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Challenge: March Free Study (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: The Rockery, Preston Park, Brighton
Date: Mar 30, 2004
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 30, 2004

 What do you see in this picture?

I see an alien. I think that means I'm on the verge of a schizophrenic breakdown, according to the "standard" interpretation.

Taken at a local park, night.

Dodged, burned, rotated, croped. Cloned a few spots I didn't like.

Statistics
Place: 129 out of 310
Avg (all users): 5.7135
Avg (commenters): 7.6875
Avg (participants): 5.5462
Avg (non-participants): 6.1091
Views since voting: 1148
Votes: 185
Comments: 18
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 04/08/2004 05:06:05 PM
Thanks Wendy..

It's a bunch of grass in the middle of a small pond, rotated counter clockwise. The reflection on the right is from the water. It was a bit windy that night, which is why the reflection isn't perfect and why the tops of the grass (on the left) are blurred.

I understand how people say they'd like it better the original way, but once I saw it this way, I just couldn't put it back.

Message edited by author 2004-04-08 17:07:10.
 04/08/2004 01:10:47 PM
This is a really interesting shot Matt. How was it taken at a park? Looks like there is some reflection from a mirror or something. I like it, it should have placed higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/07/2004 10:58:08 PM
Interesting shot. I think I would have preferred horizontal, but it makes an interesting abstract as is.
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 04/07/2004 09:33:55 AM
sweeeeeet... i'm very curious about how the focus on the right was achieved.
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 04/06/2004 11:39:08 AM
I have absolutely no idea what this is, but it makes a lovely shape. 7
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 04/05/2004 03:04:52 AM
Heh.. I like the concept here. Well executed as well.
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 04/04/2004 10:58:22 PM
very very cool
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 04/03/2004 10:05:41 PM
Whatever it is, it's beautiful!
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 04/03/2004 03:37:49 PM
I would have preferred this the normal way. Still a 10 though. Absolutely beautiful one way and eerie and monstrous the other way. Awesome work.
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 04/02/2004 12:51:58 PM
Wow! What an interesting composition. I would never have thought to rotate this shot in such a way. But it really adds a uniqueness to the image. Very interesting vision.
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 04/02/2004 10:59:31 AM
This really looks like one too, well done. It is a creative idea, i like that the one side is a bit more blurred than the other.
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 04/02/2004 07:06:46 AM
I love it. its rotated clockwise right?
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 04/01/2004 08:44:14 PM
Wonderfully done. - 8
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 04/01/2004 08:25:28 PM
i like it better on it's side.
 04/01/2004 04:31:39 PM
I see a marvel!
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 04/01/2004 11:34:02 AM
i think i would have liked this better is you left it in the horizontal position ... kinda cool to look at though
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 04/01/2004 11:01:43 AM
Different, good idea, very nicely done.
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 04/01/2004 07:17:12 AM
I would have left this in landscape orientation.


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