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Feather Soft
Feather Soft
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Challenge: Zen Photography (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Houston, TX
Date: Jul 29, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Textures
Date Uploaded: Jul 29, 2006

Shot at the Japanese Garden in Hermann Park in Houston, TX.

We went out early and talked our way in before opening to get the good light. I was shooting pics of a heron against a rock garden but then saw this. Tough call between this and the heron shots. We'll see how it goes.

I think this has a real soft Zen feel to it. It is hard to go for the WOW factor in a Zen challenge.

Opened from RAW
Adjusted hue to bring out the blue in the water
Crop & Size for DPC
Neat Image
USM
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Statistics
Place: 57 out of 329
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Avg (commenters): 7.1875
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Views since voting: 1131
Views during voting: 302
Votes: 199
Comments: 20
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08/07/2006 04:40:42 PM
A very nice zen image. The dark colour of the water is a great contrast to the feather. I'd maybe have cropped it with a bit more to the right.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/06/2006 12:54:47 PM
The best of the feather pictures. :)
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08/06/2006 12:41:57 PM
Yeah, now that's Zen...nice job
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08/06/2006 12:59:39 AM
This is really nice. Did you make that ripple in the water, or did it just happen that way?
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08/05/2006 10:42:36 AM
Exquisite
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08/04/2006 09:37:27 PM
Nicely exposed. There's a shadow of something on the right side that keeps drawing my eye away. For composition, I think I'd have preferred the feather a bit less on the centerline horizontally.
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08/04/2006 03:29:37 PM
Gorgeous contrast between the white and the deep blue.
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08/04/2006 08:00:42 AM
This is so peaceful, so serene and so "Zen"... Well done, and I like this very much.....
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08/03/2006 09:11:46 AM
ripples never find
the touch. 5
08/03/2006 08:00:09 AM
This is simple yet beautiful, lovely detail in the feather and I like the little ripples in the water :o)
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08/02/2006 11:59:42 PM
Very spiritual.
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08/02/2006 11:57:49 PM
I really like the ripple and the idea. It looks like the feather and water are two different pictures because of the reflection more than anything else. I like how the feather is nice and clear but dislike how the water looks overprocessed. It causes an imbalance in the perception of the overall picture.
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08/01/2006 12:44:11 PM
Beautiful shot, simple and calm...
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08/01/2006 10:10:13 AM
Great comp, nice light, good feel. 10 minus 1 (the feather looks a little out of focus)
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07/31/2006 12:30:10 PM
Gorgeous.
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07/31/2006 10:57:44 AM
This was the approach I was going to take...couldn't find a good feather. ;^)

I like the reflection of the feather on the water. Looks like you got the timing correct on getting the shot before the ripples hit the area of the feather.

Not sure if it's my monitor here at work or not, but the feather looks a bit soft (no pun intended), especially around the front area of it.

Anyway, good luck in the challenge.
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07/31/2006 08:10:05 AM
really lovely composition, suits challenge...love the b and w look and the reflection of the feather in the water is superb 9
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07/31/2006 07:51:57 AM
Beautiful. I like the linear mixed with the circular. Perfectly balanced too. 8
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07/31/2006 01:03:08 AM
great work, grayish vig top right distracts some
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