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flamingo peacock
flamingo peacock
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abstract III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Matka Canyon near Skopje, Macedonia
Date: Sep 24, 2011
Aperture: 29
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Abstract, Blur
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2011

 Abstract challenge and kayak competition in the same weekend, too good an opportunity to miss.

Same theme as the kayak shot in fine arts... so I tried to distance this one from that image with all I could. It's water again with long exposure and the colors are reflections from the kayak passing directly above. Rotated 90 degrees, viveza to enhance the whites, which is when I saw the greens so I enhanced them too. Then, a lot of sharpening, similar to the kayak shot, to get the feeling of brush strokes. Bot images are of course inspired by a posthumous image.
Looking from left to right it reminded me of flamingos and peacock's tail, hence the title.

Already got one print request :) you got it!
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Post-challenge - I actually thought this would score higher :). Anyway, thanks gcoulson for the Salmiakki reference, I'm honored!

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 182
Avg (all users): 6.2314
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 6.1975
Avg (non-participants): 6.3000
Views since voting: 561
Views during voting: 211
Votes: 121
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 10/10/2011 05:24:48 PM
8 from me. ironically, as soon as i saw this was yours it reminded me of the kayak shot....when i was voting i know it rang a bell of familiarity but now i know what it was. you did a good job of distancing it though , i didn't put it together until i saw your comments :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/29/2011 10:10:31 PM
Absolutely beautiful colors and sense of motion. Seen lots of these in this challenge, and this is the only one I've liked. Quite lovely. Strikes me as a Salmiakki image? Only my second 8 in this challenge.
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 09/29/2011 11:45:02 AM
great picture
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 09/29/2011 12:57:52 AM
Beautiful brush strokes!
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 09/27/2011 10:20:43 PM
or buckets of paint?? really nice
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 09/27/2011 09:10:24 AM
Sensual snap, I like.
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