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After the Freeze
After the Freeze
eaglebeck


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Challenge: Bokeh (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: My home in Brownsville
Date: Jan 9, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/750
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2005

 We had a freeze in Brownsville,Tx on Christmas Day. We lost all of our tropical flowers and most every plant is turning brown. I tried to get some good bokeh with better subjects and this was the best bokeh. I traded better looking subjects for bokeh.

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Statistics
Place: 139 out of 241
Avg (all users): 5.2511
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1157
Avg (non-participants): 5.4057
Views since voting: 756
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 227
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/15/2005 02:57:46 PM
yes, you have achieved a bokeh effect...too bad your subject is not that interesting, at least in this composition. simplicity is the key. you want to get the viewer's attention with something appealing. even if you want to convey something like ice damage, if you work at it, you can find an artistic way to bring it across. here, you probably could have succeeded if you had cropped the image down to the area near the intersection of the frond and the undamaged one (to me, that is the most interesting part of the entire image). hope this helps some.
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 01/12/2005 06:54:50 PM
excelent Bokeh
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 01/11/2005 09:31:12 AM
I like the feel your "bokehed" background gives to this image, but the subject seems to be too spread out and doesn't have a clear attention getter. A good effort but needed a stronger subject.
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 01/11/2005 09:03:43 AM
Again, one of the few people to actually meet the challenge so you'll get a decent score from me, but in my opinion the photo is a bit busy and your subject doesn't really stand out. Don't know if it's the angle or just the subject itself that leaves me just a bit flat compared to a few other photos. I do like the backlit leaves and the colors. Plus there is bokeh so that helps.
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 01/11/2005 03:08:56 AM
it may be "bad bokeh" from the technical point of view, but it sure is a nice photo!
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 01/10/2005 02:16:47 PM
The short definition of Bokeh from KenRockwell.com, which I am using for voting on this challenge: "Bokeh describes the rendition of out-of-focus points of light." Lots of bokeh here. Is the subject enhanced by the bokeh of the background? Actually the background bokeh is very nice, but the subject could be more attractive!
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