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Challenge: Free Study 2009-09 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: Sep 19, 2009
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/1000s
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 27, 2009

deliberate overexposure and defocus of the lens

[Oct. 7th, 2009 05:35:50 PM]

Huh...it hadn't even occurred to me until bvy mentioned it in his comment, but it does look a bit like a Fractalius filter was applied. Well, apparently overexposure + defocus on a contrasty subject gets you Fractlalius-like effects!

Statistics
Place: 386 out of 400
Avg (all users): 4.6338
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 4.5810
Avg (non-participants): 4.7838
Views since voting: 524
Views during voting: 246
Votes: 142
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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10/09/2009 07:42:40 PM
I bumped this all the way to 10 but didn't get back to finish my bumping and pick ribbons. Cool image.
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10/08/2009 10:06:31 PM
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

I had a soft spot for this shot given it shared it's title with that of my first, and only (so far) ribbon photo. It is a beautiful image, but I feel Free Studies are all that kind on abstracts such as this... harsh, but true. As I look at this, trying to find the words for my comment, I feel I was too hard on this... I only gave it a 5 in voting, but as I sit and stare at it, I quite like the simply complexity of it.. sounds odd, but I don't know how else to describe it. Anyway...

How could have you scored better? I don't know that you could have, not at DPC in a FS... this is too different for this crowd. What would I have changed? Nothing really... it's great as it is, it's just under appreciated... even by me when I voted. To answer my own question I asked earlier then, I guess it might have done better if EVERYONE had to sit and contemplate the image to write a half decent comment... unfortunately, I can't see that becoming a requirement at DPC.

So... in conclusion, a beautiful image... just to complex to the average DPC voter to appreciate in the 5-15 seconds most give each photo when voting. Well done...
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10/08/2009 03:32:46 PM
4.6?! I just don't get it. Well, maybe I do. This shot reminded me of my Negative Space entry from last year some time. I like yours better; the defocus keeps the eye on the fractal pattern, which is what you're trying to show off. Not for everyone, I guess. I gave it an eight. Great shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2009 06:04:21 PM
Fractal-licious!
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10/07/2009 06:08:52 AM
Love this. Perfect contrast and blur. 10.
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10/05/2009 11:56:28 AM
Yes. But a suprisingly calm vertigo. Deadly, almost.
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10/04/2009 10:43:53 AM
Neeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaatttttttt
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10/03/2009 05:00:44 AM
I like this, there's a sort of dizzy dream like quality to it. The shot invokes some sort of memory in me that I can't quite place, really interesting to look at!
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10/03/2009 12:52:36 AM
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for my Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: This certainly communicates an abstract vision, almost like a shattered mirror in addition to the image of the tree, one of those images where it helps to just look at the forms and shapes rather than examining the details.

Critical stuff: I'm not sure there is enough here to hold my attention, often in these longer comments it takes me a while to see the appeal and I'm glad I invested that time. I've been here for a while and I'm afraid I'm still not warming to this.

Overall: All credit to you for pulling off an image which in all probability reflects exactly what you wanted to achieve but I'm afraid I don't see what you must've seen in this image to enter it into the FS.
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