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Thumbelina - "A graceful butterfly constantly fluttered round her"
Thumbelina - "A graceful butterfly constantly fluttered round her"
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Challenge: Fairy Tales (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Victoria, BC
Date: Aug 28, 2004
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Animals, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2004

 Created several layers. One layer I blurred with motion and gaussian blur. THe other layer I decreased saturation and increased the hue. The other layer I unsharp masked, used the smudge tool around the hair and butterfly wings, etc. The other layer I increased the brightness and the contrast. I did this to create a dreamy effect. I took the image by putting a small doll in front of a butterfly at a butterfly garden.

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09/01/2004 06:39:11 AM
The transition in to blur is so very sudden that one has to presume this is edited rather than shot that way - but it is effective, achieving what the shallow dof should do in complicated and distracting background situations. Crop and composition is pretty good, I just find the positioning of those leaves and flower a touch strange - as is the light there, really quite blank. The more I look, the less i think you needed to keep the dead space image left - it seems wasted, rather than influential.
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 09/01/2004 06:14:49 AM
Overall I like the shot, but I think the way you have blurred the background to create a false DoF ruins the shot. I don't like the way the edges of the objects in it are blurred either. If your camera can't achieve real DoF, you could try taking a photo of the background, putting it into photoshop, then gaussian blur that. Afterwards, display the blurred background on your computer monitor, and place your props in front of it. That way you get a more realistic looking out of focus background without having to worry about using the selection tools and ruining the sharp edges of your props in the final photo.
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