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03/18/2009 04:27:26 PM |
I love this.
The delicacy of the light, the smooth blurs of out of focus sections, the quiet colors.... what an elegant, emotional photo. Deserved a WAY better score! |
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03/17/2009 07:51:31 PM |
| What a beautiful image. I have a Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens that will create razor thin strips of depth of field. I think you have used the limited DOF concept here perfectly. It doesn't work more often than it does, and this is one application where I love it! 10 from me! |
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03/17/2009 06:00:24 PM |
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03/17/2009 05:27:07 PM |
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03/17/2009 01:24:55 PM |
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03/17/2009 09:23:03 AM |
| Fabulous! I like the selective focus on the hand very much. 7 |
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03/17/2009 08:28:47 AM |
| Awesome use of shallow dof. I quite like this shot. Nice job! |
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03/16/2009 09:17:10 PM |
| I really like your shallow DOF here.. works well with this kind of shot. |
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03/16/2009 06:20:29 PM |
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03/16/2009 11:26:45 AM |
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03/16/2009 09:55:45 AM |
| perfect dof. love how soft this is |
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03/16/2009 08:12:37 AM |
| Excellent focus and DOF give this shot impact |
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03/16/2009 04:18:57 AM |
| This is a wonderfully calming shot. Love it. Definitely in the top echelon of this challenge. |
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03/15/2009 11:54:56 PM |
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03/15/2009 07:58:57 PM |
On a late afternoon he entered the room, and smiling at the one that lay there on her bed, he took a seat in a chair beside her.
The light through the window was waning, casting a soft glow on them, and a bird sang a little tune that was barely heard through the glass, but brightened that light just a little.
He listened to that bird, placing the guitar he had brought in his lap as he sat, and strummed a chord that echoed the song. He smiled down at her, the little girl, who had fallen ill so suddenly over the last few weeks and was now in danger of losing a battle with a sickness they could not defeat. Yet it was that she had strength enough to return his smile, and in a soft whisper asked if he would play her her favorite song.
So he tuned a little, and began to strum, and soon a wonderful and calming melody began to fill the room, and he joined his soft voice to it, and began a gentle chorus.
As the music filled the air, his voice and guitar lulled her into a gentle sleep, the pain in her face was eased, and while he played she passed to a kinder, gentler world on the wings of his final lullabye. |
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03/15/2009 06:58:18 PM |
| Excellent use of shallow DOF. I like the soft lighting. |
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03/15/2009 06:10:02 PM |
| The shallow DOF makes this shot ... great work |
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03/15/2009 05:48:35 PM |
| This is an interesting choice as your hidden gem. This is an eye-catching photo from a different slant. |
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03/15/2009 12:52:45 PM |
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03/15/2009 12:00:06 PM |
| Very nicely executed image. Clean and with excellent lighting. 7 |
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03/15/2009 11:31:34 AM |
| Very nice use of DOF here! |
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03/15/2009 08:09:41 AM |
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03/15/2009 08:05:55 AM |
| Nice dof, tones, focus. 7 |
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03/15/2009 07:13:10 AM |
| love how you have the focus on the hand and fade quickly from there |
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03/15/2009 06:31:29 AM |
| Tones are wonderful here! A great way to display the guitar and guitarist. The hand on the fretboard could possibly be taken out, IMO. |
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03/15/2009 05:43:55 AM |
| I wish the DOF was not quite as shallow.. Love the wood grain texture, and I wish the strings were more in focus. |
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03/15/2009 04:56:44 AM |
Excellent DOF and perspective, one of the better guitar photos I've ever seen. The soft light is so nice.
