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Challenge: Simile (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 250D 58mm Close Up Lens
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Aug 7, 2012
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 2 seconds
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2012

 Title from the tagline of a venerable soap opera I never watched: "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives."

-Tripod, timer, manual mode
-FL 199.2mm (35mm EQ) plus 250D Close-up lens
-Cloned out a bit of the worst dust and scratches
-Resize
-Duplicate layer
-Gaussian Blur to duplicate layer at 16 pixel radius/98% opacity
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 83KB

File: Timer_IMG_1728-DPC

Statistics
Place: 93 out of 96
Avg (all users): 4.1239
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 4.2245
Avg (non-participants): 4.0469
Views since voting: 683
Views during voting: 185
Votes: 113
Comments: 8
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
 08/15/2012 02:51:44 AM
and bill and ted's excellent adventure...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
08/15/2012 01:11:36 AM
this is a metaphor not a simile :P
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm X30
Custom Made Pinhole
 08/14/2012 10:25:02 PM
Memories. I can hear the music now..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 08/14/2012 03:51:46 PM
Like sand through an hourglass . . . Lovely blur and colors here. Voted earlier.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 08/11/2012 01:35:18 AM
Great description of time...love the soft focus and the blur 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 08/09/2012 08:55:15 PM
out of focus, not a simile. Bottom 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 08/08/2012 10:18:38 AM
in a drunken haze, and running out of time?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/08/2012 02:53:58 AM
I like the soft-focus, it's interesting. Wish I could see the whole hourglass though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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