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Challenge: Table Shot II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Stories
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Tranquility, NJ
Date: Jan 30, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 6
Galleries: Interior, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2007

 my hand brushing a leopard that I had painted long ago. You can see it at //blackyak.com/randalls

slight crop to remove my right thumb. neat image. photo filter to cool off the warm indoor light. hue/sat to make it less saturated and the skin less pink. resize. USM at about 100/1/0

I fooled you. I'm right-handed!

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 180
Avg (all users): 5.9602
Avg (commenters): 6.7692
Avg (participants): 5.9000
Avg (non-participants): 5.9872
Views since voting: 1192
Views during voting: 314
Votes: 226
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0

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 11/27/2007 08:12:05 PM
Neat - I like the rich brown colors, and the shallow DOF is perfect here. Something about that little squiggle line rivets my eye and then leads it up to the brush and the rest of the image.
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 04/22/2007 05:36:59 PM
Great use of depth of field. The eye is drawn directly to the point where the brush meets the paper. The curvy lines and the quick decent into blur give a sense of motion. Very dynamic (for me anyway).
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 04/22/2007 05:12:40 PM
Must get hold of one of those Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lenses, so I can do things like this. Nice capture.
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 02/07/2007 03:02:11 PM
That is some crazy depth of field! Looks like just the brush is in focus, curious how long it took you to setup that shot. I'd get frustrated after 5 minutes. I love the minimal use of color tones in this one: brown, white, and skin tones. Was there intentional motion blur? Just curious how you got the lines on the back of the page to move like that. I like the techinque nonetheless. Nice capture.

P.S. - Awesome final product (of your leopard).
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 02/07/2007 11:58:11 AM
Very nice shot Don. You rolled a combination of two challenges into one and covered both of them nicely. I really like the way the sleeve fades back.
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 02/07/2007 11:40:25 AM
Very nice, Don! And this would have been a great entry for SDOF as well. Quite like the simplicity, softness, and desaturatedness of this. Bordering on normal for a shot from you, though, which is just a wee bit scary.
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 02/07/2007 08:01:49 AM
i gave this one a 10... i really expected higher place...
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 02/07/2007 12:07:46 AM
great job, bitch! woulda worked for either/or challenges! seeee ya
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2007 04:52:31 PM
pleasing dof (although I'd like a bit more crispness in the brush area) -- warm tones compliment the composition -- one of my favorites this challenge
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 02/06/2007 11:14:24 AM
i liek the idea behind the image, but perhaps if you had the hand more in focus it would create more unity with the paper, brush, and hand. good job.
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 02/05/2007 04:37:09 AM
love the bokeh i love the composition, and colors
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 02/04/2007 10:20:21 PM
A little too blurry for me, maybe if the whole paintbrush was more in focus
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 02/04/2007 01:14:54 PM
I love the DOF here. Back to bump you up to 8.
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 02/04/2007 10:33:46 AM
less blur and more dof ... this could have been a really nice shot. 6!
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 02/01/2007 11:01:59 AM
Vert artistic.. I think you did a nice job here. I like your concept & how it was executed. I think your lighting was perfect & the choice of clothing was great for this since it doesn't overpower the image. 8
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 01/31/2007 07:44:14 PM
very nice. I love how soft the image is and the caligraphy in focus.
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 01/31/2007 03:46:40 PM
good for both chalanges nice DOF
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 01/31/2007 01:07:48 PM
Interesting shot
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 01/31/2007 12:25:50 PM
I like the hand in this photo, it seems very delicate and peaceful. But, it seems a little blurry.
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 01/31/2007 11:59:12 AM
Great Idea! I love how the paint brush shows so much detail and the background is blurred.
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 01/31/2007 09:02:50 AM
would have been great in "Shallow DOF". here it is too shallow IMO
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 01/31/2007 07:10:30 AM
nice, very nice, that blur adds some painting effect and some movement at the same time.
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 01/31/2007 12:34:54 AM
very nice 8
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