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Labyrinth
Labyrinth
charliebaker


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Challenge: Soft Focus IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Oregon Coast
Date: May 11, 2008
Galleries: Emotive, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2008

 A friend (the figure in the photo) made this labyrinth in the sand at Nehalem State Park on the north Oregon Coast. He drew it with a stick (evident in the photo). It took him a hour to draw out the maze, and about 15 minutes for our two families to find our way out from the middle. I heavily edited this photo from the original to invite the viewer into the inner world of the labyrinth. I also allowed the light reflecting on the bay to bleed over into the edge of the labyrinth to move the eye out beyond the horizon of the limited world of labyrinthian pathways. The tilt was not only intentional, but also necessary since I don't have photoshop on my laptop and don't know how to realign horizons on the photo editing program I have. I liked the sense of tilted world of the labyrinth space and thought it might add to the value of the piece afterall.

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 203
Avg (all users): 5.6066
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9298
Avg (non-participants): 5.9127
Views since voting: 905
Views during voting: 295
Votes: 183
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/21/2008 01:29:56 AM
Is this a crop circle by chance? Cool image and editing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/20/2008 10:47:53 AM
why is it tilted, it rather distorts a very interesting image
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 05/20/2008 10:32:02 AM
outstanding!
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 05/16/2008 09:30:59 PM
Not the best example of softness, but very original and nice high contrast tones.
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 05/15/2008 06:29:19 PM
Cool looking and original. I like how you have the person in the upper left hand corner.
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 05/14/2008 04:52:07 PM
Unusual topic, strange composition, odd colors. Definitely one of my top pix for the challenge. Very out of the box!
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