Back to vote, I gave this an 8. |
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03/15/2009 01:32:37 AM |
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03/14/2009 08:30:21 PM |
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03/14/2009 05:39:26 PM |
| Photography at it's best... I can tell there's been little to no PP imposed upon this shot (and it doesn't need it). The lighting is good, the focus/DOF is perfect, and the composition is excellent. This is certainly a winner for the purists (and scoring quite well with me too). |
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03/14/2009 02:51:20 PM |
| Nice use of DOF to guide the eye. |
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03/14/2009 09:29:43 AM |
| A great rendition of a classic shot. |
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03/14/2009 08:20:18 AM |
| Nice use of DOF. Great detail on the hand. |
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03/14/2009 07:39:21 AM |
| Excellent composition and dof. |
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03/14/2009 02:17:59 AM |
| Lovely soft portrait of a guitar player. Nice light! |
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03/13/2009 06:48:54 PM |
NICE!
i may be biased since I've been learning for a month or so myelf, but it's also a fantastic pic! |
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03/13/2009 04:26:42 PM |
| Congrats on an excellent image - very strong. |
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03/13/2009 04:08:45 PM |
| Sure the shot has been done before but you do it so nicely! 8 |
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03/13/2009 03:52:08 PM |
| Nice depth of field, good composition |
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03/13/2009 12:42:25 PM |
| Love the perspective, lighting and dof. |
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03/13/2009 12:23:42 PM |
| Really nice shot; good lighting |
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03/13/2009 11:07:59 AM |
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03/13/2009 09:25:08 AM |
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03/13/2009 05:50:51 AM |
| very nice...great DOF...pleasing colors |
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03/13/2009 05:27:04 AM |
| Nice perspective.. you got the blur in just the right areas |
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03/13/2009 03:18:38 AM |
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03/13/2009 01:17:09 AM |
| great DOF. works well. the lighting adds to this shot. |
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03/12/2009 11:59:14 PM |
| You can almost hear the music coming from the guitar, the shot makes us feel we are in the room listening to it |
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03/12/2009 07:44:03 PM |
| Extraordinarily well executed photo. Colors, focus, comp, DOF ... blah, blah, blah ... and I like it! |
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03/12/2009 07:40:35 PM |
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03/12/2009 06:31:04 PM |
| Very good DOF. Nice angle. Nice shot. |
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03/12/2009 05:53:29 PM |
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03/12/2009 05:15:47 PM |
| well done. I love the center focus. |
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03/12/2009 04:21:36 PM |
| Wonderful use of DoF and very crisp where it needs to be... |
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03/12/2009 03:43:26 PM |
| excellent capture , composition and color tones. This is a really excellent shot. 8 |
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03/12/2009 02:18:09 PM |
| Great job on this one with the DOF and focus exactly where it should be. |
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03/12/2009 01:40:28 PM |
| You know already that it is a nice use of DOF. |
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03/12/2009 11:50:36 AM |
| great dof, work very well here. great composition and light, i really like this |
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03/12/2009 11:47:22 AM |
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03/12/2009 09:22:19 AM |
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03/12/2009 08:52:14 AM |
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03/12/2009 08:28:58 AM |
| Love the DOF, great focus on the hand. Wonderful lighting and colors here, subtle but eye-catching at the same time. |
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03/12/2009 08:26:05 AM |
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03/12/2009 06:00:50 AM |
| Wow. I really like the overall softness combined with sharp details. |
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03/12/2009 01:59:25 AM |
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03/12/2009 12:30:33 AM |
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03/11/2009 09:28:15 PM |
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03/11/2009 03:13:11 PM |
| Good use of shallow dof....8 |
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03/11/2009 01:26:17 PM |
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03/11/2009 12:32:55 PM |
| A nice soft look and feel. |
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03/11/2009 07:42:01 AM |
| I really like the shallow dof isolating the hand and strings around the fingers |
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03/11/2009 05:38:23 AM |
| I love these type of pictures. I love the blur you added to the neck. Fantastic job. 9/10 |
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03/10/2009 11:44:40 PM |
| Great use of shallow DOF. Great sharpness where it is needed. I like the subtle bit of texture we can see in the wood of the guitar. |
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