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The Lotus Position
The Lotus Position
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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Date: Jul 15, 2007
Aperture: f 11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Emotive, Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2009

 These lovely lotus put on a show every year here. I have many nice shots but I like this one best.
Very little editing.
contrast
levels
unsharp mask

Statistics
Place: 445 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.7542
Avg (commenters): 6.4800
Avg (participants): 5.7122
Avg (non-participants): 5.9863
Views since voting: 842
Views during voting: 616
Votes: 476
Comments: 58
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:36:30 PM
Excellent exposure.. I liek the softness in the photo.
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 03/17/2009 04:27:03 PM
A very elegant flower, the background is a little busy (reflections of light on water?).
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 03/17/2009 09:35:17 AM
Stunning, simple and pure. 7
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 03/17/2009 07:07:26 AM
Beautiful. Perfect light
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 03/17/2009 01:00:45 AM
Beautiful flower, beautifully lit.
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 03/16/2009 10:53:25 PM
Nice subject. Color and texture are nice.
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 03/16/2009 06:57:07 PM
Nice lighting and shot from behind.
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 03/16/2009 05:57:29 PM
just a little blown out on the flower...could a gradient have helped that? but overall a very pleasing shot
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 03/16/2009 04:18:50 AM
Well captured and presented.
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 03/16/2009 04:02:32 AM
nice shot
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 03/16/2009 02:25:49 AM
i love the feeling of the background. and the way the sun catches the flower.
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 03/15/2009 08:56:18 PM
love the backlighting
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 03/15/2009 07:20:42 PM
Exceptional image!!
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 03/15/2009 06:41:26 PM
Monet would be proud of you! Nice capture and effective background.
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 03/15/2009 12:36:29 PM
I think the title makes this image a bit more interesting for me. I like the colors captured in the flower.
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 03/15/2009 12:22:47 PM
Nice light relieves boredom.
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 03/15/2009 05:35:23 AM
neat ;)
but maybe Id centered it to the blossom

cheers ;D brano
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 03/15/2009 12:21:30 AM
Beautiful!
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 03/14/2009 11:38:33 PM
I love the detail in the petals and leaf caused by the sun shining through. Beautiful colours.
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 03/14/2009 11:26:33 PM
Nice detail in leaf and petals. Still think I'd prefer to see the face of the flower.
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 03/14/2009 11:12:31 PM
love the tones and the bokeh is great
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 03/14/2009 11:05:32 PM
nice bokeh, pretty image
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 03/14/2009 09:49:05 PM
Nicely composed, beautiful bokeh...
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 03/14/2009 02:49:29 AM
Beautiful flower and I like the angle of the shot taken from the backside of the flower. Nice.
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 03/14/2009 12:45:59 AM
this is much better than the thumbnail let on, nicely composed and the b/g blur is quite pleasing /7
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 03/13/2009 11:52:27 PM
Excellent composure
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 03/13/2009 10:53:40 PM
Nice composition and crisp focus.
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 03/13/2009 07:50:15 PM
nice composition, good details. 6
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 03/13/2009 07:24:52 PM
Lovely light and bokeh. Nicely balanced shot, with the far closed flower as a nice detail.
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 03/13/2009 06:43:28 PM
Great colors, very nice picture!
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 03/13/2009 06:18:10 PM
Wow - what a beautiful image. My hat off to you.
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 03/13/2009 03:51:22 PM
Lovely light and composition. The blur of the water is wonderful. ti_evom says:
Now you had to go and make it all darker! I think the sweet spot would be to make the brightness level right smack in the middle of this one and the original. Neon is supposed to glow! This version seems a bit muted. The other one was, pow, right in your face with the glow.
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Lydia Too says:
Oops. You're right again. I've posted another for you...
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bspurgeon says:
Yeah, this does not compare to the other shots!
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 03/13/2009 12:26:05 PM
Nice shot. Colors are good and the detail is nice.
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 03/13/2009 11:52:31 AM
Simply beautiful! Wonderful backlighting, excellent! 9
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 03/13/2009 10:32:18 AM
This photo might benefit from a stronger composition.
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 03/13/2009 10:19:22 AM
What lovely colors! I probably would have cropped the left side more, though, and gotten rid of the blurry bud in the background. But the foreground is beautiful; The details in the flower are especially lovely.
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 03/13/2009 05:41:31 AM
Wonderful glow.. almost looks as though it was lit up from the inside.
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 03/13/2009 05:21:26 AM
Wonderful light in the beautiful flower!
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 03/12/2009 11:56:37 PM
Very Pretty
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 03/12/2009 10:04:03 PM
Great capture, but the bud in that back keeps pulling my eyes to it. Maybe a closer crop.
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 03/12/2009 04:59:46 PM
Oh how amazingly beautiful... composition, colors, lighting... all of it combines to make a very wonderful image.
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 03/12/2009 04:23:27 PM
Wonderful light, and you captured it so well.
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 03/12/2009 04:07:07 PM
Lovely backlighting - shows the delicacy of the petals.
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 03/12/2009 03:39:18 PM
very nice and clear image - well done
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 03/12/2009 02:44:35 PM
Soothing!
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 03/12/2009 02:07:47 PM
very nice shot
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 03/12/2009 02:05:57 PM
Lovely image, nice use of the existing light
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 03/12/2009 01:09:36 PM
Nice job with the composition and backlighting.
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 03/12/2009 10:02:24 AM
great light really brings out the colour
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 03/12/2009 08:36:38 AM
Congratulations on being part of this 1000th challenge on DPC. Keep up the good work!!
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 03/12/2009 12:45:39 AM
i love the angle and the diagonal formed by the two flowers:)
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 03/11/2009 07:27:38 PM
Nice colors and sharpness.
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 03/11/2009 06:40:04 PM
Gorgeous flower, and nice colour.
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 03/11/2009 06:08:23 PM
Love the light coming through the flower and leaf. I might have preferred a calmer background but few of us have the power to calm the waters ;-)
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 03/11/2009 03:08:58 PM
This doesnt seem to portray enough of the flower or the Lilly from this POV
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 03/11/2009 01:25:47 PM
Lovely light and color. Only distraction to me is the bud in the background.
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 03/11/2009 12:45:01 PM
Lovely and simple, not the most riveting photograph but the delicate simplicity of it is appealing.
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 03/11/2009 08:33:01 AM
Nice colors and love the backgrounds sense of movement.
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