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simplicity in sepia

...just a simple origami paper boat set sail on calm waters...

sepia toned with neutral border added.

Couldn't decide whether to clone out the plug and perhaps crop a little off the bottom... any thoughts?

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pacificphoto

Hey, I like this. Great use for a tub. I say yes on cropping some of the bottom, no on cloning the plug.--Chris

#1 Sat September 30, 2006 12:59pm

Amandart

You win.

Amanda

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#2 Sat September 30, 2006 1:59pm

Jogi

My initial reaction was to say goodbye to the plug but having seen Chris's idea I'm not so sure...great idea ,love the text on the boat.

'There is no point pressing the shutter unless you are making some caustic comment on the incongruities of life. That is what photography is all about. It is the only reason for doing it.'......Philip Jones Griffiths

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#3 Sat September 30, 2006 3:17pm

Tophee

excellent idea. I will agree with chris on cropping the foreground, but will vote in favour of cloning the plug out.

Still 10/10 for creativity, an excellent idea well put together.

#4 Sat September 30, 2006 4:10pm

Julie W

Excellent

...Julie

Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. Wink

#5 Sat September 30, 2006 4:40pm

pudnpie

Thank you all for your lovely comments and suggestions. I've been playing around with this on and off most of the day, but gonna have to leave it, cos I can't for the life of me remember how I did the border. I just can't match it or make it look any better... doh!

Thanks again Smile

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult." Seneca...

#6 Sat September 30, 2006 6:41pm

Christopher Azzopardi

Excellent shot. I wouldn't crop it but yes I would clone out the plug. As soon as I opened this photo I saw the plug as a distraction but that is a minor thing compared to the beauty of this image. Well done!

#7 Sun October 1, 2006 9:11am

tjflynn

Beautiful. This could be it.
Terry

#8 Sun October 1, 2006 3:30pm

pudnpie

Thank you all for taking the time to leave your wonderful comments, suggestions and encouragement, they are all very much appreciated. I will have a 'play' with this again and see what I can come up with.
Thanks!
Smile

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult." Seneca...

#9 Sun October 1, 2006 7:18pm

Isabelle Bouvier-Whittaker

The plug is distracting until you know it's a plug. Beautiful image.

#10 Mon October 2, 2006 6:16am

pudnpie

Thank you Isabelle Smile

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult." Seneca...

#11 Mon October 2, 2006 6:25am

*simplicity in sepia*

simplicity in sepia