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Challenge: Black & White II (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Olympus C-740UZ
Location: Zrodliska Park, Poland :Lodz
Date: Nov 14, 2004
Aperture: 1:2,8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 14, 2004

 Well again I had a hard time choosing the photo to submit. With every challange it becomes harder and harder :). Well I hope you like it. In colour the shot has a bigger impact. There was almost no postprocessing done. I had a second shot I wanted to show you but well I need to work on it a bit more.

This picture dosn't have a message it's simply showing the marvel of nature. It was made hand held in difficult conditions ( a crowd was all around me )

Good luck to all.

Statistics
Place: 267 out of 636
Avg (all users): 5.2370
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 5.1122
Avg (non-participants): 5.4854
Views since voting: 833
Views during voting: 399
Votes: 308
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/29/2004 12:28:48 PM
nice interesting shot.
 11/24/2004 04:02:27 AM
I guess that's me that said it should be off center. Have it centered. What I was thinking of was the parts that show the earth thru them. To get rid of those, you would need to crop. They tend to bring more reality to the picture than is warranted.
Sorry I didn't pick up on your visualization of the picture. I did give you a six.
 11/24/2004 03:15:48 AM
Thank you all for voting on me !

And now some explaining :)

It's a STARGATE and you're about to fall into it. It can't be off- center!
It's in front as a gate so that you can walk into it :)
The middle is also black intentionaly, like in a whirl- you can't
See the center untill you enter. The leading lines are pulling you right into the black unknown, well that was my intention.

Oh it's not back lit it's lit from above. It was reflecting light and it created a very interesting light show.
Here is the original in colour the way it came out of the camera :)
//www.widzew.net/~insane/P1010187.JPG.

Cheers
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/23/2004 11:23:37 AM
like it!!!
 11/19/2004 08:01:04 PM
I'm not to keen on the centered straight down composition. I would suggest placing the center of the leaves on the upper left third.
 11/19/2004 01:41:54 PM
Unique. Like the depth and crp. The sharp black vain of the center of the leaves along with thedeep center balck really pop out.
 11/17/2004 07:34:59 PM
I like the odd lighting, how the light source is coming from underneath. My only criticism is that i wish the center wasn't as dark so you could see more of what it is.
 11/17/2004 03:33:37 PM
This one just pulls you right in...Love it! I usually like the focal part of a photo off-center, but this one works just like it is.
 11/17/2004 01:44:58 PM
nice shot, like the framing and textures.. would have enjoyed more contrast with light


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