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Le Voyeur
Rebecca


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Challenge: A Single Tree (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5400
Location: Lookout Mountain, Colorado
Date: Sep 10, 2006
Galleries: Humorous, Nature
Date Uploaded: Sep 10, 2006

An aspen tree, to which I added an "eyebrow". Shot all too appropriately on Lookout Mountain. This shot is actually a redo of sorts of this photo, which I took in the same spot with a different tree several years ago:


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Statistics
Place: 135 out of 251
Avg (all users): 5.4229
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 4.9891
Avg (non-participants): 5.7890
Views since voting: 836
Views during voting: 325
Votes: 201
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0


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09/18/2006 12:30:53 PM
your new shot is better. There is much more of a sense of "looking." this would have been one of my personal ribbons if I had voted in this challenge.
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09/18/2006 05:38:17 AM
avg. 5.4229? 136th place? Seems that many people don't took the time that was needed to understand your shot. I expected this to be a top 20 entry. I just can't understand why so many people always prefer the "standard cliché shot" over someting like this. Keep up your great work!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/17/2006 09:49:18 PM
I like the different approach here. Not just a silhouette. Great leading line and DOF. The title is perfect as well. That grassy frond over the "eye" is a nice textural touch.
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09/17/2006 09:15:17 PM
Love the composition with the 'eye'. Like that the upper right corner isn't blown out. 8
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09/17/2006 08:44:53 PM
Ah! Excellent title!...well "seen".
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09/16/2006 10:51:20 AM
That's a really cool find! Nice shot!
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09/15/2006 07:50:26 PM
lol funny pic. I love how the grass imitates the eyebrow. Great job!
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09/14/2006 08:47:44 AM
Wonderful observation and a something different compared to the rest of the submissions in this contest.
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09/12/2006 07:09:53 PM
Very creative! Something is amiss here though. I cant tell if things are slightly out of focus on the tree or if the colors have been messed with in a bad way, but something is not very appealing.
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09/12/2006 03:33:47 PM
Great capture for a photograph. Alluring to me. You have my vote---7.
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09/12/2006 01:30:24 PM
big brother ;-) nice shot
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09/12/2006 12:50:55 PM
cute and excellent!
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09/12/2006 10:56:43 AM
Very nicely balanced composition, the trunk is very interesting with the eye and the grass grains sneaking into the frame. The other side with the trail, nicely blurred, has interest as well. All this interest begins to become dangerously close to being too busy, but fortunately doesn't cross that line yet. Of course, the condensing to the 640 pixel real estate doesn't help that much. Maybe a bit more of the grassy side to help balance the composition a little more.
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09/11/2006 05:54:44 PM
Cute shot, title is perfect too. He even has an eyebrow! I like the bokeh, the lighting and focus are right on. Good luck in the challenge.
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09/11/2006 04:50:57 PM
I have to tell you that this is the most creative shot in the group. And a great photograph to boot. Great detail and color. 10!
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09/11/2006 03:22:23 PM
Cool, he's even got an eyebrow. I want to see the whole of the foreground in sharp focus - there's something about the bark part of the pic that's not 'comfortable' to my eye. The background does nothing for you here. 5
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09/11/2006 03:18:04 PM
Cute, creative...very nice. Quite the unique tree! Nice use of DOF to allow the viewer to travel the path to the right but not make it intrusive to the composition.
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09/11/2006 02:22:26 PM
Nice find.
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09/11/2006 11:55:36 AM
I like this intimate view of the tree and bit of grass. The path leading into the distance is nicely suggestive. 8.
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09/11/2006 08:04:38 AM
I like everything but the fake grass.
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