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vawendy


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Challenge: Blurry Mess II (Minimal Editing I)
Collection: 2014 Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Date: Feb 6, 2014
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2014



[Feb. 13th, 2014 07:11:02 PM]

I'm terribly depressed about this stupid challenge!! I went out shooting seagulls, and 1.5 hours later, 330 blur shots, and a very cold body, I found out I had forgotten to shoot jpg. :(

Still seems like we should be able to save it as jpeg, with just the jpeg standard settings -- not challenge anything else.

This is what I really wanted to enter:



or even this one:



So then I tried shooting something else inside (it was dark then...)



and more:



and then I finally gave up and just threw two scarves over the shower door and played to get the entry and this one:


I still like the seagull ones best. :(

Thanks for the comments!

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 78
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Avg (commenters): 7.2222
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Views since voting: 1873
Views during voting: 174
Votes: 84
Comments: 28
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02/16/2014 11:03:58 AM
Love the colors!
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02/14/2014 06:16:54 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon, Wendy!
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02/14/2014 05:56:36 PM
Originally posted by Venser:

Originally posted by vawendy:

Passion in photography is fun. I recommend trying it.
What makes you think I don't?


It was just a general statement, Otherwise I would have said "you should try it sometime". As I said, sometimes mine have it, sometimes they don't. The doc challenge means a lot, the memories one doesn't. :)
02/14/2014 04:33:42 PM
Originally posted by vawendy:

Passion in photography is fun. I recommend trying it.
What makes you think I don't?
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02/14/2014 11:12:48 AM
Originally posted by Ja-9:

So what you think of the scarves!!! Excellent choice!!!


Haha! A good friend of mine (with a funny hyphenated name...) was getting tired of my lousy entry options, told me to just through some scarves and shot those.

She's brilliant!
02/14/2014 11:09:21 AM
Originally posted by Venser:

Do you really get depressed over an online photography challenge?


why not feel sad, blue, unhappy, or down in the dumps (the definition).

It was an exciting challenge. I don't do the abstracts very often, and I was quite exciting about doing and and the results I got originally. I enjoy putting my heart and soul into a shot. It doesn't happen nearly as often as it should, but it's fun when it does. :)

Passion in photography is fun. I recommend trying it.
02/14/2014 09:16:52 AM
Lovely colors Wendy, congrats!
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02/14/2014 08:31:17 AM
Nicely done abstract; congrats Wendy.
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02/14/2014 08:23:44 AM
Congrats! A lovely blur. Nice work.
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02/14/2014 07:40:57 AM
Do you really get depressed over an online photography challenge?
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02/14/2014 02:56:07 AM
Congrats Wendy. Lovely mess ;)
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02/14/2014 02:45:37 AM
My favourite in this challenge. Really beautiful, congrats Wendy.
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02/14/2014 02:27:15 AM
Congratulations Wendy! Even your desperation shots are wonderful.
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02/14/2014 12:39:49 AM
Beautifully done
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02/14/2014 12:12:37 AM
delightful gradation of colors in your well executed entry.
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02/14/2014 12:05:09 AM
Well after all that hassle about minimal you still got the ribbon, well done!
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02/14/2014 12:04:55 AM
And just like that, a messy ribbon! Congrats!
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02/14/2014 12:02:55 AM
So what you think of the scarves!!! Excellent choice!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/13/2014 09:40:41 PM
Couldn't ask for a prettier color combination :)
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02/13/2014 07:54:38 PM
Very appealing abstract.
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02/13/2014 06:24:45 PM
Great flow, and tinsely colors. Really nice lines.
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02/13/2014 02:29:20 PM
The colors give this mess a lot of flair ..well done
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02/13/2014 11:10:09 AM
Nicely controlled blurry mess. Bright colors, nice abstract, expect this to ribbon.
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02/13/2014 07:33:18 AM
Love the colors here.
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02/13/2014 12:44:56 AM
Pretty shot!
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02/13/2014 12:06:45 AM
Great color and flow - even better knowing you got this via minimal editing!
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02/12/2014 08:36:17 PM
Great composition.
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02/07/2014 01:32:59 PM
Very nice! Great combination of colors and nice lines.
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