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Sammie


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Challenge: Minimalism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Wildlife Refuge near Monte Vista, Colorado
Date: Apr 24, 2005
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2005

Editing: Crop, levels, noise removal, resize, unsharp mask, save for web.

Taken while driving through the wildlife refuge near Monte Vista, Colorado. It was close to sunset and the sun looked pretty shining on the cattails. The water of the marsh turned into a nice blue behind.

Statistics
Place: 188 out of 492
Avg (all users): 5.4087
Avg (commenters): 6.5455
Avg (participants): 5.2995
Avg (non-participants): 5.5222
Views since voting: 681
Views during voting: 491
Votes: 367
Comments: 26
Favorites: 0


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05/04/2005 11:09:39 PM
Exquisite shot, Sammie. I loved this one.
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05/04/2005 12:12:46 AM
Originally posted by jmlelii:

this image looks like you took this inside and shot it with a Tungsten light. Is this correct? I feel the colors are warm, perhaps a change in White balance, or a color shift is in order.


No, not correct. This picture was taken outside just before sunset. The last rays of the sun are catching on the cattail and the water of the marsh is in dark bokeh behind.
05/04/2005 12:11:39 AM
Originally posted by train:

sky looks very dark and a bit overdone detail in the grass seems lost


It isn't the sky - it's the dark water of the marsh (wetland). The setting sun was catching on the cattail and the water is bokeh in the background.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/03/2005 08:12:50 PM
The light (sundown?) is beautiful!
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05/03/2005 01:35:29 PM
nice color contrast, warm and cool
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05/02/2005 11:03:59 PM
great colors and framing, fits the subject
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05/02/2005 08:44:51 PM
nice one, is this some flower?
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05/02/2005 09:22:25 AM
look another on that meets the definition of minimalsim!
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04/30/2005 11:06:39 AM
Nice colors.
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04/30/2005 05:10:52 AM
I like the dof and how the light falls on the cattail. 7
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04/29/2005 11:15:02 PM
Love the warm color balance and shallow depth of field.
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04/29/2005 10:36:10 PM
sky looks very dark and a bit overdone detail in the grass seems lost
04/29/2005 10:14:22 PM
A cattail, right? A 10 for it....
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04/29/2005 05:02:25 PM
most definatly minimalistic. i like the DOF and the way you can see the wind blowing the plant. nice job (8)
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04/29/2005 04:53:24 PM
Nice movement in this picture because of the swaying stem. It looks really natural, if you know what I mean
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04/29/2005 02:49:01 AM
nice warm lightling
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04/28/2005 07:27:17 PM
this image looks like you took this inside and shot it with a Tungsten light. Is this correct? I feel the colors are warm, perhaps a change in White balance, or a color shift is in order.
04/28/2005 07:35:14 AM
i lovr the trexture of this backround and the great contrast making your subject stand out
a nice shot overall gl
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04/27/2005 11:18:15 PM
A little dark or just not bright enough. It's a great idea.
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04/27/2005 05:58:54 PM
good detail.
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04/27/2005 05:39:06 PM
Nice comp and colours, but it lacks interest and appeal to get any extra points, 6
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04/27/2005 01:33:43 PM
This has a wonderful feel to it. For this challenge, I'd like to see a little more negative space, perhaps with the top of the cattail just barely reaching beyond the halfway point of the frame. Minimalism aside, though, this would otherwise be a very strong composition.
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04/27/2005 09:54:22 AM
A difficult image to comment on really, it has simplicity and is minimal, but the elegance I associate with minimalism is lacking
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04/27/2005 09:44:44 AM
The lighting here is the best part of this, absolutly perfect.
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04/27/2005 06:37:18 AM
i wish this thing was a bit sharper
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04/27/2005 02:02:26 AM
Very nice. I'm not quite sure what it is (some kind of plant? partially shredded cat-tail with a metal spike in it?), but that's offset a bit by the very nice color contrast and texture of the fibers.
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