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Challenge: Window Shopping (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Sigma
Date: Dec 21, 2008
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/6
Date Uploaded: Dec 21, 2008

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Statistics
Place: 48 out of 63
Avg (all users): 4.9846
Avg (commenters): 6.1818
Avg (participants): 4.4783
Avg (non-participants): 5.0338
Views since voting: 720
Views during voting: 422
Votes: 260
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)


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01/06/2009 01:42:39 AM
I find this rich and delightful. I'm halfway there to entering the shop out of the cold to breath in the colours.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/30/2008 11:07:40 AM
Nice natural overlay!
12/29/2008 10:39:58 AM
This is very nice! Love the ice on the windows. It give the shot a totally different feel.
12/28/2008 10:36:39 PM
It took me a bit to figure out what I was looking at, but if I'm correct, this is a really interesting shot.
12/28/2008 02:41:44 PM
A really interesting contrast between the ice and flowers. Good eye for noticing this.

It seems a little soft on the detail, so I looked at the file size. There is some excessive JPEG compression taking away some detail. Your file size is only 65k and you could have used up to 150k for this challenge. Compression kills detail. Always use the least compression you can get away with an still come in under challenge limits. Most image editors have that ability to adjust compression somewhere in the file save dialog. Here is how it works in Paintshop Pro, along with more explanation of compression, if is is of any help:


I also copied this into PaintShop Pro out of curiosity, and found that some easy and basic image adjsutments like levels, curves, saturation, contrast and sharpening really helped this to pop.
12/27/2008 02:13:47 PM
I adore this well done.
12/26/2008 06:21:26 PM
Interesting. Where's the window?
12/26/2008 05:47:06 PM
not very evident the window shopping but the true problem of this image(as my personal opinion) is that there isn't a clear focus on something.
12/26/2008 05:32:35 PM
Neat idea. I like the effect. I wish there was a little more light on the flowers. I think I would try increasing the saturation of the yellow just a bit.
12/26/2008 12:15:07 PM
Very nice but a little more contrast or sharpening might add punch
12/25/2008 03:51:16 PM
Nice! Wish there were some more lighting on the icicles.
12/25/2008 12:15:24 AM
good idea with a OOF execution /4


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