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The Water Babies ~ Charles Kingsley
The Water Babies ~ Charles Kingsley
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Challenge: Classic Novels (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2013 - Challenges
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD with Piezo
Location: Epcot, Buena Vista, FL
Date: Oct 12, 2013
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1.6 sec.
Date Uploaded: Oct 14, 2013

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Statistics
Place: 28 out of 86
Avg (all users): 6.0093
Avg (commenters): 6.3636
Avg (participants): 5.7727
Avg (non-participants): 6.1719
Views since voting: 506
Views during voting: 205
Votes: 108
Comments: 24
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10/22/2013 10:46:39 AM
as commented elsewhere, i'm not a fan of unnecessary motion blur in images
a 3 from me
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10/22/2013 03:45:04 AM
I like this quite a bit
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10/22/2013 12:46:03 AM
Ah, the carp make a comeback. Dale?
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10/21/2013 11:38:28 PM
I like this very much. I can see the koi as metaphors for the water babies. I like the feel of it and the color of it. Nice job! 8
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10/21/2013 11:24:57 PM
Comment Challenge: I love the color and motion in this. However, the fish in the middle, and just to the right of center has two heads. That looks like a mouth with the upper left fish about to swim into its jaws.
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10/21/2013 07:36:07 PM
6...I don't know that this has anything to do with the besides the title, but it is pretty. My one gripe would be that I wish the fish at the top had a bit more breathing room. The fish at the bottom looks lovely in all her chiffon.
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10/21/2013 12:59:23 PM
Nicely done. I'm not familiar with the story, but in looking it up, I can let my mind go with this one and it works for me. I like the softness and the blur. I like the palette. Nicely done. -7-
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10/21/2013 09:46:18 AM
like a chinese painting. crop on top i don't like. it breaks the balance and the flow 6 but might come back
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10/21/2013 06:50:17 AM
Whilst i haven't read the book, it seems to me that it is about moral education. I can see the connection to fish and like the flow in the image. I find the colors and blending of colors works well to portray this fable and I see it as a modern representation of an old piece of writing. A 6 from me
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10/20/2013 06:17:48 PM
I really love the colours and motion of this image. The painted feeling works well and I could see this on the cover of the novel. 8
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10/19/2013 05:57:47 PM
I like the color and the motion here. The framing is a little weird, but that may have been unavoidable. I have not read the book, only the synopsis, so I am unsure of the water babies are represented as fish or something else entirely. 6
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10/19/2013 05:05:07 PM
Fits better than expected really. The image here seems to really work for the novel in unexpected ways.

The motion blur is really quite well done too.

A bit of artifacting/oversharpening will keep me from giving this all the love it could have gotten, but I think a 7 is deserved.
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10/19/2013 04:11:56 PM
I know these fish. Love the color and the filigree and the sense of depth even in a shallow pool. Water yes, but babies - ok transformed into water creatures, maybe. 6 anyway for visual appeal.
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10/19/2013 06:40:41 AM
I really like the flowings colors in this image,as to its connection with the title not so sure.
As an image.7.
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10/18/2013 12:38:37 AM
I really like this
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10/17/2013 09:07:03 PM
A bit of stretch from this strange tale. Kingsley was a distant relative of my partner's; as well my father and his siblings were models for the American illustrator of a later edition. Later, Kingsley did really go off his rocker, and your fish maybe illustrate his strange intense energy more than anything else. 5
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10/17/2013 07:00:11 PM
I can see this as an interpretation of a water baby. The person is a fish until redemption.

The image looks like watercolor. I like that. The one distraction for me is the yellow wisps at the top right of the image. They keep pulling my eye away. Overall I like the image.

Gave it a 5
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10/17/2013 09:57:59 AM
Lovely movement in this shot. Vibrant colors. I like the idea here.
I gave it a 5
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10/17/2013 05:46:05 AM
This looks so familiar, I love the colors!
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10/17/2013 04:45:34 AM
Always a pretty scene with the blurry fish, and it fits well with the novel's theme. A god shot too.7.
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10/17/2013 12:29:02 AM
The motion almost makes this look like a painting.
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10/16/2013 07:33:56 PM
You surely achieved the fairy tale look. The movement is wonderful and the colors work like a charm
8
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10/16/2013 06:56:40 PM
Let it be known I'm a sucker for color and blur. This is just gorgeous! Beautifully saturated and love the sense of motion! Very nice!
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10/16/2013 05:15:49 PM
A pretty semi-abstract image. A competent version of something I've seen before. I haven't read the book but at least there's a connection with the title. 5
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