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the cat in the doorway
the cat in the doorway
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Challenge: Soft Focus II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: home studio
Date: Aug 22, 2006
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/13 sec
Date Uploaded: Aug 22, 2006

My cat taken through vaseline smeared all over my lens..just kidding, taken through a small window smeared with vaseline and held in front of the lens; one can see the finger marks on the right where I pulled the vaseline across the glass,however, where the cat's head is, the vaseline was softened by rubbing a towel on that section...auto levels, curves, brightness/contrast, usm, cropped.

Statistics
Place: 194 out of 252
Avg (all users): 4.7124
Avg (commenters): 5.3000
Avg (participants): 4.5147
Avg (non-participants): 4.7975
Views since voting: 613
Views during voting: 322
Votes: 226
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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08/31/2006 08:54:01 AM
This was honestly one of my favorites...I love the fact that you didn't use gaussian blur, that the effect was achieved "in camera". This just has a really nice painterly quality about it...so very different.
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08/30/2006 10:27:25 AM
I don't understand why people can be quite offensive when viewing something and making a comment that may hurt.
Before leaving a comment like one of the ones below, think if you would be upset or hurt if you received a similar comment, then maybe you would not write that type of comment.
I can see what you were trying to achieve, and think it is a mighty effort. It has a very surreal feeling, almost like a vision, or spirit, one has in a dream. This may be the softest of the soft, re the images in this challenge.

Message edited by author 2006-08-30 10:28:10.
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08/30/2006 09:56:54 AM
I still think this shot is good and didn't use gaussian blur, but will next time.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/28/2006 07:14:32 PM
yes I can see the cat and it apears it was slammed by the door :)
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08/27/2006 04:32:53 PM
thats pretty wild! I like it 9
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08/25/2006 07:13:55 PM
IMHO this image is a little too blurred rather than soft
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08/25/2006 12:15:32 AM
This is a very unusual image. Out-of-the-box for DPC. Perfectly meets the challenge. Lovely subtle colors. Soft enough to lend mystery and clear enough to leave the face well defined. Among my top picks.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/24/2006 07:42:18 PM
Interesting effect with the soft focus looking like motion blur...
TC
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08/24/2006 09:26:20 AM
that looks like motion blur not soft focus
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08/23/2006 02:16:14 PM
this shot is too blurry...could be sharper...Just Kidding!!

Very blurry, a bit too much for my liking
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08/23/2006 12:07:03 PM
I don't know if this is soft or too blurred. But what the hell, I really like it. It's very unusual and would make a great poster.
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08/23/2006 10:05:40 AM
wow, absolutely horrible. Why would you submit something like this? 1
08/23/2006 07:43:33 AM
there is a fine line between soft focus and blur and I think maybe you have just crossed it but what a lovely cat.
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08/23/2006 04:57:44 AM
where is the soft focus?
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