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Challenge: Old and New (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: inside, with a white poster as a background
Date: Jan 19, 2005
Aperture: F/2.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/15 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2005

 I must admit that I really did not have any choice in the subject of this photograph… As I was passing by the dining room on the morning of January 19, I noticed how interesting my amaryllis “Miracle” looked… It had two new opened blooms prettily displayed on the background of the old stem with faded and shriveled first set of flowers… And I thought, wouldn’t it be great if they had an “old and new” challenge today or something like that… Then I came back upstairs with my morning cup of coffee, turned my pc on, went to dpchallenge, and what did I see? “Old and New” - Create an image showing a juxtaposition of old and new.

What an amazing coincidence… so, a flower or no flower, I had to go with that… not that I expect to win a ribbon, oh no… but still, I am not the one to fight against such a sign…

Then, of course, there was a little matter to take a million of pictures from different angles with different lighting, trying to make it look more original… in the end, I chose this simple one… so, there you go, that is the whole story…

I wonder how many similar pictures there will be in the challenge…

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Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
 02/02/2005 10:57:58 AM
thanks a lot for all your comments!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 02/01/2005 12:23:03 PM
Love the colors!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 01/31/2005 04:43:43 PM
absolutly beautiful. 10
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Canon PowerShot SD780
01/31/2005 02:43:51 PM
Good clear shot, nice bright colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S9000
 01/30/2005 12:04:46 PM
This is a ver nice photo
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 01/30/2005 08:41:33 AM
I love these colours: reds, greens and whites together! Nice composition, and a good example for opposites working well when one part is out of focus. Whites could be more clear, expecially in the bottom left corner, and it's a bit overexposed on the right side, but alltogether nice one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/29/2005 07:22:56 PM
Being slightly out of focus really takes away from this picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/27/2005 05:51:13 PM
I don't know why, but I get the feeling from this picture that the flower in the back is looking at the flower that has wilted and laughing. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 01/27/2005 02:47:38 AM
Wish the focus had been on the new instead of the old wilted bloom...just love the Amaryllis one of my favorite blooms
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OM System OM-1
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 01/27/2005 01:33:43 AM
I think it would be better all in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/26/2005 02:41:03 AM
Lovely shot. A little more DOF would have been good though.
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