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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8L
Location: in my garden . . . . . .on the table
Date: Jun 24, 2006
Aperture: f3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500s
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2007

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Statistics
Place: 10 out of 712
Avg (all users): 7.1635
Avg (commenters): 7.9118
Avg (participants): 7.0791
Avg (non-participants): 7.4270
Views since voting: 4872
Views during voting: 599
Votes: 367
Comments: 83
Favorites: 43 (view)


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01/30/2007 06:34:27 PM
Great job with this very charming image. Very clever of you too :)
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01/29/2007 11:14:50 AM
Very cool photograph with the very shallow DOF, congratulations on finishing top ten in a very competitive challenge!
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01/28/2007 05:11:53 PM
This is the first one !!! Best photo what I ever seen!!! Thank you so much for this brilliant capture!!
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01/28/2007 05:12:31 AM
Very nice DOF. I love those snail-'family' with a perfect distance between them. "Follow the leader" :)
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01/27/2007 12:38:24 AM
Congrats on top 10! This is different than many in your portfolio. (except for your title capitalization that is ;)
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01/26/2007 10:28:31 PM
Love this, way to go!
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01/26/2007 02:51:32 PM
congrats on your top ten and first 7.0 + shot, sure there will be many to come.
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01/26/2007 09:20:46 AM
WOW, excellent image. I love the DOF. And I love how someone is still using the Canon 10D. That was my first Digital SLR and its a workhorse! Nice Shot with a nice camera.
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01/26/2007 08:19:48 AM
Wow! Way to enter the show in front!
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01/26/2007 03:59:31 AM
Congrats on the top 10.. excellent work... of course this would
have ribboned in the current table top challenge...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 09:04:23 PM
Wonderful dof - Beautifully done!
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01/25/2007 05:01:31 PM
haha real cute... 8
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01/25/2007 03:52:03 PM
What a priceless capture.
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01/25/2007 02:08:54 PM
Great use of dof (or is this the blurring tool?) Nice composition and desat.
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01/25/2007 10:42:20 AM
:)
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01/25/2007 07:36:23 AM
Brilliant shot. Great rhythm in the image.
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01/25/2007 06:18:15 AM
Haha! Nice shot!
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01/25/2007 03:44:02 AM
Very clever.....
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01/25/2007 12:13:56 AM
Sweet & evocative - like a children's book. I remember seeing this before & liking it then. Well executed!
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01/24/2007 11:54:18 PM
How long did you wait for this photo or did you reposition the snails?
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01/24/2007 10:24:23 PM
killer shot, LoWLaNdS ;-)
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01/24/2007 12:45:16 PM
What a perfect capture. Whimsical and fun even down to the title. Well done indeed!
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01/23/2007 08:21:06 PM
cool fun image, would look great as a print.
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01/23/2007 03:37:44 AM
Very nice. This could well ribbon... excellent work.
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01/22/2007 06:17:17 PM
Nice capture . For some reason when I saw this I thought of that tune " Elephant Walk " but at a much slower tempo.
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01/22/2007 02:28:11 PM
This pic just makes me smile. Too cute with three little snails all in a row. DOF is awesome!
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01/21/2007 09:20:46 PM
so cute!
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01/20/2007 02:25:13 PM
This shot really makes me smile.
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01/20/2007 08:06:22 AM
Great shot.
An intricate lesson on how depth of field can make a picture.
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01/19/2007 10:49:17 PM
Great DOF this should do well 10
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01/19/2007 05:58:41 PM
ROFL, great shot, also like the b&W toning a lot.
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01/19/2007 05:53:57 PM
Oh yes, I do like this. Yes, I know it's a set up of three unrelated snails but I don't care one bit - it's so Alice in Wonderland! I love quirky! Plus I am a sucker for extremely shallow DOF and high contrast black and white! So you have it all really! Top shot!
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01/19/2007 10:27:09 AM
very nice, good tones. dark corner top right distracts a bit - 8
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01/19/2007 07:04:02 AM
cool:) and very cute. I like the focus here
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01/18/2007 09:29:24 PM
A 10 from me for the lovely composition.
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01/18/2007 01:25:10 PM
I love this photo. So simple and so captivating. Into faves.
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01/17/2007 06:17:28 PM
Excellent composition, very well spotted!! Nice use of DOF and your editing works really well :o)
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01/17/2007 12:29:45 PM
cool, I like your composition and use of leading lines.
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01/17/2007 12:23:00 PM
this is one of the best in the challenge...simply perfect!
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01/16/2007 09:45:25 PM
How can one not smile looking at this - great shot!
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01/16/2007 08:07:35 PM
Fantastic image with very attractive DOF. Wee bit of a halo around the border. Back to bump you up to 10 just the same. Well done!
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01/16/2007 07:04:51 PM
I love it, good use of shallow deep of field.
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01/16/2007 03:41:31 PM
Awesome use of shallow depth of field. It feels a little unbalanced to me, but I can't put my finger on why.
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01/16/2007 12:56:40 PM
Great pic - Really like it
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01/16/2007 12:24:17 PM
Cute set up, good DOF
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01/16/2007 08:54:42 AM
That's some pretty serious shallow DOF you got there. Great composition, lots of good leading lines. Very nice, 8! LOWLANDS?
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01/15/2007 10:18:34 PM
great shot
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01/15/2007 09:18:22 PM
Great photo! I like how they are ordered by size - nice effect. A bit blurry in the front, but you can't really get around that without messing up the composition. Well done. 8
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01/15/2007 04:35:02 PM
very sweet!
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01/15/2007 10:40:49 AM
This is too funny! 10
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01/15/2007 10:12:09 AM
I can only say perfect! Composition, exposure, processing ... perfect! 11!
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01/14/2007 04:14:30 PM
The image itself is well crafted and executed. The shallow DOF/processing is taking away from how great this image is. Good Luck.
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01/14/2007 02:42:27 PM
Do you work for Guinness' ad agency? Outstanding
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01/14/2007 01:35:17 PM
Nice DOF. Good tones as well. Cute photo. 7
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01/14/2007 10:13:08 AM
wow, this is great photo ... i'll give it 9
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01/14/2007 12:24:35 AM
The snails are wonderful, but I'm not sure about the very large out of focus area in the foreground. You might want to consider cropping about halfway up to the snails.
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01/13/2007 10:04:31 PM
Excellent image. I would have liked much deeper DOF. Maybe a different crop could show less of the foreground. Good job though!

