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Artan


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Challenge: Bokeh (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon Digital IXUS v3
Location: Gloucestershire - UK
Date: Jan 9, 2005
Aperture: f4
ISO: 1/8
Shutter: 100
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2005

 Firstly, I was trying to avoid the inevitable Flowers and Bugs which will be entered into this competition, and do something different.(nothing wrong with either, but there will probably be a lot of them)

Secondly, I am a little limited by DOF with the Ixus v3 camera, so I appoached this shot in a different way.

Taking inspiration from the Stonehenge, Ribbon in the Landmarks Competition (11/29/2004 - 12/5/2004), I made the background I wanted in Photoshop, and displayed it on our TV.

I then just placed the spagetti spoon in front of the TV and took the shot.

Unfortunatley, the picture showed all the TV lines so I had to use a little Gaussian Blur to blend the background.

Normally I would have cropped this much tighter, but to show more of the "bokeh" I have left much more background.

Oddly, the bokeh looks better in the thumbnail ....

Statistics
Place: 92 out of 241
Avg (all users): 5.5830
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.3333
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Views during voting: 345
Votes: 235
Comments: 5
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Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
 01/14/2005 01:11:56 AM
Composition seems weak. Maybe not. Nice bokeh and color. Great contrast.

Try experimenting with the composition. Something about it make me feel uneasy.
Looking at this again, I'll give you a bump up.
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Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Ultra
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
01/11/2005 12:13:42 PM
I wish it was more light on the subject, not only a silhouette! 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
OM System OM-1
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 01/11/2005 03:39:23 AM
nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
 01/10/2005 02:16:36 PM
Subject is too dar. nice color and very nice bokeh. Maybe a small diffused front light or a flash could have made this better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-E1
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 01/10/2005 07:43:07 AM
What a wonderful interpretation for this competition. I am impressed by your eye for a great composition. Well done. 8
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