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A Soul Entering the Light
A Soul Entering the Light
skief


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fantasy World (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Pentax F SMC 50mm f/1.4
Location: Sealife Aquarium, Helsinki, Finland
Date: Jun 13, 2005
Aperture: 50mm
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 18, 2005

 I know I'll probably get a lot of 'does not meet challenge' remarks, but hopefully will not detract from the score too much.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 151
Avg (all users): 6.4338
Avg (commenters): 7.4118
Avg (participants): 5.9259
Avg (non-participants): 6.7319
Views since voting: 2407
Views during voting: 409
Votes: 219
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 06/27/2005 09:43:20 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. A beautiful and sensitive image.
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 06/27/2005 08:16:58 AM
This is one of my favorites. Congratulations for "lucky" number 13. Really well deserved.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2005 10:26:54 PM
Great image very clear and nice background - I don't care for your title, it doesn't detract from the image, but you can't take a clear photo of a fish and call it something else. - 6
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 06/25/2005 10:35:43 PM
The fantasy in the water is rampant. Very nice image delicately presented.
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 06/25/2005 09:50:23 PM
Don't know how well it fits but this is one heck of a shot. The blue background sets it off perfect
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 06/25/2005 03:55:02 AM
The jelly fish in focus is beautifully shot but the jelly fish on the right is distracting for me...I would have cropped it out
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 06/24/2005 03:05:26 PM
Great clarity and detail, decent color and good use of the rule of thirds. Technical quality is superior.

It remains to be seen how voters will relate this to the challenge topic but will probably feel its technical merit outweighs any "meet the challenge" issues they might have.

Only a couple technical suggestions. This image would benefit if noise reduction is applied. It is particually apparent in the blue background. There are two tiny specks on the upper right edge of the jellyfish that are slight distractions. Even though they are real they should be cloned out.

Overall this is one of the very best images in the challenge and should finish very high.
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 06/23/2005 10:58:22 AM
beutiful picture
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 06/22/2005 09:18:05 PM
Simply beautiful.
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 06/22/2005 05:24:06 PM
beautiful photo of a jelly fish
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 06/22/2005 01:11:58 PM
More than fantasy, I'll say Fantastic!
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 06/21/2005 10:04:56 PM
Base Score 5
Great Color/Comp/Proc +2
Top 5 Photo in this challenge +1
Total score 8

Very crisp...well composed...nice shot
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 06/21/2005 04:44:32 PM
awesome shot, love the deep blue, good good shot. 9
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 06/21/2005 12:27:01 AM
Hmmm...... looks like a jellyfish to me, even AFTER reading the title. A VERY nice shot of a jelly fish, but wrong challenge.
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 06/20/2005 10:13:34 PM
Very Nice, I'm thinking ribbon here! Everything is Excellant!
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 06/20/2005 09:44:07 PM
Neat picture. I think it would look even better if the jelly fish in the background were cloned out. It seems out of place...like you had cloned around it.
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 06/20/2005 02:59:53 PM
I just love these jellyfish images...they're so soothing...this one is particularly nice...beautiful detail and luminosity...lovely colors...very nice!
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 06/20/2005 11:25:36 AM
I wonder if you'll get the "doesn't meet the challenge" comments on this. I'm scoring it high 1. it is compositional and technically a beautiful, well done pleasing to the eye photo 2.I'm looking at it as a visual metaphor/simile based on the title.
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 06/20/2005 01:46:37 AM
This is really beautiful. So ethereal. Love the colors.
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