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Rapture
Rapture
JuliBoc


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abstract Emotion (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Delray Beach, FL
Date: Sep 27, 2008
Aperture: f/38 -2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Blur
Date Uploaded: Sep 27, 2008

 I was shooting for love, but the image turned out to be so much more, I had to call it 'Rapture'.

Shot with a lens zoom centered on the small heart.
PP: RAW conversion, cropped, and rotated. Added a red to white radial gradient layer in exclusion mode (36% opacity). Levels to brighten, high pass/soft light to sharpen, neat image, resized, added a faint inner glow, saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 140
Avg (all users): 5.6781
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 5.4746
Avg (non-participants): 5.8161
Views since voting: 1122
Views during voting: 284
Votes: 146
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/24/2008 06:48:43 PM
I just LOVE this so so much.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/23/2008 05:59:36 AM
I really did not take the time to look at this during the challenge. It's really cool! I looks like an angel fluttering his wings. And I love what looks like spikes of curly gold and silver hair too. Neato.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/07/2008 12:22:52 PM
Beautiful photo Juli. I really love the tones and colors in the shot. I really works well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/06/2008 07:21:59 AM
Juli, I love this photo. You did such an excellent job creating an artistic expression for the challenge. I'm joining the crowd in being baffled at its score. If it were me picking, this one would have been in the VERY top few!

  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/06/2008 01:36:36 AM
I really like this image. When I first scrolled through the entries as thumbs this one caught my eye.
Really conveys the emotion and is fantastically simple looking. Love it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/05/2008 08:31:06 PM
I didn't get a chance to come back and comment on this shot although I meant to as I liked it so much... I voted it an 8 - and am very surprised it scored in the range it did...rapture, love's gift, is presented here perfectly - glowing, fragile, beautiful - you photgraphed this so well and met the challenge perfectly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/04/2008 11:53:14 PM
Very artistic, conveys the emotion well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/04/2008 06:27:47 PM
Cool, I dig it. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/03/2008 04:00:12 PM
striking image!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/03/2008 08:54:21 AM
Or heartbreak.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/02/2008 09:23:23 AM
A pretty cool effect - reminds me of the anti-voodoo doll for some reason and I have no idea what an anti-voodoo doll is. I just made it up. For me, there is more emotion to the photo then abstractedness but a good job at trying...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/29/2008 05:55:59 PM
Well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/28/2008 10:27:43 PM
I like this. It meets the criteria of the challenge, too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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