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Challenge: Silhouettes (Advanced Editing I)
Collection: Prints
Camera: Sony Mavica FD-95
Location: Cannon Beach, OR
Date: Apr 16, 2004
Aperture: f4
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/415
Galleries: Black and White, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 17, 2004

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I've had the idea of shooting a dandelion in the bottom of my for a long time now after seeing "Breaking Free" by FranziskaLang. So while finishing a run today, I saw some dandelions and picked a few and carried them the short way home. I first took some outdoor shots, then indoor, and then thought of silhouetting them. The title is supposed to mean the generations of seeds produced by one dandelion.

Grayscale, contrast/levels, neat image, background blurring, unsharpen mask, border.

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 169
Avg (all users): 6.5728
Avg (commenters): 8.2500
Avg (participants): 6.4312
Avg (non-participants): 6.7320
Views since voting: 1797
Votes: 206
Comments: 21
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 04/25/2004 08:50:53 PM
Beautiful photo Zoomsak. Proud to add it to my favorites.
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 04/25/2004 08:06:40 PM
The light is diffused by a normal piece of printing paper. A lamp is behind that, givining it the circle of light. Taken with my Sony Mavica, macro, in a studio type of setup.
I thank you all for you comments and votes, this a PR (Personal Record) for my highest finishing and highest scoring image yet, very exciting.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2004 07:38:23 PM
My personal favorite of the whole challenge. Great idea and superb execution. I hope you share your settings and post-production work on this shot.
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 04/25/2004 05:18:29 PM
Nice sharp details.Simple composition yet the details make it really interesing. Lighting works with the subject. The circular shapes works in harmony with each other. Contrast is excellent. "10"
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 04/25/2004 12:41:21 PM
excellent image - 9
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 04/25/2004 05:24:49 AM
This is just tremendous. Wow. Great gradation of light. Nice point of view, too. 10
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 04/25/2004 03:56:40 AM
lovely use of b&w, perfectly exposed, I like the vinetteing at the three corners. one of my favorites this challenge
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 04/21/2004 10:51:23 PM
Nicely done.
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 04/21/2004 10:33:48 PM
very well done I love this
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 04/20/2004 06:29:10 PM
Awesome photo! How did you difuse the light to capture this shot? A true unity of theme photo and title!
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 04/20/2004 05:08:47 PM
This is so elegantly done. A difficult capture and well worth a 10.
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 04/20/2004 05:29:17 AM
These dandilion 'pods' have fascinated me since I was a child. I still occasionally pick one up and give it a 'puff' and watch the seeds float aimlessly in the breeze. Excellent work...
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 04/20/2004 03:35:50 AM
This really is a striking photo. Great contrast and feeling of perspective
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 04/19/2004 09:50:36 PM
A great idea and a nice composition. The background for some reason seems a little unatural to me. I like your visual perspective.
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 04/19/2004 06:19:19 PM
It looks like you have artifacts/halo on the stem due to slight over-sharpening. Strong composition but I don't think your subject matter lends itself well to silhouette because the seed head, even though in silhouette, would not look much different, well lit with soft light.
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 04/19/2004 10:06:09 AM
Very nice job of composing. Mysterious and plain fun.
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 04/19/2004 03:15:59 AM
Lovely.10
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 04/19/2004 02:55:02 AM
very nice indeed, hoepfull a top 10 at least
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 04/19/2004 01:07:15 AM
I love the angle and also the circle of light falling on the backrdrop. There is some wonderful texture in the backdrop too that is blurred out just perfectly because of the DOF. Great composition too.
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 04/18/2004 08:39:51 PM
beautiful ... does not seem the right time of year for dandelions though ;-)
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