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Challenge: Soft Focus III (Basic Editing)
Collection: 5.5 - 5.9
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: Sep 24, 2007
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Floral, Blur
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2007

 This soft focus stuff is hard! I tried a few through gel on glass, a few with very shallow DOF, and a few with both. I ended up liking very shallow DOF best with just a touch of gel. Post - auto levels, fade, increase saturation by 8%. And, LOL, a bit of USM to pop the small area in the center that's in focus.

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 191
Avg (all users): 5.9297
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.7639
Avg (non-participants): 6.0354
Views since voting: 1015
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 185
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 10/04/2007 09:10:37 PM
You did a really great job here - nice gradual movement from sorta-sharp to smoothly blurred. I really like how all three give us a different point of view - straight on, partial profile and full profile!
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 10/03/2007 09:50:27 AM
How PRETTY!!!!! I thought it was very hard too. I tried all week and ended up with nothing submit-worthy! This turned out perfect!

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 10/03/2007 05:40:20 AM
I think your experiments worked out well and you hit on the secret to this challenge, which was judged a bit more as very shallow DOF rather than overall softness. You managed to combine both quite nicely!
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 10/03/2007 02:11:42 AM
You make this photography stuff seem too easy. Wonderful soft effect and lovely colors. Congrats on another terrific capture and score.
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 10/03/2007 01:34:54 AM
Cat - I really thought this was very good -the composition and lines were really solid - gave it a 7. I think you probably got robbed from those that saw the sharp focus flower dead center...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/02/2007 09:12:24 PM
Nice composition. it pulls me into it. S'good.
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 10/02/2007 01:35:26 PM
Now this would make a wonderful poster.
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 09/30/2007 03:56:13 PM
The flowers look like they're playing or dancing. I like it that there is the touch of colour at the top, not just a plain green background. ~8
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 09/28/2007 11:35:50 AM
Very nice composition, the green is very uniform and pleasing and the flower looks like a swimmer diving into the pool ( some imagination working overtime!! lol)
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 09/27/2007 12:37:24 PM
Excellent!
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 09/26/2007 11:38:25 PM
Pretty lillies. The colors are nice.
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 09/26/2007 12:50:21 AM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background good,
Technical: Focus, good Exposure: good,
Appeal:lovely soft colour,

Total Averaged Rating 6.
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