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Keep your head down, but your spirit up
Keep your head down, but your spirit up
JamesDowning


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Challenge: Grunge II (Expert Editing)
Camera: Sony SLT-A33
Lens: Sony SAL-50F18 DT 50mm F/1.8 SAM
Date: Apr 6, 2012
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Emotive, Candid
Date Uploaded: Apr 6, 2012

 Actually a very accidental shot. Wife was coming home, I was standing on the deck above her. Wanted to grab a quick shot of her and forgot to adjust the settings from earlier. It was on a burst mode, with a small aperture. So I got 3 extremely blurry shots. But I really liked the composition. The hurried pose and motion. With a lot of playing with some standard brushes, I ended up with this. I'm actually really happy with it. Never knew I liked grunge, but I liked this shot and edit combined. It seemed to fit. Of course, my wife hates that it's a picture of her for the grunge entry.

Statistics
Place: 40 out of 120
Avg (all users): 5.8560
Avg (commenters): 8.5714
Avg (participants): 6.0313
Avg (non-participants): 5.6721
Views since voting: 1573
Views during voting: 265
Votes: 125
Comments: 9
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 04/20/2012 06:22:59 PM
Thanks for the great comments. Too bad it didn't do better, but you're right Melethia, at least it hit a few people in the right spot.
 04/20/2012 01:38:07 AM
Check out your commenter average - over 8.5. That means you REALLY struck a chord with some of the viewers, and that's a fine thing to have happen!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2012 07:42:35 AM
Beautiful watercolor effect
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 04/18/2012 12:59:29 PM
Whether the weather be fine. Or whether the weather be not.
Whether the weather be cold. Or whether the weather be hot....
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 04/17/2012 03:14:17 PM
Beautiful blue, I like also the blurred movement and the sharp lines.
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 04/15/2012 09:39:07 PM
One of my favorites. A very good use of grunge/texture/motion to create energy - a feeling of movement, going somewhere. Nicely done.
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 04/15/2012 01:39:48 AM
Love the ambiance here, moving forward, spirit strong.
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 04/13/2012 08:37:08 AM
Love the effect
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 04/13/2012 12:45:55 AM
There is something about this that keeps drawing me back to it. Lovely colors and textures. Balanced and torn, brilliant!
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