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A single grain
A single grain
NigelLew


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Peace (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Lightbox
Date: Feb 18, 2008
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: ~1/200
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 18, 2008

Hoorah for 5-minute rice! Lit under regular table lamps, sitting on a coffee table on 2-play regular dull white printer paper.

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 149
Avg (all users): 4.7212
Avg (commenters): 4.8571
Avg (participants): 4.4884
Avg (non-participants): 4.7760
Views since voting: 789
Views during voting: 334
Votes: 226
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)


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02/27/2008 09:10:49 AM
Fitting still life - a mood appropriate to the idea of peace, w/ subdued colour & dof. 9.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/26/2008 11:07:48 PM
lovely!
02/26/2008 09:16:46 PM
Neat picture, I am having a hard time connecting with the challenge, 5.
02/26/2008 05:05:24 PM
Oh oh oh but I love shallow DOF and I really like how you've got such a tiny point of focus here. It really, really makes the tip of the chopstick into a focal point from which I slowly explore the rest of the image. The softness throughout is very calming as are the colours and shapes.
02/25/2008 06:45:46 PM
i like hwo you focused on the tip of the chopstick rather than the entire bowl
02/25/2008 06:06:00 PM
Uhm?
02/25/2008 09:59:39 AM
a bit too out of focus.
02/25/2008 09:48:18 AM
This has an interesting focus, and the colos coordinate well.
02/24/2008 11:20:35 PM
Good pun and Dof, IMO if you had a single grain of rice on the chopstick with would add more to the photo :)
02/24/2008 07:33:25 PM
cool. i'd like to see at least a little more dof, though.
02/24/2008 05:55:46 AM
piece? or peace lack of DOF to me
02/23/2008 10:43:52 PM
?? I think the single grain is missing and would have contributed well to a minimum of 3 points higher from me, but the plain brown against brown does not hold my eye enough to stop from wandering back to what's in the bowl and (low DOF) out of focus.
02/23/2008 03:52:29 PM
I am guessing that you were going for shallow DOF here?
02/22/2008 07:11:14 PM
i like the photo but it says single grain and i dont see a grain like it would be better if like on the focus part of the chopstick if there was a grain of rice.
02/22/2008 04:35:21 PM
like the shallow DOF
02/22/2008 03:21:51 PM
I really like this perspective and shallow depth of field. Nice job.
02/22/2008 09:30:21 AM
Not sure I really like the focusing on the tip of the chop stick, sorry
02/21/2008 07:39:47 PM
Maybe if you had a single grain on the end of the chop stick, it would have more impact?
02/21/2008 11:40:56 AM
Unique photo. I'm sure you're going to get many similar comments, so I'll add one: The focus on the end of the chopstick is odd.

Is the subject a single grain of rice? Then in my mind, the focus should be on the rice, or there should at least be a single grain of rice on the end of the chopstick. Hey, that would be pretty cool actually. :)
02/21/2008 09:57:24 AM
At first, I was not sure how I felt about this image, but as I stared at it for a little while, it grew on me. I like the lines of the image. Something about it is very peaceful. Well done.
02/20/2008 11:17:44 PM
I like the composition, color, and overall feel of this. The title and the focus on the tip of the chopstick makes me think that there ought to be a single grain at the end of the chopstick.
02/20/2008 06:48:41 PM
Interesting subject choice. Perhaps a different focus point would provide greater interest. Maybe have the bowl with a single grain in it?
02/20/2008 06:25:32 PM
great use of the DOF
02/20/2008 05:04:09 PM
A single grain, but I don't see one in focus, I cant even make out if it is rice. The tip of one chopstick is all I see in focus.
02/20/2008 10:48:59 AM
I would have liked this better if there was a single grain of rice on the end of the chopstick that's in focus to match the title.


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