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Flowers through the rain
Flowers through the rain
Paul


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 1-Second Exposure (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Flora
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Birmingham, England
Date: Mar 22, 2009
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1 s
Galleries: Floral, Blur
Date Uploaded: Mar 22, 2009

 I really wanted to shoot something where the 1s exposure was actually used to give an effect difficult to reproduce at any other shutter speed.

This image was taken in my garden in bright sunlight with a 1000X neutral density filter.

I'm sure some people won't like the blur but not only were the flowers moving during the barrage from the watering can; but capturing the rain required a slightly different plane of focus to the flowers - hence the important word in the title is 'through'.

I believe that the end result could charitably referred to as 'dreamy'!

I like the way you can see the tracks of the drops and even how some of them bounce - some of them even appear to spiral.

Overall, I'm happy enough with the result to not really mind what the score might be.

Statistics
Place: 77 out of 132
Avg (all users): 5.2766
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.1538
Avg (non-participants): 5.3415
Views since voting: 1390
Views during voting: 358
Votes: 188
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/30/2009 07:13:21 PM
Oh yes, I really enjoyed this image. I bet it's spectacular at full size too. Congratulations for the Posthumous red!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/29/2009 07:21:50 PM
The rain is apparent here. Nice job.
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 03/27/2009 04:48:07 PM
Perfect application of the 1 second. I love the way the streaking rain looks like scratches on glass.
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 03/25/2009 11:10:58 PM
I like the feeling to this photo. Abstract and pretty.
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 03/25/2009 06:32:04 PM
Interesting use of highlighting. Makes for an impressionist style.
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 03/25/2009 05:55:52 AM
Beautiful. Unexpected emotions produced by this one. The flowers look delicate but strong, resilient. 9 from me.
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 03/24/2009 11:57:32 PM
Very pretty.
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 03/24/2009 04:15:50 PM
Stunningly beautiful.

Posthumous Red Ribbon:
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 03/24/2009 02:07:14 PM
VERY interesting image, with the rain creating a kind of texture, the slight motion of the flowers, a creative use of DOF and exposure.
Completely different, but fascinating.
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 03/24/2009 01:39:55 PM
This almost was a woodcut print feel to it
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 03/24/2009 03:43:27 AM
Beautiful and artistic. Has an impressionistic feeling. Lovely.
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 03/23/2009 12:03:17 PM
The overexposure and blurriness will probably cost you some votes, but I really like the muted pink/green. It's almost abstract.
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 03/23/2009 09:07:07 AM
Lovely and very painterly. :~)
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