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Challenge: Bokeh (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Seoul, Korea
Date: Jan 7, 2005
Aperture: f 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 29 out of 241
Avg (all users): 6.1532
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.9918
Avg (non-participants): 6.3274
Views since voting: 1599
Views during voting: 384
Votes: 235
Comments: 22
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 01/17/2005 11:57:25 PM
Nothing I've seen or read since the results of this challenge were announced has changed my mind about my earlier comments. This is a thoughtful & sophisticated composition; bokeh for grown-ups! Alas, too many seem to feel that the subject is the star, and the bokeh is just a few fuzzy circles. Whereas you clearly see the mood and the context established by the bokeh as the essence of this challenge. But then, maybe you have an advantage, living in the East?
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 01/17/2005 09:24:29 AM
Judging from your Iso rating (200)the grain must have been due to the processing rather than the camera setting ?
I think it works well.. adds to the "painted" look of the background.

Truly beautiful image worthy of a higher placing.
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 01/17/2005 06:15:32 AM
wow, i am truly stunned that this didn't finish higher :(
this was one of my top picks. excellent, excellent work! keep it up!
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 01/17/2005 01:03:21 AM
This is a real WOW.
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 01/17/2005 12:58:19 AM
another 6 ! omygosh. well done :)
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 01/17/2005 12:29:36 AM
Peter, me thinks that this image should have placed much higher. Keep up your amzing work. Another above 6.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/16/2005 10:20:20 PM
Beautiful. Excellent work. I like it very much.
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 01/16/2005 10:08:24 PM
The bokeh is perfect and the light is beautifull. I might have composed differently, not so centered.
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 01/16/2005 05:31:24 PM
one of my favorites == excellent interest in the background colors
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 01/15/2005 03:41:33 AM
The background really adds to the whole image. I like the little touches of blue on the plant itself.
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 01/14/2005 01:35:19 AM
Well I'm not absolutely confident with the subject of this challenge, but I'm pretty sure this effort is exactly right; an out-of-focus background without which the actual subject would be diminished. So, the colours, the pattern and the emotional "feel" of the bokeh contribute much this image. Like good theatrical lighting (i.e. on stage in a theatre), this bokeh gives presence and mood to the performer. 9.
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 01/12/2005 10:29:48 AM
Very interesting bokeh. Just a shame it seems a bit too grainy.
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 01/11/2005 10:30:16 PM
The background is surreal, the flower (?) in the foreground is tack-sharp. Very nice! Voters will probably pound you for not removing the grain but I like it very much just like it is. Bravo!
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 01/11/2005 10:00:12 PM
Uh...this is beautiful. Love the use of color and bokeh certaily enhances your forground subject, making this very pleasant to look at.
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 01/11/2005 09:08:40 AM
Interesting picture, nice colors, I would probably like it more if it were cropped more tightly (8)
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 01/11/2005 06:50:44 AM
i smell a ribbon here...
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 01/11/2005 03:42:05 AM
excellent bokeh. A bit oversharpned foreground to my taste
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 01/10/2005 03:03:18 PM
Good shallow DOF, but I'm not sure that the 'bokeh' of the BG is particularly helpful for the image's composition.
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 01/10/2005 02:12:45 PM
The short definition of Bokeh from KenRockwell.com, which I am using for voting on this challenge: "Bokeh describes the rendition of out-of-focus points of light." Present. Is the subject enhanced by the bokeh of the background? Definitely. The only thing that hurts this image for me is the slight noise. Otherwise lovely.
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 01/10/2005 01:46:28 PM
Nice Bokeh. Definately fits the challenge.
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 01/10/2005 01:13:43 PM
great colurs!
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 01/10/2005 03:04:09 AM
Fine, FINE bokeh. I wish the foreground plant pleased me more.
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