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Whole World in His Hands
Whole World in His Hands
michael_p


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bokeh IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Hyde, Manchester, UK
Date: Sep 1, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Family, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2007

 Shot in Raw
Opened up in Adobe Lightroom
colour balances and slight crop adjustment
Exported as JPG
Opened up in Photoshop CS2 and edited Levels
Desaturated
Auto Contrast adjustment
Curves tweak
cropped a little from the top that was distracting (would have prefered to have cloned but cannot in Basic !!!)
resized to 640 height
Sharpened
saved for web at 141kb
uploaded

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 364
Avg (all users): 6.3938
Avg (commenters): 8.6667
Avg (participants): 6.0649
Avg (non-participants): 6.6988
Views since voting: 1876
Views during voting: 296
Votes: 160
Comments: 14
Favorites: 2 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 09/16/2007 04:55:44 PM
A bokeh-ed baby. :) Very lovely capture - the DOF is just right.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/14/2007 02:06:40 PM
What an excellent interpretation of the challenge!!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/14/2007 09:10:59 AM
not sure why this didnt place higher. great shot.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 09/13/2007 11:19:19 AM
BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 09/12/2007 09:30:50 PM
Lovely taking something seen a million times and changing it, but keeping the absolute beauty of the moment intact.
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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/12/2007 03:24:43 PM
Originally posted by The_Dentist:
Hey - best score without a bug / bird / flower! That's first place in my book ;)


That means alot to me !!! Thank you :0)

Originally posted by patio127:
A beautiful , emotive image , Michael. Congrats on your well deserved score !


Thank you also... I saw something similar a while back and love the idea of the hard working mans hands with his little bundle of joy :0)

Thanks everyone for your comments and scores on this challenge, I enjoyed this one alot and a good personal acheivement to get a picture in your top 5.
Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/12/2007 11:56:34 AM
A beautiful , emotive image , Michael. Congrats on your well deserved score !
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 09/12/2007 09:55:45 AM
Hey - best score without a bug / bird / flower! That's first place in my book ;)
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 09/12/2007 08:05:49 AM
Wonderful photo. Just love those little feet! Great use of bokeh for this type of picture.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/07/2007 03:41:56 PM
beautifully captured!
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/06/2007 02:55:49 PM
very precious capture 9
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/06/2007 01:30:05 AM
lol! beautiful, simply lovely
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 09/05/2007 11:03:03 PM
Very sweet!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/05/2007 04:01:13 PM
Love shots like this, a B&W look is so much better than it being in colour :-)
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