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Soft as Silk
Soft as Silk
Ken


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Soft Focus II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Indiana
Date: Aug 21, 2006
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 sec
Galleries: Floral, Textures
Date Uploaded: Aug 21, 2006

 Some flower pens in a flower pot. I was taking some test shots with a homemade soft focus filter (CD cellophane) and liked the results. I tried it on many flowers and other things, but nothing matched the test shot. It had a couple distracting elements so I recreated it, but it's not as good as the original.

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Statistics
Place: 45 out of 252
Avg (all users): 5.9646
Avg (commenters): 7.8750
Avg (participants): 5.6866
Avg (non-participants): 6.0818
Views since voting: 1158
Views during voting: 319
Votes: 226
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/28/2006 07:33:13 PM
nice colors
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/28/2006 01:06:04 AM
Very nice almost dreamy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 08/27/2006 04:29:42 PM
great picture! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-P100
 08/27/2006 09:26:37 AM
Its unusual...just figured out its artificial ones. Still its very tastfully done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 08/26/2006 11:55:32 PM
nicely done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 08/25/2006 06:48:30 PM
really nice softness in this image :o)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 08/24/2006 03:10:00 PM
this shot is too blurry...could be sharper...Just Kidding!!

Would have liked to have seen the other "flower" completely in frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 08/23/2006 05:14:07 PM
Yes, you got it right. I love it, well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax *ist DL
Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax Digital AF
 08/23/2006 02:43:52 AM
Loverly choice here . Well done. I gave a 10 Good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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