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Challenge: Focal Point (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix L20
Date: Mar 20, 2011
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2011

 the focal point here is not there
just a hint of something

Statistics
Place: 74 out of 145
Avg (all users): 5.2632
Avg (commenters): 8.6250
Avg (participants): 5.1111
Avg (non-participants): 5.3235
Views since voting: 1080
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 190
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 03/30/2011 08:21:15 AM
Spot on... your creativity shines!
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 03/30/2011 07:50:21 AM
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
I made a joke to bvy in the forums (and this might be you...Brian...) about subverting focal points purposefully in order to make the entire photo the focus.


Not me, but I looked at this and thought of me. I like it a lot, and your analysis is good, Derek. To borrow a phrase I used elsewhere, this is "focally pointless" -- which is the point after all.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/30/2011 12:38:28 AM
I'll just keep looking
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 03/30/2011 12:27:08 AM
wonderful marriage of the tactile and the conceptual.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/29/2011 11:43:45 PM
This goes in my fantasy art gallery

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 03/29/2011 09:56:13 PM
I made a joke to bvy in the forums (and this might be you...Brian...) about subverting focal points purposefully in order to make the entire photo the focus. I think you've done that here somewhat, assuming that's what you mean by your title. But, I think the busy nature of the whites and the structures, their lack of any one that stands in front or more prominently than the others, really just pulls us into the hole, the only thing with continuity. In this sense, there is still focus, focus on a void, which doubles back to the lack of focus in the detailed areas, a wonderful corollary. Nice shot. My top so far in voting, probably will be at the end too.
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 03/29/2011 12:25:05 PM
Nice concept. Keep looking in the dark for something to appear.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/28/2011 09:55:54 PM
Captivating and fearless. 9
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 03/25/2011 02:29:55 AM
I love the black hole feel to this image. It works so well in monochrome. Congratulations.
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 03/24/2011 06:11:35 PM
FP dead center. I see it. Good luck.
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 03/23/2011 09:16:28 PM
Great grain.
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 03/23/2011 07:53:05 PM
Neat shot. Very abstract and eerie looking.
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