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Wings over Water (Siberica Iris)
Wings over Water (Siberica Iris)
Rikki


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Challenge: Rain (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My Living Room
Date: Aug 14, 2005
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 seconds
Galleries: Landscape, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 14, 2005

As you would have guessed, NO RAIN in Sunny California. Oh well. I guess this is where creativity comes in. I woke up early Sunday morning to cloudy skies. At first glance it looked like it was going to rain. No luck! However, I did manage to stumble upon these Siberian Iris in my backyard. Early morning dew provided me with Mother Nature's rain alternative. Took it inside and took some shots. I just hope that I don't get blasted for this image not being a "true rain" photograph.


Statistics
Place: 129 out of 228
Avg (all users): 5.2188
Avg (commenters): 6.3000
Avg (participants): 4.9754
Avg (non-participants): 5.3976
Views since voting: 908
Views during voting: 420
Votes: 288
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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08/25/2005 01:26:22 AM
Though you can tell it wasn't an out door shot I was still so impressed with it I didn't really mind. Everything here seems to be very pleasing. DOF was nicely done and doesn't pick up anything distracting in the rear. Focus is fantastic VERY detailed. The colors are smooth and soft. The lighting is perfect and thats what gives away the indoor shot. I was very impressed with the artisitic approach you show here. Although it might fall short of the challenge I am still impressed with the shot. Very nice work. Two (green) thumbs up.
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08/22/2005 08:27:04 AM
Hahaha! I caught your fake rain. I wasn't giving out DNMC's for fake rain, though, that would be to tough. Great studio shot, I gave it a 6.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/20/2005 05:12:17 AM
I'm sorry to say, but this looks like it was taken indoors. The off color lighting and the solid backgroun make it look like it was a studio shot. Like the water drops though
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08/20/2005 01:36:25 AM
Nice wet effect, bumping up
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08/19/2005 08:19:35 PM
Alitle bit to bright
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08/19/2005 06:12:41 PM
Another wet flower shot. Fantastic focus, and the lighting is so nice that it makes me think this rain-shot was in a studio. Great job capturing the softness of the petals.
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08/18/2005 05:53:38 PM
Something about this shot doesn't seem quite right to me. It's got great color and I like the composition. Good focus & DOF too - so I'm not quite sure what it is... (Sorry I can't be more specific. Maybe it's the odd color glow in the background?) Still, a pleasing and good image.

EDIT: Ya know - I think I figured out what bothers me about this shot. It's that the background color too closely resembles the beautiful colors on the petals. It's a lovely shade of pinks & whites, but the fact that the background is saturated with essentially the same tones, it makes the whole color less dramatic. (If that makes sense...) If the background were darker, it would really allow the colors of the petals to shine on their own - so to speak. Make sense?
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08/17/2005 11:11:11 AM
Nice rain drops, I like the macro effect.
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08/16/2005 11:29:00 PM
very nice macro. The colors complement/contrast each other nicely.
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08/16/2005 10:19:35 PM
Lovely and sensual. 7
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08/15/2005 08:29:03 PM
ah another indoor shot. Tungsten lamp again, without a correct white balance, plus water and glycerine mixed. Ive caught 3 people so far. Sorry cant vote this high. Good try though.
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08/15/2005 04:54:42 PM
i feel the cropping here isn't as effective as possible. dof is a bit too shallow, i think. 5
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08/15/2005 05:18:31 AM
i have only 1 word for this!

GREAT!!!!!
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