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Butterfly on Glass
Butterfly on Glass
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Mundane (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7i
Location: Columbus, OH Franklin Conservatory
Date: Feb 22, 2004
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Abstract, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2004

 The Franklin Conservatory in Columbus , OH featured Dale Chihuly's blown glass sculptures throughout their gardens. In the butterfly exhibit, someone pointed out the only butterfly in the exhibit that landed on a glass sculpture. Took the shot from a distance of about twenty feet focusing on the butterfly.
Cropped it for desired effect, cloned out the hot spots on the glass and darkened the background, adjusted saturation, resized for the web, unmasked for sharpness, made some minor touch ups, auto adjusted for color one more time then compared it to the original.

Statistics
Place: 117 out of 169
Avg (all users): 5.2189
Avg (commenters): 5.7273
Avg (participants): 4.9412
Avg (non-participants): 5.6418
Views since voting: 1099
Votes: 169
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 08/06/2004 05:13:14 PM
You cpatured the organic quality of Chihuli beautifully. Great shot.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/29/2004 09:50:23 PM
Interesting shot and composition.
 02/29/2004 12:42:05 PM
The butterfly isn't prominent enough to be the subject. Otherwise its a great looking shot.
 02/29/2004 02:32:16 AM
what a beautiful shot, doesn't sem to have any mundane qualities though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/28/2004 01:41:01 PM
Nice ...not mundane.
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 02/26/2004 03:21:07 PM
too much glass, not enough butterfly!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/26/2004 01:27:20 PM
I like the color and graceful curves in this. I think, though, that if you wanted the butterfly to be the main part of the picture, it needed to have a bit more room in the frame. I almost missed it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/26/2004 06:50:01 AM
How is this mundane?
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 02/26/2004 01:05:04 AM
This is very busy and almost hard to look at. My eye tries to find a place to rest, but can't with all the chaotic lines. The butterfly doesn't seem to be quite enough of an anchor to give this a focal point. I am not sure what is supposed to be mundane either....
TC
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 02/24/2004 04:16:13 PM
interisting pic, you lose focus on the butterfly and your vision wonders around too much
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2004 07:46:05 PM
Too much glass and not enought butterfly. Neither of which are mundane, although I think the glass extraordinary.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/23/2004 04:53:30 PM
I think I`ve taken more time over this image than any other that I`ve looked at since joining DPC. It`s so fascinating.
Could this ever have been called mundane ?
Och, my head hurts trying to work it out :) Great picture regardless.....9
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 02/23/2004 12:24:13 PM
Awesome
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