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Mother Nature's Crystal Ball
Mother Nature's Crystal Ball
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Magic & Mystery (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Greenville TX
Date: Aug 20, 2006
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Emotive, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Aug 20, 2006

 Desaturated around the ball, enhanced color and softness with a gothic glow action in a new layer, cloned out a small reflection, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 61 out of 127
Avg (all users): 5.5721
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5593
Avg (non-participants): 5.5772
Views since voting: 1147
Views during voting: 395
Votes: 208
Comments: 8
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1
 09/08/2006 01:22:56 PM
cool photo the one thing that pulls me away from it is the hand it draws attention, but i guess that is one things that would be very hard to do something about without extensive photoshopping
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 08/25/2006 04:46:07 PM
My GOODNESS there are some fantastic entries in this challenge. I love the deep tones. Great work indeed.
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 08/24/2006 03:32:14 AM
Nice desaturation. Great color contrast.
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 08/23/2006 11:39:45 PM
I really, really like your concept. And the selective desat and blurred hand help focus attention on the ball. Unfortunately, the soft focus in the ball itself leaves me wanting to know more about what I'm seeing instead of grabbing my attention in a good way. 5.
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Canon PowerShot Pro1
 08/23/2006 12:24:58 PM
I really like this one, especially the choice of color. Crystal balls make good photographic subjects, don't they.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/22/2006 12:24:21 PM
Nice. I may have tried to lower the luminosity of the hand just a bit. My eye keeps jumping to the thumb. Looks magical enough. 7
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Nikon D300s
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/21/2006 09:13:42 PM
Love it.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 08/21/2006 08:43:21 PM
Nicely done. Sel desat works.
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