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Around the Neighborhood
Around the Neighborhood
Dennisheckman


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Challenge: Zen Photography III (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: in the neighborhood
Date: Apr 20, 2010
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/2 sec
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2010

 This was a very fun challenge for me. Learned a lot about Zen and what it means. Also learned more on editing as well.


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Place: 74 out of 405
Avg (all users): 5.7664
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.7519
Avg (non-participants): 5.7882
Views since voting: 899
Views during voting: 326
Votes: 214
Comments: 6
Favorites: 3 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon
05/04/2010 05:31:34 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Hi Dennis,

Congrats on the favs and strong finish. This is a pretty solid entry that was well executed. It immediately makes me think of zen and provokes a calm feeling. The lighting/editing might be a tad on the dark side but works.

My only real nitpick is the left side is much darker than the rest of the picture and as a result adds a little confusion as to where my eye should go since as a westerner I want to read it from left to right. Flipping the image fixes that but if you didn't want to use a leading line per se and just wanted the viewer to focus immediately one of the rocks and then just drift off from there like the wave pattern then I think the uneven vignetting doesn't help.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 04/28/2010 12:12:22 AM
I really like this image, Dennis. It was lots of fun to see you go from concept to excellent execution. Well done!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D
 04/27/2010 03:30:08 AM
Oh i like this! Very smooth and calm. Not too much clutter or distraction.
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
04/23/2010 02:39:27 PM
Nice arithmatic - Bush is less than rock.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 04/21/2010 02:29:51 PM
5
ok,,, take two; for me i find this lines in the sand disruptive, and and i find it little to dark on left and right side,,,, and i would to see all the stone in right side ,,not part of him,, idea with 3 stone is good but i would like that all the stones would be same but the stone in left corner is nothing like the ather two,, and the green branches,, they dont fit in there,,as the lines in the sand they are very nice ,,good form,, with good waves,,, But that ia just my oppinion,,,,,,
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Sony Alpha a7 II
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 04/21/2010 09:38:21 AM
Beautiful and soothing, just as it should be. Very zen.
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