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Challenge: Portrait of a Camera (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: May 13, 2008
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 800
Shutter: .5s
Galleries: Nature, Still Life
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2008

 Lucis Arts, decrease Saturation, clone sensor spots and other background mess, Border, Contrast, NI, Dodge/Burn, Sharpen, Save for Web

Natural Light from window with a reflector for fill

My thanks to my toad friend for an afternoon's shooting. We became friends when I saved him from drowning in the pool skimmer where he was stuck today. He appears quite grumpy in the photo, but he was a sweetheart. He happily did everything I asked him to, although he was a bit distracted by a fly... *sigh*

I don't know how to anticipate a score on this one... it's my first really heavily processed image that I've submitted. I think folk'll either love it, or hate it. *sigh* But, really... what can be exciting about a photograph of a camera??

I guess I'll find out with the ribbon winners. *grin*


Statistics
Place: 11 out of 137
Avg (all users): 6.3902
Avg (commenters): 7.8462
Avg (participants): 5.9219
Avg (non-participants): 6.6900
Views since voting: 2852
Views during voting: 311
Votes: 164
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/28/2008 01:56:20 AM
Excellent shot. One of my faves for this challenge. Well done.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 05/26/2008 10:38:33 AM
I'm always so amazed by people who get such great pictures of frogs, little and big. I've never been able to see one that sat still long enough to even get a blurry photo - much less get all posed, situated . . . . or shoot . . . Cheegirl puts fake eyelashes on them sometimes :)

Anyway. . .all my respect and hat bowing off to you miss LydiaToo! This is awesome!

And BLESS you for saving the little fellow :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 05/25/2008 07:35:33 PM
A bit over-staged, it becomes cluttered with all the flowers. The frog was a nice idea, but would have made a better company to the camera by itself I think. Still on the better half of the submissions for this challenge.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/24/2008 08:52:58 AM
cute, a bit too much on the flowers though
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM
 05/23/2008 06:35:42 PM
Interesting setting, although it seems way oversmoothed to me, it distracts from your composition
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Sony DSLR-A330
Sigma 28-90mm f/3.5-5.6 for Nikon
 05/22/2008 09:46:14 PM
very beautiful portrait :) lovely flowers and cute add of the frog (i'm sure at least a dozen people have probably told you that right? :) -- well I like your choice of colors and the composition is lovely-! :)
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/22/2008 03:02:30 PM
Flowers and frogs get so old... yet you managed to pull off a great image! 10
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 05/21/2008 04:23:51 PM
Stunning! Beautiful! Good enogh to be on an add billboard somewhere. I loved this in both thumbnail and large.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 05/20/2008 11:25:11 AM
Cute Frog. Good composition, good background color
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 05/19/2008 09:29:14 PM
Nice focus and composition. The flowers look a little over-processed.
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 05/19/2008 03:59:47 PM
Wow, she's sooooooooooooooo beautiful!!!
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/19/2008 02:56:16 PM
love the composition.
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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 05/19/2008 02:03:11 PM
Love it.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/19/2008 12:41:13 PM
most excellent processing. 8
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Sony DSC-W55
 05/19/2008 10:01:01 AM
this picture jumped out at me out of all the pics, i absolutely love this...the colors are great and i love the frog, great idea and shot!!!
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