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Manic Depression
Manic Depression
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Challenge: Once in a Blue Moon (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Front Yard
Date: Jul 31, 2004
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 31, 2004

A flower in the yard. Used a sheet of shiny blue acrylic for the background. I really like this one.

Color Balance
Slight USM

Statistics
Place: 212 out of 282
Avg (all users): 4.4913
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 4.4636
Avg (non-participants): 4.5167
Views since voting: 1367
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 230
Comments: 20
Favorites: 3 (view)


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08/26/2004 08:59:48 PM
4.4? I really liked this and gave it an 8.

Very creative...
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08/25/2004 12:50:32 PM
Robbed indeed...you know what you're doing, so don't worry about the score because most of the voters just didn't get it.
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08/09/2004 11:15:06 AM
I like your choice of focus. It really adds to the mood of the image. However, the bright yellow of the foreground oof flower overpowers the dull yellow of the flower in focus. Toning it down a bit I think would make the image even better.

Just my thoughts.
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08/09/2004 10:31:30 AM
Personally, I think this is a fantastic image. Very creative, nice use of blue. The composition is great - I like how everything is tilted just a little. I, too, only saw the perfectly focused reflection after several seconds of staring at the shot - I suspect that's why so many voted you low. Many voters don't take several seconds to look at a shot. Congratulations on a great photo!
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08/09/2004 03:48:56 AM
214th
Robbed
this was the best of show in my opinion.
Never mind
on to the next one
well done on such a great shot
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/08/2004 07:18:57 PM
I wish the front and not the back flower was in focus. Interesting shot though.
08/08/2004 12:08:31 PM
While there is a subtle blue cast, the yellow oof shape grabs all the attention. The title fits perfectly, but I don't think the image has much photographic merit.
08/06/2004 04:08:49 PM
hmmm.... in this setup you have right now the yellow flower just isnt helping the image and if not for the sharp relfection i would have been questioning your ability to use a camera or the need for new pair of glasses. Maybe both the flower and the reflection should have been sharp.
08/05/2004 12:48:26 PM
Very nifty... clever use of focus and colour. I like this one a lot.
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08/05/2004 01:25:33 AM
Focusing on the dim reflection while relegating the real world to a bright blur seems to embody the image's title rather well.
08/03/2004 11:21:09 PM
Good idea. I love the reflection in the blue, just don't like the glaring out-of-focus flower near the front. However, it is probably a very good depiction of manic-depression!
08/03/2004 06:02:30 PM
my mom has that.... this is a beautiful picture
08/03/2004 03:21:41 PM
bad focus. Reflection is too faint.
08/03/2004 01:30:41 PM
OOOH AWARD WINNING PICTURE. That is very creative. You slammed the composited well and thats it. Theres nothing to say about an 10 (A) Photograph beacuse its good 10
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08/02/2004 10:29:06 PM
Excellent concept. The extreme blurriness of the foreground object is distracting though.
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08/02/2004 08:53:48 AM
I would love to know how you did this. My eyes first noticed the blurred flower and just when I start to think this is another blurred photo you see the clear flower in the reflection. My favorite so far. I think I see ET in the background!
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08/02/2004 06:55:55 AM
Great Focus
i love this shot
i hope it does well for you
good luck
10
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08/02/2004 02:45:55 AM
Very nice. Focusing on the reflection really makes it interesting. Great colors.
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08/02/2004 02:19:01 AM
beatiful, twisted, haunting. its art.
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08/02/2004 01:51:20 AM
This is an incredible picture...I hope everyone who's voted on this doesn't just gloss it over. Very powerful! First 9 I've given in the blue category goes to you!

Even the irritating haziness which gets in the way of the in-focus flower adds incredible depth to this picture's meaning. beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
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