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autool


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Challenge: Something New (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Tracy, CA
Date: May 11, 2002
Aperture: 1:11
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/2
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 11, 2002

 Six day old bean sprout. Taken in macro with two photo floods.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 168
Avg (all users): 7.1141
Avg (commenters): 8.1020
Avg (participants): 7.1048
Avg (non-participants): 7.1223
Views since voting: 3627
Votes: 263
Comments: 57
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 08/19/2002 07:15:00 PM
yay for you!!!
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 08/19/2002 02:33:00 PM
This was my favorite shot out of this challenge. Great job. I have to know, did you compose this shot or did you find it naturally. either way great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 08/19/2002 11:43:00 AM
Wonderful shot. Congratulations !!
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 08/19/2002 08:00:00 AM
We can always count on you to show us a great idea well-executed. Congratulations
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 08/19/2002 12:44:00 AM
Great job. Keep it up.
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 08/19/2002 12:17:00 AM
Endless creativity! Excellent work, autool!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/18/2002 10:16:00 PM
Very amusing...Fits with the challenge perfectly and well executed
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 08/18/2002 08:51:00 PM
great idea, well executed. ~mcmurma
Aesthetics...8
Meets Challenge...8
Overall...8
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 08/18/2002 06:23:00 PM
Nice macro and a great find. What kind of lighting was used?
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 08/18/2002 02:24:00 PM
Excellent photograph! Good representation of the challenge topic.
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 08/18/2002 01:14:00 PM
perfect title
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 08/18/2002 11:12:00 AM
This is fantastic! Well done!
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 08/17/2002 06:10:00 PM
Very clever!
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 08/17/2002 11:38:00 AM
what a great shot. I think this is my first 10 handed out this week
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 08/16/2002 04:13:00 PM
Okay, I think this one will be the winner. Or, at least it should be. :) What a cool photo! Meets every aspect of anything I would grade on, so a 10 from me! lecalan
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 08/16/2002 02:50:00 PM
This is just plain great. How did you do this? The sprout is very interesting and the beans really set it apart, nice touch. 9 Swash
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 08/16/2002 12:26:00 PM
A powerful image altogether.
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 08/16/2002 10:09:00 AM
Meets challenge:definetely
Technical aspects: ok
Artistic Merit:fair
Suggestions:

Love the idea...actually had considered something very similar. A little detail is lost here though, on the sprouted bean.
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 08/16/2002 03:42:00 AM
Hey, that a very nice picture. I tried somehow something similar. Yours is better. Congrats.
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 08/15/2002 11:35:00 PM
Fantastic idea and so well executed too. How many days did it take to sprout? This looks more like about 9 days to me but, whatdahiknow. top 4 I really like it.
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 08/15/2002 10:40:00 PM
I really like the creativity of this photo.
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 08/15/2002 04:39:00 PM
I'm sure you'll get comments like "the beans are too shiny" ;-) but I really like this shot. I start at the top of the sprout and my eye travels down the roots. I like the contrast of the green and brown too. 8
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 08/15/2002 04:33:00 PM
very original... nicely done also
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 08/15/2002 01:55:00 PM
Unique and interesting
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 08/15/2002 01:44:00 PM
Cool! - and emotive!
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 08/15/2002 10:23:00 AM
Great minds think alike? This was the very picture I had in mind to do, but I was away traveling all week and simply didn't have time. Only I wanted to use the more distinctly "Anasazi" beans. Traditional pintos were my second choice. The detail and texture of individual beans is great. no distracting shadows, and even the background is pretty clear. I might have cropped a bit differently to get the sprout a little lower, but I don't know what you had to work with in the original. I don't claim to be an expert, but I like this lots and don't think I could have done better, probably not even as well. This would be a good advertisement for a seed company.
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 08/15/2002 09:51:00 AM
Great Idea. Very nice composition. I like the background, its not busy, so it grabs your eyes to the focal point of the photo.
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 08/15/2002 06:39:00 AM
Triffid! Great subject and background. Works well.
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 08/14/2002 10:30:00 PM
I love this....emerging life.
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 08/14/2002 11:36:00 AM
I thought this was pretty cool.
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 08/14/2002 10:11:00 AM
great texture, wonderfu idea. well shot. I'd be interested in seeing the saturation brought up. crisa58 7
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 08/14/2002 06:47:00 AM
Great job- Also could have named it, "Ahead of it's time". :) Unique idea!
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 08/13/2002 10:56:00 PM
i really like this one! great idea and great job capturing the moment!
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 08/13/2002 10:16:00 PM
I really like this due to the fact that I can't figure out if it was staged to look that way, or if for some freak of nature, it ended up growing that way, and how did you find it if it naturally grew that way. Very clever and a great depiction of something new. Excelent job! Congrats and good luck.
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 08/13/2002 06:50:00 PM
This is a really great shot. It looks like it's walking around on its roots. Well lit, sharp with great DOF... (8)
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 08/13/2002 06:17:00 PM
Something new.
Composition - quite good
Technical Aspects - very good
Meets Challenge - yes
Visual Impact / Originality ΓΆ€“ quite good
Jim msp
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 08/13/2002 04:42:00 PM
Good photo. Subject is good and well presented. Focus and lighting are both good. My only issue is that the background seems a bit busy. I don't think that there's much you could do about it though. 7
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 08/13/2002 04:07:00 PM
Good shot!
tomlewis1980
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 08/13/2002 01:54:00 PM
Contrast is perfect and the textures are great!
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 08/13/2002 01:13:00 PM
great idea!
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 08/12/2002 10:04:00 PM
looks like it is walking around!
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 08/12/2002 07:08:00 PM
simple but effective
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 08/12/2002 05:33:00 PM
Clever and I like that the WHOLE background is beans.
7, Kavey
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 08/12/2002 05:00:00 PM
Great picture. I think it needed a little more contrast.
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 08/12/2002 04:56:00 PM
very interesting and unique photo. I think i would like it if the green were brought out a bit more, but other than that, no complaints. very nice shot! 9 md
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 08/12/2002 04:31:00 PM
bean sprouts nice concept good shot
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 08/12/2002 04:30:00 PM
Awesome subject...this wins my originality award for the week! My only nit pick would be that the lighting the the background seems a bit harsh. 9 Lisa
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 08/12/2002 04:14:00 PM
Like I said to another contestant: "Can I swap eyes and artistic talent with you?"

The only thing I can suggest that may have complimented this picture anymore would be to have used a spot light to accentuate the green "bud" of the plant. It seems a little dark.
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 08/12/2002 01:43:00 PM
awesome picture!!! I love the contrast between the brown beans and the green sprout! #1! Love it! Love it! Love it!
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 08/12/2002 01:19:00 PM
I had something like this in mind....but yours is so much better. BAMartin
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 08/12/2002 12:56:00 PM
I didn't see this one last night and was wondering what happened to you. Totally fantastic top 3 for sure, go for the blue this time! JJ
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 08/12/2002 12:30:00 PM
cool
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 08/12/2002 10:38:00 AM
very little shop of horrors. cool shot!
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 08/12/2002 03:40:00 AM
That is cool!
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 08/12/2002 03:03:00 AM
That's a cool idea, a great title, and a pleasant image. Like the DOF but would have cropped out some of the top, a little boring as is but I know, I know required submission dimensions!
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 08/12/2002 02:34:00 AM
Very very good =9 syamjonimi
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 08/12/2002 12:32:00 AM
Very creative idea! Nice composition.
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