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I Am the Ocean
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Challenge: Blurry Mess (Basic Editing)
Collection: Animals
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED Zuiko Digital
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Date: Mar 6, 2008
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2008

 What I really liked about this was how the wind made the feathers look soft and flowing - as if they were melting into the waves. I was also wondering if this bird felt like a chaotic mess with all that wind that day. So here you have it - my version of blur and chaos.

Statistics
Place: 145 out of 292
Avg (all users): 5.1441
Avg (commenters): 5.5833
Avg (participants): 4.7525
Avg (non-participants): 5.4711
Views since voting: 914
Views during voting: 346
Votes: 222
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 03/24/2008 12:05:11 PM
Very cool effect. It almost appears like an Saluki (dog).
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 03/21/2008 12:35:47 PM
Well I think you can feel hard done by with this shot, like you I love the melding of the feathers and the waves as well as the fact that is stands alone as an interesting image outside of the challenge

Interesting Bell curve on the votes you got, nice to see that there were a lot of people who totally got this inage
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 03/20/2008 11:17:45 AM
Nicely done! Love the wind blur effect. I think that bird was feeling the chaos! LOL!
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 03/19/2008 03:35:02 AM
Wow Michelle. I absolutely love the processing in this image. It's absolutely lovely how soft and flowing the very white feathers are against the water all around. Just stunning, quite underrated, imo. Another very well executed image.
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 03/19/2008 12:25:35 AM
I think you were too sharp. :) But I love it!
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 03/19/2008 12:17:12 AM
Wow. I lost track of time. This is a very cool picture. Very cool.
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 03/19/2008 12:15:53 AM
I actually liked this one a fair bit Michelle, esp with the B&W it almost had a surreal feel to it.

-dave
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/16/2008 09:56:38 AM
I love how you captured the water here.
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 03/15/2008 09:33:13 PM
too sharp
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 03/15/2008 08:57:18 PM
looks a little overprocessed but good comp. 7
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 03/14/2008 08:38:43 PM
Lovely poster or painting effect.
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 03/14/2008 07:52:13 AM
The ocean is indeed a chaotic mass- the bird seems unbewildered and at home there - so I think I get the title. 6
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 03/13/2008 04:55:59 PM
im thinking this would have been more messy in color
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 03/13/2008 01:32:39 PM
like the windy feeling here. The b + w works very well.
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 03/13/2008 05:08:47 AM
looks like a bit of overuse of NeatImage, but I like how the bird blends with the water surface. title is perfect.
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 03/13/2008 01:15:55 AM
BW is a good choice for this beautiful comp.
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 03/12/2008 04:18:14 PM
blurry yes, not so much chaotic and disorganised, maybe an even slower shutter speed would have made it more so .... does just about meet the challenge. Certainly an interesting and engaging photograph though and I think the desat works well
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 03/12/2008 03:55:26 PM
Great picture but not blurry.
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 03/12/2008 02:02:15 PM
A good concept, however it looks like most of the blur was added after the shot, rather than in-camera.
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