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The Art of Doing Nothing
The Art of Doing Nothing
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Challenge: Soft Focus IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 RS
Location: Houston, TX
Date: May 13, 2008
Aperture: f/6.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Emotive, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2008

 Open Raw
Rotate / Crop / Auto WB / Saturation (-)

Photoshop
Variations - add Yellow / Saturation (-) / Gaussian Blur / Fade GB - Neat Image (Filter & Sharpen)

I took the idea and title from a book of the same name:

Statistics
Place: 65 out of 203
Avg (all users): 5.6021
Avg (commenters): 6.6250
Avg (participants): 5.5517
Avg (non-participants): 5.6241
Views since voting: 1320
Views during voting: 344
Votes: 191
Comments: 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 05/20/2008 12:31:20 AM
nice concept... very good title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/17/2008 10:56:27 AM
Hilarious title to go with a great soft photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 05/16/2008 12:30:07 AM
creative!
nice editing and eloquently simple
8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/15/2008 08:20:00 PM
different angle
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 05/15/2008 02:07:30 PM
Love it! 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 05/14/2008 11:23:24 PM
Creative shot. Simple approach creating a nice atmosphere. However I feel the white area on the right is a bit overexpose which impacts the balance of the photo.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/14/2008 09:37:47 PM
Thats soft.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-1
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 05/14/2008 12:09:15 PM
Good on the legs, but the sheets/background doesn't work for me.
Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 70-200 /2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM II
05/14/2008 10:00:24 AM
meets the challenge rather noisy possibly from the editing.
 05/14/2008 08:18:32 AM
Great smoothness in the legs, nice clarity and softness. I notice that your background is 2 different color tones, I am wondering how this was lit. Good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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