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Challenge: Bokeh II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Pentax *ist D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Hanford, California
Date: Jun 14, 2006
Aperture: F9.5
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/3000
Galleries: Still Life, History
Date Uploaded: Jun 15, 2006

 I went to my local cemetary with the intent of shooting a dead rose on a tombstone, with the headstones in the background out of focus, but I found this old bottle with dead flowers already resting on a stone, and decided to use that instead. In editing I adjusted the levels to bring the jar and flowers into sharper contrast with the background and I adjusted the coloring slightly to give the overall picture a duller and browner tone.

Statistics
Place: 351 out of 432
Avg (all users): 4.5430
Avg (commenters): 5.4167
Avg (participants): 4.4275
Avg (non-participants): 4.6640
Views since voting: 688
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 256
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2006 02:44:19 PM
Nice idea and composition. Would be better if there was a little more color contrast. Also a larger image would be helpful!
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 06/25/2006 01:41:02 AM
Well done bokeh, definately enhaces the scene.
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 06/24/2006 05:32:31 AM
Ahh yes...I have worked it out. Maybe a bit more of the dead flowers would help here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2006 09:38:51 PM
If not for the pixelation around the hanging strands, this would have scored VERY high...
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 06/22/2006 05:18:48 PM
what are those? dead old forgotten flowers, very sad junxtaposed over the graveyard. nice composition idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2006 11:20:13 AM
oh wow..good subject
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 06/22/2006 07:16:07 AM
Lacks interest, re composition and subject matter...
 06/21/2006 11:15:24 PM
wow, this is a great ideal I like the way you think, loved the composition here too. Yeah, it feels sad... forgotten indeed. I wish the photo could be in larger size. Bet it would make a much bigger impact. Among the photos I scored so far, this is one of the bests that really used the background to enhance the subject. Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2006 11:00:33 PM
This could have been in desolation. I like the imagery, and I think I can see some bokeh in the background by the trees?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2006 08:31:00 AM
The tilt kind of throws the image off....
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 06/21/2006 08:17:36 AM
I think this would be much more impactful if you utilized the maximum 640 pixelation allowed. I wish that there were at least one semblance of a flower still in the vase- maybe you could've put it there for a bit of punch.
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 06/21/2006 03:32:26 AM
its ok, i don't really understand what the subject is.
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