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Challenge: Tilt Shift II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Maghull
Date: Dec 26, 2011
Aperture: F8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Blur, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Dec 26, 2011

 This shot was taken whilst I was walking along my local canal, I wasn't happy with any of the shots I had taken during the walk as the lighting was so poor. Thankfully I was able to recover the shot in lightroom.
If anyone is interested the house is for sale, only draw back is the garden is small.
Thank you for all the comments they are all appreciated.
First attempt at tilt shift so I couldn't be happier :-0

It took me 99 tries to get a blue!

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 73
Avg (all users): 6.9075
Avg (commenters): 8.7692
Avg (participants): 6.2564
Avg (non-participants): 7.0970
Views since voting: 5009
Views during voting: 406
Votes: 173
Comments: 32
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 01/08/2012 09:00:25 AM
Great work Jon and congrats on the well deserved blue.
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 01/05/2012 11:31:01 PM
Congrats on your blue. Nice work.
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 01/05/2012 08:49:08 PM
congrats buddy! beautiful shot and well deserved blue!
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 01/05/2012 01:14:03 PM
Congrats on the high score, I think this deserved much higher than 6.9075. It's probably because people the voting were distracted by a certain 7.5549 scoring 'other entry' :-)
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 01/05/2012 12:10:51 PM
Congrats on the ribbon,good un.
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 01/04/2012 11:57:30 PM
Well now you have a blue, to go with the reds, cool for you.
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 01/04/2012 10:00:31 PM
I gave this a 10, so I'm glad to see it get blue :)
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 01/04/2012 09:19:44 PM
Congats on your well-deserved Blue! Beautiful shot.
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 01/04/2012 07:54:59 PM
I knew I had this one pegged for 1st :)
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 01/04/2012 06:13:00 PM
congrats on the blue mate :) top job
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 01/04/2012 05:50:07 PM
I see this is now a Blue. Well done mate! I see the previous blue was DQ'd. I was one of your 9's (I gave the DQ'd blue an 8 so I thought yours was better anyway).

I really must get my camera out again and try to challenge you.
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 01/04/2012 04:40:23 PM
Very well done indeed.
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 01/04/2012 02:48:45 PM
It has texture, and it shows the reflection of the house. It also has a story behind it.
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 01/04/2012 03:19:30 AM
Just lovely. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 01/04/2012 01:08:50 AM
astounded you managed to get anything close to a good shot in the North West Wet during the Christmas period! I didn't even pick up the camera apart from a handful of snapshots in the city centre. Well done on the ribbon Jon.
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 01/04/2012 01:02:21 AM
Congratulations on the Red. Crackin image.
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 01/04/2012 12:04:23 AM
Congrats Jon on your Blue, well done.

Message edited by author 2012-01-05 00:29:57.
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 01/04/2012 12:01:42 AM
Well done on another ribbon, I gave you a 9. I really liked this.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/03/2012 08:43:56 PM
Lovely tones, that's pretty close to the water, hope it's not tidal.
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 01/03/2012 07:51:39 PM
wow nice picture! everything is awesome! i really really hope you win!!!!!! i love how this house is really really clear, and the blur of the lake is really really good....
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 01/03/2012 03:04:32 PM
Looks like a Kinkade painting. great focus.

edit: It was a compliment, based upon the technique in the photo used, even though I admittedly can't stomach Kinkade very much.

Message edited by author 2012-01-04 16:18:29.
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 01/03/2012 02:49:48 PM
Now that can't be real! :) wonderful!
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 01/02/2012 09:49:42 PM
I'm very new here, and just started voting. This photograph is my only "10" in the Tilt Shift challenge - absolutely amazing!!
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 01/02/2012 01:48:08 PM
Aw, this looks so classical. I really like the scene and the tones. The blur works very nicely here.
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 01/01/2012 01:55:02 PM
very lovely photo! perfect for this challenge! love it
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 12/31/2011 10:14:21 AM
Nice!
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 12/30/2011 11:34:46 AM
Excellent. Reminds me of Storybook Land at Disneyland. Canals lined with perfect models and bonsai trees. The miniature effect is perfect. 10!
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 12/29/2011 07:14:08 PM
Brilliantly done.
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 12/29/2011 11:25:56 AM
Lovely reflection. I like how you chose the focal plane.
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 12/29/2011 10:25:10 AM
By far the best representation of what a good "tilt shift" should look like. It appears the user made an extra effort to separate most of the area to be blurred with great precision. I would have gone all the way by blurring the green area behind the trees on the far left of the image and blend the line between what it appears to be water and the sharp area of the pic.
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 12/28/2011 12:36:16 AM
Nice effect here, great shot good luck!
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 12/28/2011 12:34:10 AM
So wonderfully captivating! No wonder my score is so low! LOL!
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