Message edited by author 2007-01-26 08:14:21.
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01/13/2007 10:01:17 PM
Either amazing timing, or well set up
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01/13/2007 04:44:10 PM
Absolutely cute! I wish it was more zoomed in on the subjects. The floor distracts me a bit.
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01/13/2007 04:20:50 PM
Excellent
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01/13/2007 12:54:19 PM
I love your sense of humor. Your conversion to B&W is excellent. DOF a little shallow for me in front - the blurriness distracts me. But your willingness to think outside the box really enthralls me.
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01/13/2007 08:22:44 AM
Nice... Made me smile :)
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01/13/2007 02:16:42 AM
excellent DOF - 10
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01/13/2007 01:11:03 AM
a great view of an overlooked critter!
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01/13/2007 12:22:09 AM
What a lovely and orderly family!!!
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01/12/2007 11:51:38 PM
What a great capture! Just amazing! The foreground might be a little bit too out of focus, but that's such a minor thing.... Just beautiful!
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01/12/2007 10:01:22 PM
Perfect depth of field and focus. The eye goes - zing - right to those snails and stays there. Feels like you are looking into the photo. Well done.
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01/12/2007 05:19:16 PM
very nice dof and focus...the title is fun...well done
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01/12/2007 03:53:34 PM
This is such a fun shot and a real challenge with the DOF. I suspect that the rushed pace of the subjects made a smaller aperature an impossibility. ;-) Just funnin! Great shot and I hope it does well for you.
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01/12/2007 03:19:12 PM
hey mr LOWLANDS. this deserves to do well. love all your work so far. But yes this is the best!!! 9
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01/12/2007 02:56:01 PM
Great DOF.
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01/12/2007 02:53:54 PM
The front guy seems more reluctant to make the leap than his fellows - so often the way with the real pioneers though - so much more relxaed to be simply following in the footsteps.
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01/12/2007 02:42:31 PM
Cute pic. I like the DOF and placement of your subjects.
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01/12/2007 02:19:22 PM
This is so cute! Dad, mom and baby! I really love the composition and the angle. The blurred foreground totally works here. Excellent job. 10.
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01/12/2007 02:08:37 PM
nice! a bit more DOF in front would make this awesome.
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01/12/2007 11:18:15 AM
This is a really neat shot. Good job with the detail in the wood also.
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01/12/2007 11:09:36 AM
love this!!!
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01/12/2007 09:41:13 AM
Good fun! Poppa snail, momma snail, and baby snail! Good use of DOF, leading lines and composition. Nice tones, but I wish there had been a little bit more range in the darkest parts.
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01/12/2007 02:22:21 AM
I like the shot but please do your title with conventional capitilization. 7
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01/12/2007 02:00:56 AM
Man!!! Snails are near impossible to make interesting. this is the best snail picture I've ever seen. I love the title as well.
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01/12/2007 12:36:05 AM
Wow. This is such a cool shot. Great b&w. Great composition and contrast. Love the DOF. 10 and an instant favorite!
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01/12/2007 12:14:51 AM
this looks really, really familiar. has something similar already been submitted?
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01/12/2007 12:14:37 AM
so...adorable!!!!! I love it. Did you set those guys there? You must have :)

Great DOF as well. I was sooooo close to entering something almost exactly like this, but I like yours a lot.
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