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Challenge: Mythical Creatures (Expert Editing*)
Collection: Challenge Images
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM
Date: Jul 20, 2010
Date Uploaded: Jul 20, 2010

I'm sure I'll get plenty of DNMC on this...

Although, since Brownies are invisible.... Hopefully some will get the joke. :)

Nothing more than a bit of fun, I'm looking forward to the responses.. :)

[Jul. 21st, 2010 12:51:40 PM]

"Not everything we can see is real, so why should we assume that we should be able to see everything that is real?" :)

Post challenge:

HA! I loved this, thanks everyone, I'm perfectly well pleased with how this performed.. :)

Statistics
Place: 68 out of 83
Avg (all users): 4.3865
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.2708
Avg (non-participants): 4.4138
Views since voting: 2534
Views during voting: 589
Votes: 251
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0


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07/27/2010 09:12:09 PM
I did get the bit about brownies being invisible, and it's a great landscape, but I was divided between rewarding a very creative shoehorn and the fact that is was, well, an obvious shoehorn. I gave it a politically neutral 5.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/27/2010 01:19:19 PM
I looked hard, but never found these Brownies... :(
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07/27/2010 10:57:21 AM
Normally I wouldn't rate very high because its only a creek...but the way you captured the water like that honestly mystified me when i first saw it. id saturate the greens more to make it pop :)
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07/26/2010 07:27:33 PM
Clever, and a nice image, but too shoehorned for me.
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07/24/2010 05:19:48 PM
Now this is a beautiful calendar shot! A top-notch landscape shot that would score really well in a challenge geared to those descriptions. But I just don't see any brownies in the shot at all - they are not visible to the human eye (well, see that was my point the artist might say). I have looked at this several times to make sure that I am not missing any camouflaged creatures but I don't see any unless you made them very, very, very transparent that they effectively disappear. I feel one should avoid relying heavily on the title to carry the idea of brownies being there but not visible to the human eye. I believe in the storytelling adage of "Show, don't tell". The title should complement the shot but not carry it. I have the expectation to see a creature of the mythical sort in this but none has been made visible and there-in lies the problem. I am being very honest here, I just cannot give this shot the full marks it deserves because it does not meet the spirit of the challenge which is mythical creatures. Voting on this one is a tad difficult because while it doesn't truly meet the spirit of the challenge (there is always the chance you have camouflaged them really well - all monitors not being equal in lighting) I can't bring myself to vote it extremely low either.
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07/23/2010 03:09:52 PM
I don't see them. *sigh* Beautiful photo, though. (not voting)
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07/23/2010 06:00:20 AM
Are you going to tell me that I'm a dull human and that's why I can't see the little people?
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07/22/2010 09:56:43 AM
The invisible ones, I presume?
Beautiful stream.
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07/22/2010 09:32:45 AM
With a title for that, you must be going for as many DMNC votes as possible. :)
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07/22/2010 08:11:49 AM
slightly better than my "brownie" entry (tee hee :) and a beauty of an entry, one of only a few 10's I gave
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07/22/2010 03:28:31 AM
The processing on this is fantastic. I love it.
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07/21/2010 09:24:09 AM
This would have been a PERFECT background for some actual brownies and/or fairies to be splashing in.
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07/21/2010 06:11:36 AM
Where is the creature... Pretty picture, but not on topic.
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07/21/2010 05:17:24 AM
They're not too invisible as I see one there in the top Pool - It's got a bit of a shoe horn shape ;-)
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07/21/2010 03:47:36 AM
I don't see them. :(
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