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Challenge: Water III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Date: Apr 10, 2008
Aperture: F6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Apr 12, 2008

 Found some clovers that had become barely submerged in the Trinity river by recent rains. I think the air bubbles clinging to the leaves gives it a great touch, but I also think many people will believe they are water drops.

Pre-challenge notes:
Hoping for a 6 out of this, but I expect to be outdone by a lot of great drop shots and splash shots. I may also get some DNMC votes from folks who don't feel it is close enough to the subject theme. I'm going to let it stand on it's own merits and see.

Post- challenge notes:
Boy, was I wrong on this one! My suspicion is that many voters perceived this as a blurry shot, and did not realize it was underwater, and those were air bubbles rather than odd water drops. Oh, well. I still like it.

Statistics
Place: 198 out of 207
Avg (all users): 4.6442
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 4.4697
Avg (non-participants): 4.7629
Views since voting: 757
Views during voting: 275
Votes: 163
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 04/21/2008 04:22:45 PM
I also gave it a 5. Its an average shot that made me think of handfull of weeds sunk into a dirty aquarium. The air bubbles are pretty neat. But the focus is off on the clover leaves and the water is grungy. Its a found shot, at a rivers edge, but it didn't tell that story to me. The image should tell a story without an explanation. I'm not saying the idea is a bad one, but it needs a little work to make it.
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 04/21/2008 01:38:38 AM
When I initially saw the picture I was hovering around the 4/5 mark but upped that to 6 as I liked the concept and it's originality.

I agree with other comments that there it lacks clarity to give it a higher score (IMHO) The yellow bit at the bottom is a little distracting, maybe some burning would bring that down or maybe a tighter crop cutting out most of the yellow thing and the very top leaf ... that would also remove the most oof parts.

The bits floating in the water don't help either, though nothing you can do about that!
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 04/20/2008 09:55:00 PM
I was one of the ones who gave this photo a not-so-good score.

The composition is all over the place. The whole photo is out of focus. Visually it's not very compelling since the eye has no place to land.

A closer crop might have helped. I like the air bubbles and the concept. I just think it's technically challenged, which probably explains the score.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/18/2008 06:04:55 PM
whatever the yellow thing is it's just a bit distracting. nice idea, though.
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 04/17/2008 01:32:04 PM
It is a neat concept, a little oof imo.
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 04/13/2008 08:53:25 PM
Crazy eyes!
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