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DSS 86 Mono - Choices

WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
edited October 3, 2011 in The Dgrin Challenges
I have a few that I probably won't enter, because they are similar to ones already in the gallery. But I would really appreciate any comments on them.

#1 Summer's Over - Is the focus an issue here?
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#2 Reflection
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#3 Summer Fun
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#4 Goofing Around
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#5 Swimmer
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#6 Tools
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#7 Dew
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#8 Mountain Sunset. I dropped out all but the red. Does this count as mono?
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#9 C&W
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#10 Busker's Reward
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#11 Music Man
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#12 Bounty
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#12b Bounty in Sepia
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    WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    So I guess none of these are wowing anyone.

    How about one of these?

    #13 Sunflower
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    #14 Ladybug in Situ
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    #15 Daddy Long Legs (link only for the spider wimps among us :D)
    http://www.seewhatshesaw.com/Competitions/DSS-86-Monotone/i-ngGVzQr/0/L/P1460475BWIR-L.jpg

    #16 Sunset Skyscape
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    lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    dang! that's a lot of choices.

    I am leaning towards the jumper--the kid in the air w/ the skateboard, #3 Summer fun. I just like the feel. I also like Swimmer.
    Liz A.
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    WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    Thanks, Liz! I probably swamped everyone else. :D The camera is my moment of Zen every day, so I am always shooting.

    I'd like your take on #9. Is it ordinary? Does the face between the guitars add or detract?
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    bf2015bf2015 Registered Users Posts: 523 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    Just stumbled onto these. I like 12b (Bounty in Sepia). Nice textures in that. And I really like #16. That sky is sweet!
    Brian Friedman
    www.bf2015.smugmug.com
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    AndManAndMan Registered Users Posts: 1,252 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    #16, #5 & #9 for me in that order.
    Nice set of images.
    Peter

    www.andmanphotography.com

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    "Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment." Ansel Adams
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    sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,950 moderator
    edited October 3, 2011
    I like #9, 12b, and 16. That sky is lovely. (If you use this shot, you might want to crop the 2 small branches coming in from the left.)

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    WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    Thanks, Brian, Peter, and Gretchen! My husband really liked that sky, too. And I am partial to skies (and very lucky to live in a place that has an abundance of dramatic skies).

    I had another of the dewdrop. Is this one more appealinig? I kind of liked playing with a monotone green.

    17 Dewdrop
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    lkbartlkbart Registered Users Posts: 1,912 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    I really liked your original Dew (#7), but thought it was a touch dark. Like the new one better - it's my favorite of these! Really like the sunburst on the dew drop. And it will probably be the only green monotone, so it will definitely be an eye-catcher. I also like #13 Sunflower & the sky in #16, but the trees & bottom of that shot seem so dark. And this is crazy, but since you mentioned the guy in between the guitars on #9, I kinda like it - I hadn't seen the guy before, but he kinda surprises you when you see him, especially since he seems to be looking right at you!
    ~Lillian~
    A photograph is an artistic expression of life, captured one moment at a time . . .
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    WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    Thanks, Lillian! I think I will enter the dewdrop. I like the idea of a green monotone. I got more light in this one due to a slightly different angle and different processing. I really like all of the lights in the BG from the other dewdrops. It reminds me of Christmas. And I got a little closer, so you can see the refraction in the drop a bit better.

    I did a crop on the Skyscape to reduce the amount of dark at the bottom and the edges. Do you like this one better?

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    sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,950 moderator
    edited October 3, 2011
    Just saw the new dewdrop shot, and it is gorgeous!

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    WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    Thanks, Gretchen!
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    lkbartlkbart Registered Users Posts: 1,912 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    I do like the rework of the sky better, but still not as much as the dew drop!!
    ~Lillian~
    A photograph is an artistic expression of life, captured one moment at a time . . .
    http://bartlettphotoart.smugmug.com/
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    WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2011
    Thanks, Lillian!
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