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Pisces Rising
Pisces Rising
OldCoyote


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Challenge: Pet Portrait III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1
Location: center island of kitchen
Date: Feb 21, 2008
Aperture: f 3.2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 18, 2008

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My favorite fish, R.H. "Chili" Pepper, aka The World's Brightest Betta. I did discover however, that, for all his smarts, "Chili" had difficulty taking direction, and was unable to hold his pose for more than a few seconds. But a fun challenge. (And a fun fish!) Tried to capture a sense of his watery, light-filtered environment.

Statistics
Place: 228 out of 261
Avg (all users): 4.8955
Avg (commenters): 4.2500
Avg (participants): 4.6923
Avg (non-participants): 5.1134
Views since voting: 821
Views during voting: 329
Votes: 201
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/03/2008 05:15:09 PM
(Thanks, Skip!) I appreciate those comments that "got" what I was trying to do with this! One FAVORITE, even!! Thank you!!!

(As for the "poor lighting and focus" comment -- sometimes these lighting and focus efffects are, duh, intentional. Try... whoa... scribbling outside the box once in a while! Hey! It's fun!! Wow!!! Effects! Freedoom!! Creative Expression!!!)

But, that's okay. Man. I'm here to LEARN too, and we're ALL on a learning curve, right? I just think the newbies ought to learn a little more before presuming to be so critical. I'm not really so concerened with scores, though, as much as trying out different ideas. So... whatever. But I try not to criticize others' efforts at creativity. If'n I don't "like" an entry, I choose not to score it or to comment. Easy. Peace and Love! (And... yes, "Pisces Rising is a very good sign.") HAVE FUN!!!
 03/03/2008 04:03:40 PM
tried and succeeded. Well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2008 08:55:30 PM
Such a velvety red fish, very pretty. I like the softness of the light. It makes this look "mystical", like there's a unicorn hiding somewhere {yeah I'm a little unorthodox :P}
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 02/27/2008 05:22:08 PM
Wonderful color.
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 02/26/2008 06:19:13 PM
poor lighting and focus
 02/25/2008 07:11:48 PM
I think that you could have over saturated a little more in this shot to make it pop
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 02/25/2008 08:14:13 AM
I can't decide if the glow of the glass distorting the image is wonderful or horrible. But, it made me examine your image. *smile*
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