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Apple Blossoms Through Glass
Apple Blossoms Through Glass
mocabela


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Challenge: Window View (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Home, looking out a bedroom window
Date: Apr 11, 2004
Aperture: F/5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/200 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 11, 2004

 I decided to leave the window dirty for this picture because the frame was simply too ugly to leave in... I cropped a bit of it out, but you can still see the awful metal edges. This tree is out in the back yard and it looks so pretty in the spring.

I did quite a bit of editing on this one. There was some junk piled in my neighbour's yard, so I cloned it out and did some dodging and burning for blending. The photo was originally in colour and I decided to convert it to b&w and add some slight pinkish colouring; I also rotated and, as I said, cropped some of the nasty window frame out. I wanted to leave some of it, though, in case the glass wasn't obvious enough, which it should be. Curves and levels were also tweaked, and I did some sharpening with fading.

I had a difficult time with this, as all of my favourite window pictures ended up not showing the glass obviously enough and didn't include the frame.

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 135
Avg (all users): 4.9878
Avg (commenters): 5.2500
Avg (participants): 4.8795
Avg (non-participants): 5.0988
Views since voting: 1114
Votes: 164
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/19/2004 01:37:01 AM
Thanks Jason and the [few] others who understood my intentions with this photo. :) I wasn't expecting a great score, but I'm a little disappointed that it didn't break 5. I guess old fashioned is not the way to go here.
Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 04/19/2004 01:27:28 AM
I am the only person who gave this a 10. I can't believe it didn't even break 5. Goes to show not everyone likes the same thing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8-4.0 Aspherical for Canon
 04/17/2004 11:39:20 AM
Very nice. this might have been slightly better in colour, IMO. Not scoring you low for it tho, jus tin case you were wondering.
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Epson PhotoPC 750Z
 04/15/2004 10:59:49 PM
Sorry...I really think you needed color to pull this one off...it does nothing for me.
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Nikon D40X
 04/14/2004 01:55:34 PM
Fascinating shot - 8
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 04/13/2004 10:50:33 PM
This is a 10. Has the feel of film. Lovely work.
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 04/13/2004 12:23:46 PM
It's a beautiful tree, but the window reflections distract a lot from the impact of the photo. Maybe increasing the contrast would help. I'm not convinced that B&W is an improvement, blossom should be colorful IMO.
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OM System OM-1
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 04/13/2004 08:48:52 AM
This shot would be improved by going outside and not worrying about the window.
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Canon EOS-5D
Tamron SP AF 28-105mm f/2.8 LD Aspherical IF for Canon
 04/12/2004 06:04:41 PM
There's just not enough contrast to jump out at you. Maybe the color version would have had more character? Spring is so full of color that it just seems odd in B&W
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28mm f/2.8
 04/12/2004 12:47:02 AM
This may just be me but I have to think this would look better in color.
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