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She Dances With the Breeze
She Dances With the Breeze
Elemmennope


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens, Portland, OR
Date: Mar 25, 2005
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2005

 The point of this photo is that from this particular angle the trunk of the willow looks like a curvy woman (baby's got back!) with her arms in the air. It's really obvious to me, and I hope voters can see it too.

A second title I almost used referred to the myth of Daphne fleeing Apollo when she turned into a tree. But I thought it was safer to use a more general one.

ETA -- it would seem voters did not see the woman at all. I should have called it "This tree is shaped like a woman." Oh well, lesson learned. I really thought that would be communicated.

Adjusted levels and color saturation and resized to 640 wide. USM.

Had to bump it down to around 60% quality to get it under 150K! I guess there's just so much little detail in all those little leaves -- I've never had quality reduced nearly that much before. This hurt my score too. It so much better in the uncompressed original.

Some outtakes:



Statistics
Place: 409 out of 507
Avg (all users): 4.9875
Avg (commenters): 5.1667
Avg (participants): 4.8610
Avg (non-participants): 5.4340
Views since voting: 993
Views during voting: 328
Votes: 240
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2005 01:52:12 PM
you seem to have some purple fringing ( chromatic aberration ) which is a real shame, too much contrast between the branches & sky. But i like the way the leaves are illuminated which i guess is the look you were going for.
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 04/25/2005 01:10:17 PM
This looks a bit busy to me, not sure the bridge adds anything.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/23/2005 01:31:39 PM
Simple and nice with good use of backlighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/20/2005 07:59:02 PM
NIce backlighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 06:23:34 PM
That is quite spooky.
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 04/19/2005 02:09:17 PM
a little soft, but all the same, full of charm. good luck!
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