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Challenge: Duotones (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Austin, TX
Date: May 22, 2003
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 25, 2003

Duotone Waterlilly (Black and Yellow)

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 147
Avg (all users): 5.8862
Avg (commenters): 7.5556
Avg (participants): 5.7191
Avg (non-participants): 6.3235
Views since voting: 1092
Votes: 123
Comments: 9
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06/01/2003 11:33:09 PM
Pretty shot!
05/31/2003 09:31:37 PM
I like everything about this shot! More specifically - I think the composition is excellent and the DOF is right on for the feel of the photo -which I also think was aptly named. Very nice job - high score:)
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05/31/2003 04:26:28 PM
beautiful image...i like the way it is cropped...and the color chosen for the duotone could not have been better.
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05/29/2003 03:37:28 PM
Lights have been blown out (guess you used a gold tone in PS and you might have tweaked the curve more which might have helped a bit). What's really appalling is that you took a perfect flower and then mess it up. That's really a crime against nature; worse than rape. It did not justify impairing this beautiful flower and that's exactly what you did. Because while you stood there with your camera you robbed this flower of oxygen. Should photosynthesis take a backseat to a photo-op? No way! The crime would not have been quite so great if you had taken an imperfect flower, such as one with a broken stem, to begin with.
My conscience tells me i ought to report this to Earth First! so that they can arrange for a hitman. Since it is hopeless to try and instill respect and a REAL understanding for nature to the likes of you, i will limit my actions, however, by giving this a 7.
Update: presumably by now you have had a chance to read my comment. It was a little harsh - guess, i was caught in the matrix :) It's actually quite a fine picture although i still feel that this flower may not be the ideal candidate for duotoning and might look better in color, just because it is so light in value. I like the mood of this picture and the composition with some leaves being abstract shapes and you also did an outstanding job with the rule of thirds :) 9
PS: I tried to cancel my phone call with Earth First ! but was unable to get hold of anybody - you'll just have to dodge the bullets for a while.
05/27/2003 01:42:06 PM
Nice subject, nice focus on the flower and leaves with the backdrop slightly out of focus. Good Job.
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05/27/2003 07:55:11 AM
I have to say as someone originally from an area with a lot of tornadoes, the greenish tinge makes me feel less serene than you probably intended. :) Very pretty, but the tone being a little more yellow might have been nicer.
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05/26/2003 01:38:30 PM
It's almost as if the waterlily is lit from within...
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05/26/2003 01:34:46 PM
Nicely captured peaceful place. I like how the sepia tone adds to the wamth of the flower.
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05/26/2003 08:19:22 AM
I like sepia but I think plain B and W would have been a better choice for this particular shot. The yellow/green cast I don't like. 6
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