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Dew Kissed Plumbago
Dew Kissed Plumbago
chesire


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: San Antonio Zoo
Date: Nov 4, 2006
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2007

 Shot outside late morning. Auto Contrast, Auto Levels, Added slight gaussian blur to outer edges, resized, sharpened, sharpened more, bordered, saved for web.

The goal was to find good shots. When I saw this one it screamed artsy at me. I wanted to pick up on the very shallow DOF and lighting combination. This one will go on the living room wall, abeit not QUITE so sharp as here. I like it softer.

Statistics
Place: 268 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.9377
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8736
Avg (non-participants): 6.1429
Views since voting: 1254
Views during voting: 468
Votes: 353
Comments: 24
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 01/21/2008 12:13:24 AM
very nice blue color and softness is very good.it seems that they are not natural plants because of very good shooting.thank u.
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 03/31/2007 10:10:34 AM
I really love the waterdroplets on the soft blue flower petals.....
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 03/31/2007 09:56:11 AM
I really like the shallow DOF on this shot. The water drops really make this shot work.
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 02/07/2007 09:18:19 PM
This is a lovely image, Ches! Congratulations on a personal best score. I love the soft blue tones and the fresh clear water droplet. The shallow depth of field is beautiful!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/24/2007 10:16:34 PM
beautiful image. absolutely masterful. just hope it's not too subtle for the challenge.
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 01/24/2007 01:25:52 PM
Nice DOF, very mellow and relaxing.
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 01/23/2007 10:08:18 PM
never seen plumbago look soooooo good ..... beautiful composition .. love those water droplets .. they make this photograph special ... =8
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 01/22/2007 01:44:32 PM
Beautiful colors, I love the soft tones. Well done
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 01/21/2007 10:12:08 PM
Nicely captured.....
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 01/21/2007 05:50:43 AM
Nice but it seems under lit.
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 01/19/2007 11:32:23 AM
Beautiful colors and DOF
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 01/19/2007 11:24:14 AM
Dax?
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 01/17/2007 08:09:37 AM
Great macro of the water drops
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 01/16/2007 09:21:23 AM
good except the framing and the top right corner looks strange ...
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 01/15/2007 01:02:42 PM
BEAUTIFUL..... Subtle...
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 01/14/2007 09:30:26 PM
you shold look at this tutorial. Your photo file size is 21 kb, and you could have used up to 200 kb. This wold have smooth out the details in your image and will help your scores.
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 01/14/2007 02:04:46 PM
Lovely colours but the for me there is too much out of focus foreground (just my humble opinion)
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 01/14/2007 06:44:52 AM
there are quite a lot of artifacts from the resize in this that muddy up the image...the blue is nice 6
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 01/13/2007 11:47:10 PM
Beautiful photo with nasty compression artifacts. You realize your file is only 24KB? Remember, the maximum is 200KB, so compressing down to 24KB is unnecessary and just damages the image.
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 01/13/2007 02:31:59 PM
I like the colors, but there seem to be a lot of artifacts making patterns that really detract from the image.
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 01/13/2007 12:23:17 PM
I like the focus in this, and good capture of the water drops. I'm seeing a weird texture, though, and I can't tell if it is artifacts from resizing (not typical artifacts, if that is what it is), the texture of the flower, or a filter you have added. It's mildly distracting, but otherwise a very nice shot.
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 01/13/2007 04:36:39 AM
the drops are nice :)
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 01/12/2007 07:39:28 PM
Uneven post processing is evident throughout.
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 01/12/2007 01:45:15 PM
Pretty but there are some terrible compression artifacts in the photo.
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