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Challenge: Life III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Lensbaby 2.0
Location: Annapolis, MD
Date: Jan 11, 2009
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/640s
Galleries: Blur, Lensbaby
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2009

 "Generations pass while some tree stands, and old families last not three oaks." - Sir Thomas Browne


Trees are magnificent, so there. :)

This particular shot looked so much like a cluster of arteries to me, that I decided to process it to play on that theme.

Statistics
Place: 169 out of 200
Avg (all users): 4.8098
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.6203
Avg (non-participants): 4.9881
Views since voting: 664
Votes: 163
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 01/23/2009 04:12:04 PM
Way to go with the 4.8 Karen and guess you knew this would be a shade/blur too far for the dpc masses (as you can see from the before and after comments). I'll leave the 'W' word out of my comment ;)
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 01/23/2009 12:04:38 PM
What a great eye to see the 'heart' in this tree! Wonderful choice of tones to go with your theme, and having the sweet spot centered works perfectly. Of course underrated, but I just don't think the community at large is ready for the lensbaby :-)
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 01/22/2009 09:51:21 AM
Arteries, heart-shaped, and a microscopic view of a blood cell, all wrapped into one.
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 01/22/2009 01:03:18 AM
This definitely has a heart like feeling, as if I'm looking at a heart scan. Everything works well in this it was extremely underrated imo. I have the same feeling about trees, they are truly amazing organisms, the pulse of this planet.
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 01/19/2009 10:49:04 PM
Oh yeah, I can see the artery thing going on here. I love the LB effect with trees.
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 01/19/2009 08:10:15 PM
Those that scored this low must have been part of some sort of 'focus group'! The red and the title certainly enhance the feeling of a beating heart.
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 01/19/2009 01:55:06 PM
Totally arterial, yup ma'am... My own entry in this challenge was a LB shot and it did even worse than yours. Although, to be fair, it OUGHT to have as it is sort of a disorganized mess (intentionally, but even so...) whereas yours has structure and density of meaning. I imagine the main reason you scored poorly is because the bare branches don't shout "LIFE" as much as they do "DEATH"; I haven't read the comments so I don't know.

Regardless, it's a torquing good shot!
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 01/19/2009 10:58:48 AM
Ahhh lensbaby. You know, man, I didn't get it first time around and I got it this time without looking at your comments. Clever use of a red tone for this. I almost see a heartshape too. Very cool.
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 01/19/2009 08:29:13 AM
I gave this an 8. I love the rhythm, and I like how the lensbaby extends the rhythm into an illusion of infinity.
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 01/19/2009 07:21:26 AM
Gosh, that is so good - so effective. Hurray for out of the box thinking ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2009 11:23:10 AM
My heart skipped a beat for a second. It does kinda have a 'heart' shape to it. Nice focus and very different entry.
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 01/14/2009 07:27:28 PM
buh-buh
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 01/13/2009 06:35:17 PM
I like the maroon colouring, but I feel the severe depth of field is too much.
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 01/12/2009 09:26:48 PM
Too much editing for my tastes...
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 01/12/2009 07:05:11 PM
Wow .. that hurts my eyes!
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 01/12/2009 02:40:16 PM
hurts the eyes, so blurry....
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 01/12/2009 11:34:06 AM
Nice LB(?) shot. Not sure on the tone, it has the feeling of despair to me & maybe a darker/cooler tone would be better.
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 01/12/2009 12:18:31 AM
the perspective is cool and so is the outer edge blur. Great!
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