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a canvas bursting with color
a canvas bursting with color
shamer


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Paper (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax A 50mm f/1.4 MF
Date: Jul 17, 2007
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2007

 This is more art than photographic skill & I didn't even do the 'art' part very well! I made this in about 90 minutes from several sheets of construction paper after seeing something roughly similar in an art book. I thought about making a 'paper splash' type reference in the title but obviously went with the canvas one instead.

The fact that this placed 4th just reiterates how much DPC is not necessarily about the photography itself but everything that goes into the image. IMO, this one doesn't exhibit great skill in any area, it just happens to be a neat idea which obviously has a strong first impression!

Thanks for all the very nice comments & votes!

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 129
Avg (all users): 6.7735
Avg (commenters): 8.1818
Avg (participants): 6.0847
Avg (non-participants): 7.0057
Views since voting: 3704
Views during voting: 483
Votes: 234
Comments: 30
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 07/27/2007 12:27:20 PM
this is such a sick shot, grats on the personal best and 4th place!
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 07/27/2007 01:22:24 AM
OMG .. shawn .. this is absolutely brilliant .. i havent been voting much lately and havent even been looking in the challenges that much either, so i missed this amazing image .. congratulations on such an imaginative and beautiful piece of art and a personal best ..
i came to check out wot you'd been doing after your comment on my bloody sheep .. that was pretty funny .. i was expecting to some nude !!! ... of course any idiot can open it, but i doubt any of the ppl who gave me 1's, 2's and 3's would even know how !!! ..
its totally obvious that it was a blue ribbon winner without that smartarse title .. !!! lol lol ... that's the last time i try and inject a bit'v humour into a challenge ... lol again, coz i doubt that'll be the last time at all .. :)
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 07/26/2007 09:17:14 AM
Nice color and light...congratulations on the HM!
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 07/25/2007 01:34:40 PM
wtg with a great photo - stellar finish!
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 07/25/2007 10:20:50 AM
Wow! Any chance I can get this for my desktop wallpaper?
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 07/25/2007 02:44:03 AM
This is a stunning image. Congrats on 4th place.
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 07/25/2007 01:20:33 AM
Very nicely done, and congratulations on achieving 3rd highest K10D score so far (you knocked me off third spot. What a heady few weeks that was. ;-Þ )
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2007 08:50:23 PM
Lovely! The background looks washed out though.
Just kidding. 7 It would have been a 5 if you had centered it with a square crop. Nice job.
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 07/24/2007 03:28:29 PM
That's pretty darn clever!
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 07/24/2007 01:40:51 PM
That appears to have taken a lot of work.
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 07/24/2007 11:42:34 AM
Brilliant!!
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 07/24/2007 03:08:22 AM
This picture is beautiful!
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 07/23/2007 12:09:36 AM
Brilliant. Beautiful colors and shape and use of negative space.
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 07/22/2007 09:11:34 PM
Very cool
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 07/22/2007 05:41:38 PM
this is really cool. what a fantastic idea!!!
i wish the border of the subject was a bit more defined though. not a big issue enough to affect the score though :)
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 07/22/2007 12:58:55 AM
I think you'd have had a 10, if this was a really tight, upclose shot. Like the colors pouring out at you. Great concept though!!
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 07/20/2007 12:08:59 PM
Wonderful effect. Waiting to see how you created this effect.6
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 07/20/2007 07:17:03 AM
This is a cool effect. Looks almost like an airbrush painting with it's crisp lines and smooth gradients.
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 07/19/2007 11:51:59 PM
Cool image!!
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 07/19/2007 04:10:51 PM
interesting
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 07/19/2007 09:45:31 AM
Totally awesome.....
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 07/19/2007 03:46:49 AM
like it and the off center subject. The border also fits very well.
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 07/18/2007 11:10:44 PM
One of the more creative layered paper pictures I've seen yet. Well done!
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 07/18/2007 10:00:40 PM
very cool, love the colors and composition!
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 07/18/2007 07:45:07 PM
cool idea, well shot and composed
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 07/18/2007 07:31:09 PM
very very nice
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 07/18/2007 03:24:55 PM
Very nice this one, nice and simple grat use of colours too 10!
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 07/18/2007 02:48:42 PM
really digging this.
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 07/18/2007 05:59:30 AM
Creative and beautiful - 10
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 07/18/2007 03:39:46 AM
I've seen this before; there's an artist who creates these colorful things out of cutting paper. You've done a nice job of recreating the effect. I like the use of negative space on the right side too.
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