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The Great Sky Mirror
The Great Sky Mirror
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Challenge: Zen Photography (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Greenville TX
Date: Jul 29, 2006
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Abstract, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Jul 30, 2006

I love way the cloud matches the shape of the bird...it really makes me feel like we are all part of a great natural cycle. I bet this is a 4.7 shot but I love it for what it means to me. :)

Statistics
Place: 150 out of 329
Avg (all users): 5.6195
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.5714
Avg (non-participants): 5.6700
Views since voting: 1002
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 205
Comments: 16
Favorites: 3 (view)


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08/07/2006 05:00:46 PM
Beautiful shot. Impossible challenge. Make a print.
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08/07/2006 03:23:24 PM
Laurie, I think your picture is nice and quite Zen. I gave it a 6. If it would have been in color I think it might have scored much higher. Not bright, blazing, high contrast color but subtle color. While it is very zen to have the cloud and bird in the same shape and angle the B&W makes it seem a bit dull.

Since Zen is so subtle it sometimes just doesn't come across well in B&W (at least to me) - if you had just desaturated this around 75% and left that slight hint of color in it I think it would have been fantastic. I'd love to see a version like that!
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08/07/2006 02:55:01 PM
This would have been nice in color on color. for me I'd like the bird a bit larger in the frame. but according to your notes you thought it may be a 4.7 so I hope you were somewhat happy about the score.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/06/2006 12:55:18 AM
That could looks almost exactly like the bird. Great find.
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08/05/2006 07:32:55 AM
awesome, i love very much simple black and white photos, this is one of them. 10. :-)
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08/04/2006 09:21:28 PM
Wonderfully seen and captured!
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08/04/2006 08:36:48 PM
lovely bird symbolism.
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08/04/2006 05:20:17 PM
It truly does look like a mirror.
I like the light and dark on the bird, matching the light and dark halves of the sky. Nicely done.
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08/04/2006 07:15:34 AM
Light is well caught & nice balance
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08/03/2006 06:37:45 PM
Its amazing what we see in the shapes of the clouds. I like the processing on this shot :o)
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08/03/2006 12:59:18 AM
this is quite nice how the wings' shape and lighting mimics that of the cloud, and hence the title, which strangely took this long to just sink in. So perhaps i'm a bit slow to be judging fine art.
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08/02/2006 08:53:11 PM
Perfect silence and calm...nicely seen.
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08/02/2006 11:36:09 AM
lose the world
and the world becomes you. 7
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08/01/2006 11:13:13 PM
A great composition. The darkness in the upper right is sucking in the eye, but it goes in without fear of uncertainty: I guess that's because the bird guides it there. The descending diagonal keeps the feelings toned down.
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08/01/2006 04:46:22 AM
Love this one Good job
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08/01/2006 01:53:26 AM
Nice!!! How long did you have to wait for the clouds and bird to line up?
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