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Ghost Forest
Ghost Forest
charliebaker


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Challenge: Free Study 2010-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Neskowin, Oregon
Date: May 15, 2010
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2010

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Location, Neskowin Beach, Oregon features an ancient forest located at the tide line, perhaps 300 old stumps which are revealed at low tide. Converted to B/W, and forced contrast/brightness to its limit to take away all texture except the contemplative zen-like outline of the ghost forest. Thanks for the comments. This was not entered to score well, simply to express another look at photography, perhaps looking at the inner "dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness" of the image before our eyes. Note: See Forum Thread Contemplative Photography

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Place: 277 out of 380
Avg (all users): 5.2558
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.1262
Avg (non-participants): 5.7692
Views since voting: 724
Views during voting: 232
Votes: 129
Comments: 10
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 07/12/2010 01:42:13 PM
This should have scored so much higher.. reminds me of the cover that is on a CD Kate Bush put out years ago. Nicely seen and photographed.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2010 07:01:17 PM
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: Almost graphic art over photo - I like the purity in this image. Is it a 2 bit conversion? I remember see a treelike image at resembled a cardiac trace, this is a little remiscant of that shot. There is plenty of mystery here, particularly in terms of scale - how big are those objects?

Critical stuff: Nothing really.

Overall: Interesting and a little brave!
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 06/05/2010 09:38:27 PM
Neat. Looks like an EKG strip. 7
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 06/05/2010 03:42:25 PM
I like your choice of processing.
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 06/04/2010 09:50:58 PM
Now that's cool looking and very different.

ETA: Realized what I like about it. It looks like a display of an audio signal.
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 06/04/2010 12:48:35 PM
This is so cool. Great job on the processing.
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 06/02/2010 08:17:37 PM
Interesting. Nice reduction. Would look good large, hanging in ultra modern decor.
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 06/02/2010 01:16:06 PM
Awesome... reminds me somewhat of bucket's "Heartbeat of Trees," which, if you aren't familiar with already, you should go check out
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 06/01/2010 04:18:00 PM
mystic!!!
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 06/01/2010 02:32:51 AM
Cool!
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