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Soft as a Feather - Hard as a Rock
Soft as a Feather - Hard as a Rock
Sammie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Opposites (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S410
Location: My back yard in La Jara, Colorado.
Date: May 10, 2004
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Humorous, Macro
Date Uploaded: May 10, 2004

 Editing: Crop, Clarify, Saturation, Sharpen.

Taken in my back yard under an aspen tree. I didn't realize till I was looking at the pictures on the computer that this little ant was trying to pull the feather.

Statistics
Place: 148 out of 286
Avg (all users): 4.8953
Avg (commenters): 4.7692
Avg (participants): 4.9127
Avg (non-participants): 4.8824
Views since voting: 1057
Votes: 296
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/18/2004 10:47:06 PM
How fun that the ant is in the frame too - the texture and detail on the feather and the surface of the rock is nice. The blade of dead grass across the top of the frame distracts from the overall lines of the composition.
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 05/18/2004 02:00:21 PM
blasted out the highlight. otherwise a nice capture and interesting natural realization of the challenge.
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 05/16/2004 07:49:43 AM
I think you've got a great idea but need to rework it to make it effective. I want to see a macro shot of that ant too!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2004 07:10:23 AM
Good idea, I wonder what it would look like w/ the feathers more sharply focused to better show the softness.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2004 05:02:36 PM
The subject is out of focus.
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 05/14/2004 04:05:10 PM
what is with that ant????
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2004 09:56:22 AM
Composition:
(Subject Placement, Cropping, Background): 6
Technical:
(Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing): 7
Appeal:
(Is it Interesting, Motivating, etc.): 7
Challenge:
(How well it meets the challenge): 9
Total Average: 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2004 10:46:44 PM
well done .good take on the challenge,
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 05/13/2004 02:30:25 PM
A very hard concept to deliver in a photo. The left hand side of the left hand rock is in too soft focus to illustrate hard, and the sharp focus on parts of the feather do not convey soft. In fact, it is the downy feathers, not the wing feathers which are soft enough for pillows. The horizontal piece of grass hurts the composition in my estimation, and the wasp steals the eye.

A 3.
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 05/12/2004 10:59:47 PM
Nothing really seems to pop here. Maybe up the levels or saturation a little. 5
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 05/12/2004 09:53:41 PM
A great idea for this challenge! The ant brings a bit of "life" to the subjects. Perhaps that one horizontal blade of grass could have been moved as it seems to disrupt an otherwise nice composition. I like your choice of depth of field--the rock seems to fade away at just the right point and the texture in both the feathers and rock are clear. Overall, a fine picture.
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 05/12/2004 07:20:10 PM
but what about the ant?
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 05/12/2004 10:05:05 AM
The grass stems make it too busy for my eye. Nice interpretation though.
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