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Magic Moment
Magic Moment
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Challenge: Foreground Bokeh II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro MF
Location: studio
Date: Jun 14, 2012
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2012

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Every once in a while I get out this magnificent lens and try to figure out how to use it.

No matter how this scores, I am so happy with this entry.

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 126
Avg (all users): 5.5649
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3529
Avg (non-participants): 5.7000
Views since voting: 426
Views during voting: 245
Votes: 131
Comments: 7
Favorites: 2 (view)


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06/28/2012 01:15:05 PM
It has a beautiful glow and tonality to it.
Perhaps one of those images that gets overlooks in its simplicity and in quick voting. I would also wonder how it would score if the main "bud?" was sharper overall in comparison to the foreground / background.

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06/27/2012 04:28:30 PM
I can only blame it on voters not really taking their time on images, and some images needing time. It is said and a traditional impressionist painting needs at least 2 minutes to "foment" thought. Perhaps your image is of that requirement. I know that when I go to museums I rarely can stay for 30 seconds in front of an image- or maybe a long gaze at a handful- not all. So the first impression is key, and here, your image has beautiful shapes and color, composition of light and dark- perhaps all those things that make it great are the qualities that border on abstract, and I find that abstract images in non-abstract challenges place lower. Or maybe some voters don't like purple and purple tones-or maybe it is a smashing image but voters can't make out pleasing foreground blur from background blur, or perhaps a purple mist.

I have analyzed it to death, and I fear, not too expertly. It was a beautiful image, with shape form and color- even grain and light, adding to the sublime aesthetic of the shot. What the hell do the voters know anyway?

Message edited by author 2012-06-27 16:29:33.
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06/27/2012 12:54:29 PM
I think it a lovely image.

The scores overall for the challenge appear low (many folks expected to see the little circles of light), so I would take it with a grain of salt. You delivered a very pretty image that meets my expectation of the challenge, so congrats!
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06/27/2012 12:46:23 PM
Way under appreciated!
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06/27/2012 10:30:12 AM
ahhh, should have done better in the scoring...beautiful colors Alice!!!
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06/27/2012 10:25:12 AM
the color here is just beautiful, I think this was under appreciated
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/20/2012 04:17:57 PM
This is beautiful!
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