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Challenge: Fences (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 24-135mm f/2.8-4.5 Aspherical IF for Pentax
Location: Somewhere between Oxford & Rochester Hills, MI
Date: Dec 31, 2006
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Dec 31, 2006

 This image had zero selective blur.

I shot this at the long end of the zoom (135mm) and there were bits of tall grass very close to me which provided soft effects in some parts of the image - there was a slight drizzle of rain going on which contributed as well.

The soft look of the tree-line is 100% natural & if you look closer you can see that the trees closest are in focus while those behind fall out of the dof.

This is one of those situations where I only realized that I left the camera at ISO 800 AFTER I got home. I decided I would take advantage of the noise & really bring it out. The blue channel takes center stage here, as you can see by the noise across the top.

Personally, I like this image quite a bit. It has a contemplative & surreal nature about it. Thanks to everyone else who also thought so!

Here's an alternate edit of the above fence image:



Statistics
Place: 84 out of 315
Avg (all users): 5.8238
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.7128
Avg (non-participants): 5.8933
Views since voting: 1254
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 244
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 05/25/2007 05:57:00 PM
Fantastic! The moodiness is very strong... It almost looks a little blurry, but I think that it actually enhances the shot. Good job.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2007 11:26:26 PM
relaxing shot..
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 01/09/2007 11:08:33 PM
Love this shot. Really like how your picture follows your title to the T. Great DOF. Nice work.
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 01/09/2007 09:55:50 PM
Dark and moody. Nice use of layering.
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 01/08/2007 04:49:20 PM
Very nice shot. The tree line echos the fence lines wonderfully. Such a bleak and dreary feeling you've captured.
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 01/08/2007 10:14:48 AM
i love the colors, shadows and the light effect here
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 01/07/2007 12:17:57 AM
kinda dark & murky but I like the strong horizontal
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 01/05/2007 07:04:54 PM
A very unconventional presentation - and I like it!
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 01/04/2007 08:00:52 PM
I like the color tones.
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 01/03/2007 04:33:03 PM
I like the tones here. Think I might even recognize the photographer based on the style of selective blurring. :) Good eye to see this. Well done.
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 01/03/2007 11:31:08 AM
nice!! a 7
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 01/03/2007 02:07:51 AM
beautiful...really moody. Love this photograph!
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