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Pile of leaves
Pile of leaves
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Challenge: Beauty In The Everyday (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
Location: Provence
Date: Dec 15, 2007
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/6 sec
Date Uploaded: Dec 17, 2007

 Was raking leaves in my backyard, as I feel I do all the time, when I all of a sudden saw the beauty of it all. The magic of the ordinary and mundane banality.

Processed in CS3, gaussian blur.

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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II
 04/02/2008 03:06:45 PM
Haha. I had ten minutes to go and just wanted to contribute something. Thanks for the comments though!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/25/2007 05:40:31 PM
looks out of focus to me
Canon PowerShot S95
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 12/25/2007 04:07:52 PM
somehow the photo does not convey the beauty of the pile as it is a quite difficult subject... (may be a bit different composition with stronger emphasis on geometry of things could help?)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Sigma 70-200mm EX APO Macro1:2.8 DG HSM
 12/23/2007 09:42:52 PM
may have been more effective shot from above. that thing in the background is so distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/22/2007 09:11:57 AM
personally, it looks like you just took a picture at a garbage can and that was it, but it is still good
Nikon D90
Quantaray AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Nikon
 12/21/2007 09:19:40 AM
Good concept, and completely meets the challenge, but it lacks drama. More detail of a leaf or different lighting could have helped.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax Optio W10
 12/21/2007 09:15:07 AM
very dreary...
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 12/20/2007 09:23:20 PM
Definitely Wabi-Sabi, but I'm not seeing anything here that really grabs me. The composition is just not leading me anywhere. A close view of that white box with the vines growing on it would have worked much better for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 12/20/2007 09:41:36 AM
Based on your title, would have preferred that you zoomed in further - 4 Just too much vying for attention in the background
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 12/19/2007 06:15:10 PM
sorry, not quite sure I see the beauty in this picture. Maybe i am missing something
Nikon D810
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 12/19/2007 03:19:36 PM
this is very crowded, try simplifying a little by concentrating on one thing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/19/2007 01:35:00 AM
This does nothing for me.
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