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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors III (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Good - Average
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Easton, CT
Date: Nov 5, 2006
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Nov 7, 2006

 As is so often the case with me, this was Plan B. The shot I actually worked hard on (for Neon) was a "double exposure" of me dressed and painted in white under a Ghost Paintball sign with a big paint splatter on my semi-transparent shoulder. It was awful. :-(

This was a "just in case" photo I took of a little barn reflected in a pond across the street. The day after I shot it, the barn vanished... demolished and carted away. Talk about timing!

I rotated the photo because it seemed more interesting, and when I did that the leaves looked like stars to me. My daughter walked in and said, "Hey that looks like night time." I was sold.

Processing: Convert from RAW, flip vertically, Crop, Channel Mixer for saturation, Levels, USM, and Curves (for contrast and a deeper night sky).

THREE ONES?!?!

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 365
Avg (all users): 6.6139
Avg (commenters): 7.3548
Avg (participants): 6.3563
Avg (non-participants): 6.8087
Views since voting: 1643
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 202
Comments: 41
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 11/21/2006 12:49:57 PM
Loveable photo! Where do you get all those creative ideas from? Just tell me the address and I will go shopping there. ;-)
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 11/16/2006 04:52:09 PM
Lovely picture. Congrats on your top 20 finish!
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 11/15/2006 12:35:00 PM
I love the colors because of the season changes that fall brings.
I think the people who voted the ones were not sane.

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 11/15/2006 11:05:22 AM
Originally posted by bryanbrazil:
...you need some graduated neutral density filters! :-)


I have one, but then it would be Night & Night. ;-P
 11/15/2006 02:08:25 AM
Hey Shannon, great idea to flip this shot, but c'mon man, you need some graduated neutral density filters! :-)
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 11/15/2006 01:15:39 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. There is something very appealing about the nice structure and then the title! Shannon, you are amazing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/14/2006 08:15:23 PM
by displaying this image upside down my perception was really challenged. It creates a Neverland feel.
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 11/13/2006 03:09:50 PM
Damn. A wholely clichéd up reflection-of-trees-in-water type entry and you nevertheless made the reflection the major element. Validated, yet! Take 7
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 11/12/2006 09:28:34 PM
Neat shot (9)
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 11/12/2006 02:44:09 PM
Ooh, clever!
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 11/12/2006 08:30:07 AM
Great idea, but the execution fell a little short on the star placement.
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 11/11/2006 11:20:56 PM
good colors...
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 11/11/2006 08:04:19 PM
interesting... looks like you flipped the photo? nicely done
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 11/11/2006 05:14:22 PM
I dont understand? Basic editing?
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 11/11/2006 05:06:27 PM
Not voting - it's not your best, but I do like the leaves in the sky concept. Do you also have a landscape version for comparison? I keep thinking I want to see more of the sky/leaves.
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 11/11/2006 03:01:06 PM
Very clever and very good.
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 11/11/2006 05:46:59 AM
excellent, crisp and clear, fresh
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 11/11/2006 01:15:14 AM
Very interesting that you exposed for the reflection. Great choice! Wait! Ah, almost got tricked. Did you rotate the image 180 degrees? The floating leaves gave it away.
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 11/10/2006 07:34:55 PM
This is interesting and very pretty. How did you do this with BASIS editing?
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 11/10/2006 07:34:14 PM
I'll be very interested to see how you did this. Well done!
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 11/10/2006 11:49:55 AM
works well, nice framing,
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 11/10/2006 09:44:10 AM
Very cool. It messed me up that it's upsidown. But very cool.
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 11/10/2006 12:30:24 AM
by far the best!! nice idea too..
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 11/09/2006 11:24:19 PM
I really like this photo.. turning it upside down was a wonderful idea.. creative and well photographed.. 8
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 11/09/2006 06:37:01 PM
wow! pretty cool effect
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 11/09/2006 04:16:33 PM
funny idea to flip it over...
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 11/09/2006 03:12:10 PM
not bad. but why have it upside down?
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 11/09/2006 01:01:31 PM
Interesting Inversion...

Niclely done.
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 11/09/2006 10:51:09 AM
I like it, but it kinda frustrates my eyes, it's almost like I don't know where to look. is this picture upside down?
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 11/09/2006 04:07:51 AM
Very nice colours & exposure.
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 11/09/2006 12:53:56 AM
far out ........ certainly a twisted image .. or should i say rotated!? ..... love it ...... so crisp and the beautiful colours .... just stunning .......
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 11/08/2006 10:18:33 PM
neat shot and neat idea
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 11/08/2006 06:16:57 PM
how did you do this???
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 11/08/2006 04:37:29 PM
very original idea ... without the specs in the water I would have never know which way was up! ... 10
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 11/08/2006 02:39:01 PM
great shot and great refections well taken
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 11/08/2006 01:41:41 PM
I like the rotate on the image...allows for interest and captures the viewer.
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 11/08/2006 12:26:03 PM
very cool, too bad about the leaves, but I still think it's one of the best images in this challenge
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 11/08/2006 11:43:33 AM
not sure how you did this in basic, but nice
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 11/08/2006 11:38:05 AM
Looks like the image is just flipped!??!?
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 11/08/2006 11:37:54 AM
I'm trying to figure out how you did this... nice colors anyway. 6
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 11/08/2006 08:32:13 AM
i like the dreamy mood...
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