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Venus de Shell...oh
Venus de Shell...oh
Joy Moore


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Shapes II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 8700
Location: Saugerties, NY
Date: Jan 1, 2006
Aperture: f 4.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/84.2
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2006

 I am captivated by the feminine qualities that are inherent in the conch shell skeleton.

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Place: 339 out of 366
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Avg (commenters): 3.5000
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Votes: 271
Comments: 18
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/10/2006 12:09:26 PM
Nice soft colors, but your depth of field if off, the subject is not in sharp focus.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/09/2006 04:57:35 PM
shell seems out of focus
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 01/08/2006 06:12:06 PM
Great idea and excellent composition and lighting but I would like to see more depth of field- using a higher f stop numbet to gst more detail in the ahell. The focus seems to be on the background.
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Nikon Z9
 01/08/2006 02:44:40 PM
motion blur as well as too narrow depth of field
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/06/2006 06:13:02 PM
Good effort, but I really have trouble with focus in this image
 01/05/2006 05:26:02 PM
Somehow it's uninteresting, sorry that I can't give you any specifics. Maybe it's the poor image quality. 2.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/05/2006 12:41:47 PM
You have this one back focused on the background.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 01/05/2006 06:22:51 AM
nice idea. but it kinda looks like its taken with a camera phone.

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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/04/2006 11:00:19 PM
Great idea! Good composition. The lighting works well except for the glare. Having the shell out of focus helps make the subject more abstract, I suppose. But I keep wishing it was focused...
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Nikon D70
Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Nikon
 01/04/2006 04:45:43 PM
The background seems to be in better focus than the subject. The subject isn't bad, but it is not presented in a very interesting way.
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Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
 01/04/2006 12:10:28 PM
Good idea, however the focus seems to be more on the table then the shell. Also with the bright lighting the shell has lost some detail, maybe blocking some of the light or shooting at a different time of day would have made this jump out more. Good luck - 5
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Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/04/2006 10:12:59 AM
I like the photo, but it seems a little out of focus. Maybe something a little more off-centered (with more of the shadow) would have helped.
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/04/2006 10:00:26 AM
isn't that a bit blurred? Nice shape tho.
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens
 01/04/2006 09:50:24 AM
Needs to be sharper.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Casio Exilim EX-Z750
 01/04/2006 05:40:11 AM
bit out of focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 01/04/2006 03:18:05 AM
out of focus...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Panasonic DMW-LTZ10 1.5x Teleconverter
 01/04/2006 01:17:34 AM
This is a lovely shell. I found the it was not quite sharp where the patterns are on it.
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 01/04/2006 12:25:52 AM
Subject seems out of focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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