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Challenge: Bokeh V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Baldham Germany (Near Munich)
Date: Dec 16, 2008
Aperture: F4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Landscape, Photo-Impressionism
Date Uploaded: Dec 16, 2008

 This was more difficult than I thought.
The problem was that it was a grey foggy day, and I had the idea on the last day of the challenge.
I took the picture out of a picture frame and cleaned the glass. Then I stuck my camera onto the glass with some stickey tape. I had problems making it stick as the glass got damp in the 100 % humidity of the fog.
Anyway I managed to get it to stick and hung the frame up on my tripod & turned the phone camera on.
Next came the difficult part as I only had a monopod for my camera and most of my photos turned out unsharp.

I took this at F4 rather than F2.8 as I wanted the background to be recognizable as that on the phone screen.

Processing was:
Slight rotation and crop
levels
saturation.
All processing was done in lightroom.

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 216
Avg (all users): 5.7053
Avg (commenters): 6.9375
Avg (participants): 5.4648
Avg (non-participants): 5.8309
Views since voting: 972
Views during voting: 416
Votes: 207
Comments: 18
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/22/2008 11:30:53 PM
great idea! i can see how you did it, the dust exposed the trick ;) 9
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 12/21/2008 03:44:31 PM
cool shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2008 09:48:18 AM
I have to take a stab at how this worked in basic - I think you laid the phone on a monitor/screen and took the picture?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/20/2008 07:59:06 AM
I'm not a fan of cell phones in photos but you were very creative! Did you use a window to fix this phone in this position? Well...great bokeh and great photo!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2008 01:48:55 PM
lol love it
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2008 01:01:26 PM
Interesting, a different take on the challenge. Can't say I'm overly fond of the floating cellphone though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2008 07:14:31 AM
Original idea,nice execution.9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2008 05:43:15 AM
Great photo and idea!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2008 12:48:59 AM
Great idea! Congratulations.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/18/2008 06:53:42 AM
If only the window was clean!!!

That's a really good idea and well executed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 10:11:22 PM
very nice. It's always nice when the bokeh actually adds to the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 03:04:34 PM
Almost like an advertisement.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 12:25:40 PM
Did you attach the phone to a piece of glass/plexi? Pretty cool concept, one of my favs so far.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 11:56:15 AM
I love the idea and the illusion, but it would have worked so much better if you had washed that window (pane of glass) before the shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 09:10:57 AM
Where is the bokeh??? You have an OOF background and seriously doubt that this meets the challenge. Here is link that explains bokeh. //www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 03:24:04 AM
Cool idea. Very nice shot. It has an analogue photography feel to it, which adds to the meaning. Maybe I'm just reading into it too much ;)

Oh.. is the phone actually shot in front of an analogue photo? That could explain why i get that feeling..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/16/2008 09:20:12 PM
very clever...did you stick this to the window?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/16/2008 07:28:08 PM
Inspired idea. 10/10
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