 12/02/2007 07:37:24 PM
Congratulations Doc. You're in your green comfort zone again. Very consistent output that always finds the top 5. At least you can be thankful for global warming or that skim of ice might have been there!
Oh yeah, laugh! Cry when you score like most of mine do. LOL
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 12/02/2007 07:33:04 PM
Ahhhh...I thought for sure this one would go Blue...well, no matter if the glass is half empty or half full...either way you gotta drink it (so just make sure it's filled with Champagne!) I really loved this entry!
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 12/02/2007 07:26:35 PM
aghghhh so close man, so close. Congrats on 4th though
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 12/02/2007 07:03:30 PM
Congrats on 4th....a very comfortable spot for you.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/02/2007 01:39:59 PM
Almost missed it.

Well done.
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 12/02/2007 04:43:11 AM
Beautiful sky, nice reflection, almost missed Waldo.
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 12/01/2007 08:28:05 PM
Great shot! It looks like HDR to me. The head poking out of the water is very out of place and interesting.
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 12/01/2007 06:26:17 PM
what is that face?
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 12/01/2007 01:48:43 PM
Why is there a head in your picture???
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 11/30/2007 06:50:22 PM
Orginal
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 11/30/2007 04:15:01 PM
Like the editting
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 11/29/2007 09:53:21 PM
Oops, missed him the first time. bump to 8
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 11/29/2007 08:14:37 PM
That head!!!! Hahaha! My favorite of the bunch! Good Luck!
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 11/29/2007 06:51:23 PM
I thought this was a good picture until I spotted the boy's head in the water. Then I decided this was a great picture. The head was so unexpected. How long did he have to stay thre in the water to wait for the ripples to flatten out?
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 11/28/2007 10:36:09 PM
Looks chilly
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 11/28/2007 03:07:53 PM
Beautiful picture! The boy is creeping me out though. lol
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 11/28/2007 05:34:34 AM
nice one -8
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 11/28/2007 03:46:14 AM
Lovely colours, good idea, the sky looks a little "overdone" somehow and doesn't seem consistent with the reflection in terms of colour
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 11/27/2007 02:56:04 PM
I like the "where is waldo" feel, colors and reflection only add to a great picture.
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 11/27/2007 02:02:24 AM
Just Awesome - Ribbon winner? I think so!
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 11/26/2007 05:20:04 PM
Aaaah I didn't see that guy at first, LOVE IT!
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 11/26/2007 03:26:54 PM
Picture perfect.....
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 11/26/2007 01:50:22 PM
OK, HAVE A TEN.
I love the shot and was about to give it a 8 or 9, when i saw him.
Great idea
Kev
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 11/26/2007 01:33:11 PM
That looks like.... naw..... couldn't be.... a little bit like Achoo! If it is, he's a confirmed loon. LOL Whomever did this one I love it. Beautiful colors and composition with the little secret hidden in the recesses! My pick for blue!
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 11/26/2007 01:07:07 PM
Jesus that must have been cool! Good work and extra point for suffering.
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 11/26/2007 02:14:17 AM
Very good, great colours in this shot but the inclusion of the hidden 'Drew' gives the image an advantage over a lot of the other ones in the challenge. Super sharpness, refelection and composition
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 11/25/2007 10:21:10 PM
creeepy. tripped me out! probably too subtle for most of the dpc crowd. 8.

this is too sharp for web viewing, I think.
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 11/25/2007 08:51:06 PM
awesome...has to be a contender for a ribbon...colour, creativity, light, exposure, composition...all great 9
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