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Challenge: Soft Focus III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Turku, Finland
Date: Sep 25, 2007
Aperture: F5,6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2007

 Taken at an outdoor museum that exhibits the only part of the city that was left standing after the Great Fire of Turku in 1827.

Loads of post processing:
Curves
Saturation
3xGaussianBlur & Edit/Fade
Crop

I wish I could have avoided cropping the image, but otherwise the soft focus effect would not have been visible.

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 191
Avg (all users): 6.1944
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.8507
Avg (non-participants): 6.3982
Views since voting: 1449
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 180
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 10/08/2007 04:45:16 PM
Beautifully done, love the lighting.
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
 10/03/2007 12:45:40 AM
Wow, somebody else from Finland here! Nice shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 10/02/2007 09:03:48 PM
Cool man...Lucky you....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 10/01/2007 09:48:05 AM
I like the feeling of antiquity enhanced by the soft focus. 8.
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/30/2007 09:55:56 AM
I like the effect. However, I feel like the photo leans to the left. I can see that the far chimney lines up vertically but the average vertical line leans to the left. In this case, I would probably try different slight rotations until the photo "feels" right. The photo would work better for me if there was some area of higher focus, but I guess that is the challenge of soft focus.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 09/29/2007 11:40:21 PM
I like this shot feel as if I've been there. Good job. psart 7
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Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 70-200 /2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM II
09/26/2007 01:26:55 AM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background good,
Technical: Focus, Exposure: good,good focal point ,
Appeal:lovely soft colour, the path leads the eye in

Total Averaged Rating 7.
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