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Challenge: Beauty In The Everyday (Basic Editing)
Collection: Symbols
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Tranquility, NJ
Date: Dec 17, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 320
Galleries: Architecture, Rural
Date Uploaded: Dec 17, 2007

 A misaligned side bolt due to a sagging gate. The beauty of imperfection.

slight crop, resize, curves, USM. That's it!

Statistics
Place: 66 out of 207
Avg (all users): 5.7150
Avg (commenters): 7.5833
Avg (participants): 5.4459
Avg (non-participants): 5.8824
Views since voting: 925
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 193
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 12/26/2007 05:26:25 AM
Love this simple photo. With the leaf there, it made me think of a garden gate and spring, which I am ready for now :) I like how you used the line to cut off a 1/3 of the photo. I wish tho that the bolt was in focus because my attention is drawn more to the wood behind it.
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 12/26/2007 12:57:22 AM
Gritty and (im)perfect.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/25/2007 06:49:35 PM
My first thought was "beauty must be in the eye of the beholder" but on second look this really is beautiful, like an oil painting. The subject is not so beautiful, but I'd be happy to hang this photo on my wall.
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 12/23/2007 07:40:07 AM
This is really cool. It absolutely shows the beauty in everyday things. Fits "Wabi-Sabi" to perfection. (Is that an oxymoron?)
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 12/20/2007 09:45:55 PM
Interesting textures, but the leaf in the lower left corner is distracting.
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 12/20/2007 06:21:08 PM
Bit of settling occurred over time, eh? Give it another year and the ivy will cover both parts of the lock! Nice subject for this. Love the rust and weathered look; could use maybe a touch more DOF to get the right side lock part (uh, the slidey bit) in sharper focus.
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 12/20/2007 03:45:13 PM
Great feeling of art. Love this.
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 12/20/2007 05:51:25 AM
Excellent
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 12/19/2007 03:47:31 PM
love the simplicity & the irony of this image, the old decaying lock and the new vine leaf; tho to hit the true Wabi0Sabi definition, i think focusing on the lock & door alone would have nailed it..6
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 12/19/2007 01:18:52 PM
Beautiful picture but i dont think i see how this relates to the challenge.
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 12/19/2007 12:56:05 PM
i think the little plant creeping up is a little distracting. Really like the textures though
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 12/19/2007 12:07:09 PM
Some lovely texture in the weathered metal and wood. Composition doesn't really work for me and the intruding ivy doesn't contribute for me. I think a tighter study of the bolt and weathered wood might be stronger.
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 12/19/2007 05:57:31 AM
This is my kind of photo. Very nice indeed.
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 12/19/2007 05:54:16 AM
I like this very much
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 12/19/2007 03:41:20 AM
This makes me smile. It's the kind of thing I look for to shoot, too. Very nice.
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