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Nature's Gentle Whisper
Nature's Gentle Whisper
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2010 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Mountain View, California
Date: Jul 8, 2010
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Abstract, Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2011

 This is one of the first shots I took the very first day I got my Rebel T2i (my first DSLR)! I spent most of the early afternoon reading the user manual, before finally taking it out into my yard to see what I could do with it.

For the processing on this image for the Best of 2010 challenge, I was inspired by the Negative Image III challenge from September 2010. I had acquired some "new eyes" by participating in that challenge, so I immediately thought of negative image processing when I ran across this image (after browsing through about 12,000 others while I worked my way backwards through 2010). The colors on this one just blew me away after I first converted it, so I couldn't pass it up. The extra bonus for me is that I was able to gain new appreciation for this image after discovering it again and giving it some simple processing that I never would have thought of when I took the original.

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post-challenge: thanks to everyone for the kind words and even helpful critiques! scoring on this challenge was quite different than usual, as it started around 5.5 after the first day, then just slowly climed throughout the week. I was quite happy to see it around 5.8, but never expected it to cross from 5.9 to 6 in the last day! This image finally bumped one of the top-5 in my profile. Yay!

Statistics
Place: 123 out of 429
Avg (all users): 6.0107
Avg (commenters): 6.9375
Avg (participants): 5.9221
Avg (non-participants): 6.4242
Views since voting: 884
Views during voting: 321
Votes: 187
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2011 03:18:45 PM
lovely inversion
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 02/20/2011 06:48:39 AM
Great soft pastels in this shot. I am assuming this is a negative?
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 02/20/2011 03:13:02 AM
Beautiful colour tones
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 02/19/2011 11:22:46 PM
Lovely pastel colors and tones
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 02/19/2011 07:57:43 PM
gorgeous.
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 02/19/2011 04:40:29 PM
Love the soft look and the beautiful soft palette.
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 02/19/2011 07:17:33 AM
I like your PP here, very sweet & spiky.
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 02/17/2011 04:49:06 PM
Lovely negative.
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 02/17/2011 10:36:16 AM
Nice soft colors.
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 02/16/2011 03:16:58 PM
How cool is that!! A great blend of color and texture!Bump
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 02/16/2011 09:46:06 AM
Beautiful colours, great pic
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 02/16/2011 01:32:13 AM
Exquisite color, detail, composition. VERY nice indeed.
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 02/15/2011 07:37:31 PM
Great shot. The focus appears to be off, was this with a macro lens? That's can be hard. Also the resolution of the photo has been lost. Consider lowering the ISO speed?
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 02/15/2011 01:46:01 PM
Hard not to be seduced by those tones...
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 02/15/2011 01:22:26 PM
very different in a good way...excellent detail...
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 02/15/2011 02:36:24 AM
good, but lacks wow factor
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 02/13/2011 07:52:13 PM
So pretty,,love the colours. 8
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