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The Feather Dance
The Feather Dance
aKiwi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Light (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Cellar at home
Date: Jan 27, 2005
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2005

 Took this by dropping the feathers and photographing them with a black background.
As my flash fires at the beginning of the exposure, I rotated the image by 90 degrees.
Cloned out some spots.
Burnt the background to get it completely black.
dodged the trail a little to bring out the colour.
Sharpened.
Oh yes, I used Neat image at the begining too.

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 266
Avg (all users): 6.0419
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.8448
Avg (non-participants): 6.2727
Views since voting: 1249
Views during voting: 341
Votes: 215
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2005 11:15:20 AM
Intriguing shot! The light going up to the feathers looks almost like the trunk and branches of a tree. The blue and the yellowish feather look a little too bright or over-saturated, but that could just be me. The orange-ish feather looks perfect.
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 02/05/2005 11:10:42 PM
Wow...this is very nice. I'd love to hear exactly how you did this...I have my guesses....but I'd like to know for sure. The feather on the far right is a little hot....but I can see how it'd be tough to get this perfect. Great shot! Should do well.
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 02/04/2005 04:14:22 PM
I can't decide how you've done it. Is it just camera motion? Whatever, it's technically very good, and visually startling. And it satisfies the challenge well. Having said all that, it triggers no emotions or even thoughts (other than, "How'd he/she do that?"). Lots of style but not much substance is what this image says to me. Of course, that could be my problem, not yours! 6
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 02/03/2005 02:52:41 PM
Really nice effect, think I'd like to see it upside down though.
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 02/03/2005 02:27:27 PM
Cool effect. For me the only thing that doesn't work is the blown out whites on the yellow feather. Still, this is an inspired image. The red feather is amazing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/02/2005 04:34:33 PM
Nice use of strobe to freeze the action. 7
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 02/01/2005 08:51:40 PM
Very interesting and creative effect.
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 01/31/2005 09:40:49 PM
Neat effect. The composition is great...I'd perhaps like to see a little more definition of the detail in the blue feather and the yellow perhaps not qutie so bright, but really this is a great shot.
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 01/31/2005 12:11:08 AM
Love it! 9
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