DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries

 
You are viewing 1st place.
2nd
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Sea perfection
1st PlaceSea perfection
patrinus


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pattern (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 35-80mm f/4.0-5.6 III
Location: Mexico City
Date: Dec 27, 2005
Aperture: 13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.4
Galleries: Nature, Studio
Date Uploaded: Dec 27, 2005

I had this idea of a backlit pattern... tried several things and nothing worked, finally I got my hands on this seashell and just loved it, hope you all like it as much as I do.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 240
Avg (all users): 7.3219
Avg (commenters): 8.5806
Avg (participants): 7.2105
Avg (non-participants): 7.3835
Views since voting: 10083
Views during voting: 476
Votes: 320
Comments: 65
Favorites: 31 (view)


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
11/07/2006 07:46:13 PM
One of the BEST shots I've seen on DPC! Into my Favs it goes! BRAVO!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/07/2006 06:52:33 PM
One of my favourite shapes in nature. Nearly bought a nautilus recently. Now I know why I needed it! Edward Weston (1927): //www.tfaoi.com/am/2am/2am137.jpg also: (1947) //graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/10/22/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/ctarts190.jpg
Great photo: Patrinus I mean!

Message edited by author 2006-11-07 18:57:30.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/28/2006 07:54:45 PM
Great Shot!! If it were in black and white it would duplicate a famed shot by Edward Westin. ( spelling?).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/10/2006 06:51:50 PM
I agree with everyone else. This is beautiful. Can you share how you did it?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/10/2006 06:36:08 PM
That's.... phenominally beautiful. There's.... nothing I can see wrong in the image. Fantastic sharpness, fantastic colors, really good background, yeah.... it's just..... great
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/10/2006 06:09:49 AM
Nice image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/09/2006 11:48:58 AM
nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/07/2006 09:26:10 PM
It looks like a Georgia O'Keeffe image come to life! Beautiful!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/07/2006 06:45:15 PM
***Greetings from Critique Club***

Now, how did I get so lucky as to have to critique the Blue? On my first day on CC, nonetheless.

Well, here I go :

It's not suprising to me you recieved the blue. You've submitted pure technical perfection that fit the challenge very well.

Focus is sharp. Lighting is perfect. Saturation is beautiful. And the gradation and variations of tones is just almost unbelievable. Very well deserved ribbon!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/05/2006 07:22:51 PM
Wonderful image Patrinus! Congratulations on your first BLUE!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/05/2006 04:40:04 PM
In case you didn't know; it´s a nautilus (nautiloidea) and is a part of the cephalopode family (ammonites aswell, but their sipho is not in the middle) :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 06:42:31 PM
Congrats to you with this great image - so colorful and classy!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 06:09:56 PM
So great to see this here - really beautifully done!! Congratulations!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 02:46:01 PM
My goodness you are just stepping right in and winning ribbon after ribbon. Congratulations on an excellent shot and a nice blue ribbon for it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 01:43:01 PM
congradulations on the blue
perfect shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 01:35:33 PM
Really beautiful, excellent work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 10:48:23 AM
Congratulations!!! I was just reading yesterday about you and your wife and the picture of your baby on the site...Great family indeed, your wish to get a blue ribbon came true, while having a score above 7 was already true from the last challenge, ribbon or not...Congratulations and thank you for sharing your photos!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 08:00:35 AM
This one would propably score high in the Backlight challenge too. It's beautiful. Congratulations! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 07:48:03 AM
Patrinus...... Your shell foto is beautiful. Carefully made, Weston like, but in colour. So well deserving of your blue ribbon for it. Congratulations.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 06:57:58 AM
Well done! Congratulations.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 02:24:36 AM
Told you so :) LOL
Congratulations!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 02:24:21 AM
This deserves the blue ribbon. well done. it's perfect
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 02:02:43 AM
yeah sure it's sharp but it's too flawless/straightforward for my tastes. it's all gloss and no feel. but way to go as far as making it look sharp and perfecting the colors...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 01:20:05 AM
A masterful recreation! Congratulations on your BLUE.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 01:16:05 AM
Congrats. A stunning photo!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 01:10:56 AM
Very traditional but well executed...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 01:08:12 AM
Very nice job, congrats!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 01:00:43 AM
The Nautilus sea shell. Good job photographing this little work of art.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 12:36:12 AM
Great Lighting. This is fantastic, Well Done !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 12:35:12 AM
congratulations! you earned a 10 from me during voting. wonderful shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 12:30:14 AM
awesome job! Congrats
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 12:14:43 AM
Lovely, congrats on the ribbon!

Message edited by author 2006-01-04 00:14:55.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2006 12:14:34 AM
congrats!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/03/2006 10:44:09 PM
gorgeous! wow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/03/2006 07:23:07 PM
beautifully done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/03/2006 03:48:24 PM
makes a pefect image!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/03/2006 12:22:51 PM
Beautiful. Love the detail and coloring.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/03/2006 11:36:21 AM
Great use of lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/02/2006 10:20:22 PM
Nicely done - great lighting and detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/02/2006 09:20:58 PM
You are close to best .. ice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/02/2006 10:40:46 AM
This is a great shot, perfect pattern.9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/01/2006 07:49:29 PM
Great image, hot color, good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/01/2006 07:05:59 PM
Best of the challenge. Beautiful lighting. Good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/31/2005 06:35:40 PM
one of my ribbon picks - like the lighting and colors (this is what first came to mind when read the theme) well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/31/2005 09:01:04 AM
beautiful and beautifully taken
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/30/2005 07:12:51 PM
this is wonderful
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/30/2005 01:03:47 PM
Beautiful ighting and nice detail. Very well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/30/2005 11:46:22 AM
It's a very familiar shot but so you don't get high marks for creativity. However, this is lovely and well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/30/2005 07:57:34 AM
beautifully lit and photographed. pin sharp amd great colour. true to subject. excellent.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/30/2005 05:30:52 AM
Patterns to perfection, wow, what a great image, good lighting, and very well done.............
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/29/2005 11:49:41 PM
my favorite in this challenge...10...best of luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/29/2005 06:58:17 PM
This is a lovely shot, simple and eloquent. My 10 for this challenge. I love everything about this shot, the lines, and the light and how it just appears to float in air. Beautiful
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/29/2005 02:31:30 PM
gorgeous
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/29/2005 10:21:20 AM
This has a beautiful glow, love the lighting, top 10 here!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/29/2005 09:41:28 AM
This one should get a ribbon, very good!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/29/2005 08:05:25 AM
This is amazing, a great shot. Like the work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/29/2005 05:34:54 AM
Perfect (10)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/29/2005 01:26:39 AM
WOW! What a great shot! (10) Well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/29/2005 12:24:20 AM
great lighting .. great idea
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/28/2005 11:20:59 PM
Beautifully lit, nice response to the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/28/2005 10:38:19 PM
Nice image, a wonderfully lit shell on a stark black background. Good execution.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/28/2005 10:22:03 PM
Great colors, unique subject and nice lighting style. Well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/28/2005 09:16:35 PM
A classic, but one I never tire of. I think a page one hit on this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/28/2005 12:00:51 PM
Lovely. I like the lighting too. Maybe one nit pic - give a bit more negative space on one side. Lovely detailing though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/28/2005 10:45:04 AM
Stunning! I'm fiercely jealous, but have to give you a high score. LOL
Really lovely detail and light. Looks like a winner to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/11/2025 02:08:52 PM EDT.