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Meadow
Meadow
hvaux


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Challenge: Macro V (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II/III USM
Location: Kent, UK
Date: Jul 3, 2005
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Abstract, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 3, 2005

 File Name
IMG_8639.JPG
Camera Model
Canon EOS 20D
Shooting Date/Time
03/07/2005 09:24:15
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/200
Av( Aperture Value )
4.5
Metering Mode
Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
200
Lens
75.0 - 300.0 mm
Focal Length
125.0 mm
Image Size
3504x2336
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance Mode
Auto
AF Mode
Manual Focus
Parameters Settings
Contrast Standard
Sharpness Standard
Color saturation Standard
Color tone 0
Color Space
sRGB
Noise Reduction
Off
File Size
2004 KB
Custom Function
C.Fn:01-0
C.Fn:02-0
C.Fn:03-0
C.Fn:04-0
C.Fn:05-0
C.Fn:06-0
C.Fn:07-0
C.Fn:08-1
C.Fn:09-0
C.Fn:10-0
C.Fn:11-0
C.Fn:12-0
C.Fn:13-0
C.Fn:14-0
C.Fn:15-0
C.Fn:16-0
C.Fn:17-0
C.Fn:18-0
Drive Mode
Continuous shooting
Owner's Name
unknown
Camera Body No.
0620420394

Statistics
Place: 327 out of 374
Avg (all users): 4.5709
Avg (commenters): 5.4762
Avg (participants): 4.5385
Avg (non-participants): 4.6410
Views since voting: 927
Views during voting: 359
Votes: 247
Comments: 29
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/11/2005 11:04:08 AM
Thank you for everyone's comments. I didn't expect the photo to do quite so badly but am pleased to have generated so many comments! (For the record, there was no PP blur introduced on the photo - all I changed were the colours and contrast slightly and - far from blurring - some sharpening!!)
 07/11/2005 10:41:04 AM
Originally posted by RonBeam:
Meadow's final placement in this particular popularity poll underscores the higher representation of illustrative conscious eyes (magazines, calendars, etc.) in contrast to artistic interpretive eyes....


I definetely agree! This was probably one that most people just did not understand... and after looking at your portfolio, I would say this photo is absolutely one at the top!
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 07/11/2005 09:22:26 AM
Meadow's final placement in this particular popularity poll underscores the higher representation of illustrative conscious eyes (magazines, calendars, etc.) in contrast to artistic interpretive eyes. I feel worldwide, society now has more "lookers" than "ponderers." Perhaps because of the overwhelming bombardment of media, we feel we have no time to ponder meaning. We have been acclimated to look for a shorthand of parameters, speed-read our way through images, make a surface evaluation and then move on. Meadow deserves so much more than that. It deserves to be a reclining area; in which cares are forgotten and the slow movement of the sun and the seasons be observed and weighed against the value of, say, a video game or an argument over a parking space.
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 07/11/2005 05:27:39 AM
I love this photo - elegant simplicity.
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 07/11/2005 04:10:23 AM
Well done Helen. You got the commenters going even if you didn't get their votes. I love the colours and feel.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/10/2005 11:19:32 PM
I really like the emotion through the color and selective blur. Well done.
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 07/10/2005 09:38:55 PM
macro - yes it is close enough to be considered macro. HOwever, it lacks the focus and detail that one would expect to see here.
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 07/10/2005 04:55:55 PM
like a cool walk in a meadow on a summer's day -- one of my ribbon picks
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 07/10/2005 03:43:17 PM
I would have gotten more of the plant in focus
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 07/10/2005 11:15:55 AM
no. boring, looks like a pp blur. If it is, I have found that DPC does not reward those with pp effects if the photography skills are lacking. Or another way, you can not trick the trained eye of many here. But then again, I have been wrong in the past and would still find the photo bland.
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 07/09/2005 11:30:20 PM
I like this. It's like a watercolour painting, it's soft and dreamy
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 07/08/2005 06:54:50 PM
I just love how the pinks and greens flow into eachother. The main subject seems to be in the way. :) 8
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 07/07/2005 02:54:00 PM
Would have liked to see more in focus.
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 07/06/2005 07:01:48 PM
I had to stop and study this one. I really like the idea you are going after, but wish there are just a little bit more in focus area, not much, just a little.
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 07/06/2005 10:33:00 AM
I dont think enough of the plant is in focus.
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 07/05/2005 09:15:22 PM
Wonderfully interpreted! A favorite.
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 07/05/2005 08:04:59 PM
Beautiful as an abstract or impressionist photo
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 07/05/2005 04:45:49 PM
Certainly is macro but unfortunately it really has no interest.
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 07/05/2005 01:00:44 PM
what is the subject here it would help to isolate somthing i see what you were trying but even that isnt in focus this would work if there was alot more color ir the backgroud turing it into a abstact color art
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 07/05/2005 08:58:23 AM
I really like this compositional idea...but, this lacks an overall "wow" factor. IMO, an in-focus capture of a complimentary color would have enhanced this, ie: one of the little flowers in bloom.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2005 06:36:59 AM
Not very clear. All I can see is 4 leaves? Maybe should have been more to this picture.
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 07/04/2005 11:35:16 PM
Niceley exposed. Good composition. The DOF leaves me wanting more though.
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 07/04/2005 07:06:59 PM
4 - I like this concept. More focus and closer cropping would be better.
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 07/04/2005 12:33:55 PM
Nice impressionistic look! I hope you don't get bombed for being artistic and having so little in focus. I like the light airiness of it. Composition, contrast, and color are great, and focus seems perfect for what I think you are doing here. Much luck to you!
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 07/04/2005 12:07:13 PM
Interesting and odd.
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 07/04/2005 11:36:17 AM
What a pretty photo. I love how the green twig gradually comes out of the sea of soft greens and pinks.
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 07/04/2005 03:39:40 AM
There is something special about this one, I love it.
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 07/04/2005 03:11:02 AM
Almost an abstraction with the very limited focus. I like the blend of color but, would have preferred a bit more focus or no focus at all.
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 07/04/2005 12:24:40 AM
would like more of the plant to be in focus..
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