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Sona Sits in the Shade
Sona Sits in the Shade
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Challenge: Free Study 2009-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2009
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date: Jun 29, 2009
Aperture: F2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2009

 krnodil has inspired me to Defocus.

I didn't enter this to piss anyone off. Free Study is about experimenting, trying something new.

Color version:



"Maybe try putting the subject in focus next time. Nice shot for brown!"

Maybe try not to make assumptions or pretend to know my intentions...if even that. You are young and have much to learn so I will excuse this sort of comment as just pure ignorance.

But for the others that tend to comment in a similar fashion regularly, no matter what the challenge is...just stop. In the end it just makes you look more silly than those who have the balls to try something different.

Statistics
Place: 407 out of 407
Avg (all users): 3.7544
Avg (commenters): 3.8750
Avg (participants): 3.8571
Avg (non-participants): 3.4667
Views since voting: 887
Views during voting: 197
Votes: 114
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 09/05/2009 07:07:22 PM
I gave this a 10 during voting. It's lovely.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/28/2009 09:39:20 PM
Originally posted by skewsme:
Cool, it's like a Sona-gram. I like the face too.


Sona-gram...perfect!
 07/28/2009 11:45:48 AM
Cool, it's like a Sona-gram. I like the face too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/13/2009 12:25:46 AM
Originally posted by dtremain:
Thanks for the color version. It clarifies things somewhat - I was taking the dark spots at the bottom of the hostice as eyes, and did not realize the white triangle was Sona.


You're welcome.

: }

I chose B&W because of the ambiguity it gave the image. Cat and hosta became a face.
 07/13/2009 12:00:55 AM
Thanks for the color version. It clarifies things somewhat - I was taking the dark spots at the bottom of the hostice as eyes, and did not realize the white triangle was Sona.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2009 11:41:00 PM
Absolutely the free study is about experimenting, doing your own thing, exploring new ways to communicate old ideas even. Sometimes I feel like I'm on auto-pilot when voting in free studies, so it's honestly a pleasure to come across an entry that makes me stop and think "wtf is going on here?". Thanks for that!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2009 09:38:40 PM
And were thoroughly punished for it - as was I (though not so severely) with Square Hexagon.
I gave it a 3 - not necessarily because of the OOF, but because I couldn't figure out what it was. It looks human, but the bright triangle of light below the eyes disrupts the contours of your subject in that area. It also could be an ape, or possibly even a dog. I thought it was intended to be a portrait of some kind, and since I couldn't figure out what it was, voted accordingly.
All that aside, I like the mood this captures. A friend of mine once said in a medieval story he wrote about someone learning to paint - the master said to the pupil, "Don't just show me what is there. If I want that, I'll invent a machine to do it." This picture definitely does not show what is there, but strongly conveys a mood of thought, contemplation, pondering. The grain and tones are strongly supportive of that mood.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 11:19:52 AM
You didn't piss me off, that's for sure.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 05:54:20 AM
I also gave this a 6. I really like out of focus abstracts.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 04:08:15 AM
I applaud you for experimenting. Naturally this is abstract given the technique you used but this just doesn't grab me though. In any event, the technique is worth exploring further I think. It just needs the right scene to make it work effectively.

That aside I was wondering if this was converted to black and white. If so I am curious what this would look like in color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 12:31:11 AM
well I gave you a 6. thought it was interesting. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 12:19:05 AM
Yeah, maybe you should try putting the subject in focus next time, you blur-loving Dodo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2009 09:26:41 PM
Maybe try putting the subject in focus next time. Nice shot for brown!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2009 06:36:16 PM
A little too abstract for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2009 05:12:08 PM
I'm guessing it's a dog but I m really not sure what I am looking at.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2009 01:02:43 AM
Brave of you. I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2009 11:07:07 PM
Is Sona a dog? the lack of focus is confusing for me here
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2009 02:03:41 PM
I have to get my glass
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2009 05:01:56 PM
Well sorry but this just doesn't do anything for me at all
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2009 12:15:31 AM
Very mysterious and intriguing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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