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Challenge: Silence II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Animals
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
Date: Jan 23, 2009
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2009

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Place: 38 out of 178
Avg (all users): 5.7286
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
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Views since voting: 824
Views during voting: 334
Votes: 210
Comments: 16
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02/09/2009 09:46:48 PM
Great image. Very nicely composed and I love the Black & White.
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02/09/2009 05:03:36 PM
I really, really like this. In fact, I shall favorite it henceforth or herewith or whatever. Would have worked very well in "Gray", too, methinks. (And no, I haven't been reading old English authors, but I have been taking cold medication!)
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02/06/2009 09:17:08 PM
Originally posted by bspurgeon:

Are they looking for their buddy with the broken wing?

Something very interesting about the presence of the bench. I'm not sure why, but it's intriguing.

ETA: Is she joking? I just read her comment...I assume it has something to do with her nit pick thread. Ok, I'm sure she is joking.


Oh, I was QUITE joking! :)

This had nothing to do with the nit-pick thread....take a look at some of the comments Michelle has left on my shots! ;-) It's a bit of "revenge". :)
02/05/2009 12:52:39 AM
Are they looking for their buddy with the broken wing?

Something very interesting about the presence of the bench. I'm not sure why, but it's intriguing.

ETA: Is she joking? I just read her comment...I assume it has something to do with her nit pick thread. Ok, I'm sure she is joking.

Message edited by author 2009-02-05 00:54:31.
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02/04/2009 09:25:15 PM
Well...

The twigs in the ground distract me. The bench distracts me. I know they must have been horribly noisy, walking on that snow. The shadows or footprints in the background take my eyes away from the ducks. It's too messy a shot. Too bad you couldn't have cut the bolts off the bottom of the bench...they distract me. Looks over processed. I wish the ducks had have been facing us. They're not symetrical. The footprints beside them distract me. There's a bit of a tilt to the bench...woulda been better if had have been level. They should have all had their heads going in the same direction...too bad you couldn't have trained them.

IMHO..........

just doesn't do it for me.

:P

Ahhhhh......got that out of my system LOL!!!!

Cute shot, Mich!
XO

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02/04/2009 12:58:11 AM
Apt, delightful, and what Thingfish said.
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02/04/2009 12:36:58 AM
What beautiful detail. Love the pristine snow.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/02/2009 03:44:30 PM
Nice lighting and contrast.
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02/01/2009 10:14:09 AM
Lovely image and the blanketed snow conveys a feeling of silence. Good composition also and nice contrast,detail and tones. 8
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01/31/2009 11:40:43 AM
This is a really great image, the exposure is dead on and the composition is really nice. I do have to say that I don't really get the feel of silence though. I hear the sound of crunching snow, perhaps a honk. It's really pleasant, but not silent. Great image, though!

_Nathanael
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01/31/2009 10:03:07 AM
ok, someone on a forum just went back and review and rescored. So I'm doing the same thing. I really liked this the first time around, but I decided that I really, really liked it this time. I'm wondering if it would have been better waiting for them to go by and getting the bench out of the shot... I keep going back and forth on that...
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01/28/2009 09:43:05 PM
The bench is a bit distracting for me.
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01/28/2009 04:02:17 PM
Tiptoing through the snow. That IS silent.
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01/28/2009 02:29:26 PM
"Walk," my father used to say.
"Don't talk."
"Words," my father used to say,
"scare birds."

David McCord
On walking thru the woods with his father.

Love it. Kind of a reverse take on the poem. Nicely done. BOL
A little more contrast and this would have worked for the AA challenge as well.
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01/28/2009 09:55:04 AM
I do not understand, in my modest opinion, the link with the silence, at least not so clear.
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01/28/2009 12:35:49 AM
'Walk, don't Talk' would have worked better.
Nonetheless, I do like this - there is soemthing quirky about it (what are they doing there anyway) that really does help convey silence. 7.
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