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Shell and Sand
Shell and Sand
aeli2468


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pattern (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: Pawley's Island, SC
Date: Dec 26, 2005
Aperture: f2.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100s
Date Uploaded: Dec 28, 2005

 Post=processing:
color variations
levels
unsharp mask
cropped

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 240
Avg (all users): 6.1753
Avg (commenters): 7.2083
Avg (participants): 6.0171
Avg (non-participants): 6.2723
Views since voting: 1447
Views during voting: 393
Votes: 308
Comments: 28
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/21/2006 10:15:33 AM
Should have scored higher in the challenge. great picture. Had a 10 from me and a favorite going back to it.
 01/09/2006 01:10:17 PM
Interesting use of shallow DoF! That in itself gives it a different perspective. Like it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/03/2006 09:38:44 PM
I think I would have prefered the reverse of this - the soft focus going off the top
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 01/03/2006 09:07:58 PM
Really nice capture, color and contrast very good. I wonder if it would have had more impact if the whole image was in focus. I do not see the need for the shallow depth of field here, the whole "Pattern" should be in focus.
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 01/03/2006 08:28:04 PM
Very clever concept, nice color. I would have taken a bit more off the bottom of the frame.
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 01/03/2006 12:30:39 PM
Very nice, Love the colors, lines and textures. Good use of space.
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 01/03/2006 11:41:39 AM
Very nice, simple and effective!
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 01/03/2006 09:55:35 AM
I love the colors and the patterns that almost continue from the shell. the only thing I personally would have liked a little bit more was have just a hair more focus leading into the shell. 10
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 01/03/2006 08:02:22 AM
Very nicely set up, great job.
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 01/02/2006 07:39:45 PM
Nice picture... The lines are great...
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 01/01/2006 11:55:59 PM
nice idea
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 12/31/2005 09:07:27 AM
I like the concept and it fulfills the challenge well. IMO though, I might have preferred less DOF. I think the "pattern" would have popped more if it were sharp, good job!
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 12/31/2005 01:06:31 AM
Beautiful colors in the shel,l and also great texture as well................
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 12/31/2005 12:47:57 AM
Elegant idea and nice color. Less out-of-focus foreground and less (exactly) vertical composition might help.
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 12/30/2005 08:36:34 PM
Did you try any shots of this setup with the lines going diagonally? May not have been as easy to get the shallow DOF you have here, but I think it may have worked a little better than the vertical lines? Nice color in the shell and detail in the sand.
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 12/30/2005 01:29:04 PM
Good Idea.
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 12/30/2005 08:53:40 AM
excellent colour, composition, subject. Perhaps another f stop would have cleared up a little more of the foreground. IMHO there's a little too much DOF in the foreground. But I do like this shot
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 12/30/2005 12:39:32 AM
Nice shot.
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 12/29/2005 04:27:09 PM
Very creative concept, the depth of field is awesome ..
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 12/29/2005 08:03:32 AM
nice
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 12/29/2005 05:17:27 AM
Nice (7)
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 12/28/2005 11:18:31 PM
7 - Good idea, nice colors, good pattern. Criticism; perhaps a crop variation or more 'width' may have given this a little extra in my opinion, not sure.
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 12/28/2005 10:48:10 PM
Great colors. I think I’d have cropped a little tighter & kept only that that was in focus – or – modified the aperture to get greater DOF. Best of luck to you.
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 12/28/2005 09:21:08 PM
good idea, a little longer DOF and I would have gone higher. Still a 7
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 12/28/2005 11:36:48 AM
Challenge Favorite. Excellent execution! Colors and pattern are great. 10.
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 12/28/2005 11:33:49 AM
What a great idea. Very cool pic. 8
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 12/28/2005 10:41:26 AM
Very nice but the blurred areas ruins this for me. This shot really calls for infinite DOF.
 12/28/2005 09:42:59 AM
Very cool!
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