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Challenge: Bokeh IV (Basic Editing)
Collection: Stories
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Cape May, NJ
Date: Sep 1, 2007
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 320
Galleries: Animals, Blur
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2007

I put the camera on the ground to take this picture. It's just a matter of luck that it found the butterfly to focus on. That's why I take hundreds of pictures... to help with the luck. :)

for post-processing, I just hit the levels to make it a touch higher contrast.


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post-challenge: maybe it was the "tilted horizon" that detracted from the score, even though that's not a horizon. It's a curb of some sort.

Statistics
Place: 194 out of 364
Avg (all users): 5.4049
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3827
Avg (non-participants): 5.4268
Views since voting: 803
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 163
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0


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09/17/2007 02:53:55 AM
That's some photo, the title is just as good. What a philosopher you would make!
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09/16/2007 05:11:19 PM
Most likely the "horizon" tilt was the Achilles heel, although it doesn't bother me. And funny you say it's a curb, but before reading that, I thought the background was a park area, with people sitting on the grass - those two dark shadows looked like people to me. Title is perfect - Kundera would like the shot and not fault you the "horizon". :)
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09/13/2007 07:34:44 PM
don't know why this didn't score higher. i love the title and the tilt.
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09/12/2007 01:41:48 PM
I think dead things are tough for challenges, well at least for voters as some will feel squeamish. I think the bokeh is fine, though I have seen creamier but I doubt the votes notice that. The color palette is marvelous
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09/12/2007 11:10:37 AM
Originally posted by raish:

You and Zaphod Beeblebrox...

just keep enabling the luck.


a round of pangalactic gargleblasters coming up...

i really like this, and not just because of the title. the overabundance of green in the background with the grey and red, death foreground. it just works. nicely done, don.
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09/12/2007 11:00:33 AM
Loved the title. Thought it was a sad pic, poor butterfly. I think the tilted background threw me off. I will say that I gave this a 6, and I do think it was influence by the death of the bug that caused me to vote this way.
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09/12/2007 10:14:28 AM
It didn't score better because no one particularly likes dead butterflies. Sure, they die, but we like 'em better when they're alive. Besides, they're easier to shoot when they're dead since they aren't flitting all over the place. Nice bokeh, though and a good composition, even with the tilted horizon.
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09/12/2007 08:29:47 AM
This looks like an excellent contenter for the OOBIE this week :-) I really like it. Very artistic, tells a little story right in one frame.
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09/12/2007 02:48:53 AM
You and Zaphod Beeblebrox...

just keep enabling the luck.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2007 10:46:22 PM
:-((( Poor butterfly. He should be flitting happily amongst the foliage in the background, not tattered and all alone on the pavement. And squooshed, it appears. Sad.
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09/06/2007 04:02:44 PM
oooh - you're dark! though i like this idea
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09/06/2007 10:42:13 AM
Interesting. Nice Bokeh.
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09/06/2007 03:31:51 AM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background good,
Technical: Focus, Exposure: good, nice timing,
Appeal:lovely soft colour, good focal point sad
Total Averaged Rating 7.
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09/05/2007 11:13:46 PM
DOF a little too shallow for my liking.
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09/05/2007 12:54:23 AM
wow, poignant, i like the fact that the horizon is off kilter as it hinting of the vertigo before the crash, 10
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