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Challenge: Dreams III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Date: Oct 24, 2010
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 24, 2010

[Oct. 31st, 2010 09:41:40 AM]

The blur was achieved during capture not in post. First, I composed the scene. Then with the use of live view, and a tripod, I used a varying amount, and smear direction, of petroleum jelly. The mostly sharp area was left mostly free of the petroleum jelly.

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 87
Avg (all users): 6.2794
Avg (commenters): 8.8333
Avg (participants): 6.3333
Avg (non-participants): 6.2527
Views since voting: 2400
Views during voting: 326
Votes: 136
Comments: 31
Favorites: 8 (view)

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 08/28/2012 07:04:20 PM
just gotta fave man
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 03/10/2011 08:33:18 PM
Lovely.
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 03/10/2011 10:46:18 AM
So cool! Love your perspective and creativity.
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 03/08/2011 02:04:01 PM
I haven't yet discovered DPC when this challenge was on. I am interested in techniques, petroleum jelly is now on my list of techniques to learn.

I like the dynamism of the blur contrasted with the stillness of the forest in focus. The tilt adds to the dynamism of the image.
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 12/13/2010 10:15:56 AM
Very creative use of jelly. Have you thougt of using smuckers? ;)
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 11/04/2010 02:10:29 AM
Guessed it was you. When I look at the front page, yours is the one that communicates DREAMS to me immedietely.
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 11/01/2010 10:19:53 PM
I'm inspired by your description... to actually look at the image in a viewfinder as you smear the vaseline... fascinating idea...
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 11/01/2010 09:13:52 PM
Good for you! I gave it a six and it gradually got bumped to a ten and became my top pick for this challenge.
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 11/01/2010 02:43:04 PM
Terrific dream-sense, congrats on the top ten!
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 11/01/2010 12:48:02 PM
Well deserved - congratulations on the high finish!
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 11/01/2010 12:18:34 PM
Congrats on top ten, Ben!
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 11/01/2010 08:46:25 AM
Cool! Beautiful shot. Congrats on the top ten and I love the explanation of your jellin'.
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 11/01/2010 08:43:23 AM
Congrats!
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 11/01/2010 02:09:05 AM
hey Ben, congrats on the top ten with as blurry shot! Who needs Lensbaby if you can make this with vaseline!
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 11/01/2010 12:47:38 AM
Excellently done. I did not vote this challenge, so it's a new dream for me.
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 11/01/2010 12:15:31 AM
OMG!!! Art to the masses!!!!! Congrats on the front page dude! Awesome image. And I got it right ;-)
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 11/01/2010 12:11:39 AM
Hey, a top ten with Vaseline! Pretty darn impressive!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/31/2010 09:56:32 PM
If we could capture a video still of a dream, I think it would look like this. Incredible.

Message edited by author 2010-11-01 21:12:20.
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 10/31/2010 09:20:32 PM
Do NOT tell me that you're claiming THAT as fulfilling your bet. *serious Rolleyes*

Does anyone else see a "partially peeled orange" in this shot?

Yeah. I thought not. *rolleyes again*

*grin* *Sigh*

Message edited by author 2010-11-01 12:17:58.
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 10/31/2010 07:26:25 PM
10 for giving me that "nighmare" feeling
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 10/31/2010 06:45:05 PM
Stunning. I'm putting this on the first floor of my dream gallery.
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 10/31/2010 09:13:25 AM
Really love the processing on this photo. It has a Blair Witch Project feel to it.
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 10/30/2010 07:15:42 PM
Wonderful. I can just imagine trying to run through those trees and it seems like I'm moving but I can't get anywhere. 9
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 10/30/2010 05:13:56 PM
Fabulous, and most certainly "dreamlike". I may be crediting every blur shot to Ben, but this is also very "Ben-like" :-)
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 10/29/2010 12:58:33 AM
this is very cool
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 10/26/2010 07:43:53 PM
I like this a lot. Really does look like a dream.
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 10/26/2010 01:33:02 AM
100% what I wanted to see in this challenge - 10.
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 10/25/2010 03:31:50 PM
Great photo!
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 10/25/2010 10:19:58 AM
One of the best blurry photos I have seen in a long time. The inclusion of a non-blurry piece really sets up the scene, and the blur make it a wild dream.
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 10/25/2010 03:05:36 AM
wanderful! I get a feeling of being swept into a different universe. 9
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 10/25/2010 12:28:22 AM
Wow, I really like this.
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