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Challenge: High-Key Blur (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot G12
Location: Ballarat, Vic. Australia
Date: Aug 3, 2012
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/40
Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2012

 It's a Beautiful Day - U2

Is it my favourite song? It's one of them. I love U2 and the fact that today is a beautiful day made me think of this one.
Anyway, it's more suitable for a soft focus high key treatment than the first line of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, which is probably my most favourite song.

The softness comes from shooting through a plastic flashlight lens.

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Statistics
Place: 15 out of 57
Avg (all users): 5.9630
Avg (commenters): 6.7778
Avg (participants): 5.7857
Avg (non-participants): 6.0566
Views since voting: 808
Views during voting: 170
Votes: 81
Comments: 10
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Nikon D7000
Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4
 08/10/2012 01:16:47 AM
Marvelous delicate texture makes this sweet to see. The flashlight lens thing is great for this. No 1' s 2's or 3's on this one either. That's as it should be.
I also like U2.
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
08/09/2012 10:20:48 PM
U2 - A Beautiful Day.... Shoots up through the stony ground. Love the pastel and the light.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 08/09/2012 10:02:04 PM
U2 song and this nicely represents the first line. 6
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Canon EOS-20D
 08/09/2012 07:21:17 PM
what can blow up with a boom 6
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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 08/08/2012 12:37:44 PM
Beautiful Day
Lovely softness of focus and hues that works perfectly for the subject, as does the title. Voted earlier.
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 08/05/2012 09:37:01 PM
Pretty
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM
 08/05/2012 10:20:15 AM
Beautiful Day. Lovely high-key peony, looks like.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 08/04/2012 11:54:24 AM
Best in show award, congrats
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
 08/03/2012 01:52:46 PM
Clean, calm image. Nothing overly striking, but then nothing really done poorly. It just is.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro MF
 08/03/2012 11:19:57 AM
Beautiful Day U2 - lovely soft look
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