January 5: Embracing Imperfection (Photography Challenge)

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  1. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    mine for this one, even though my entry doesn't count - just playing for fun, i included the original and description of what i did in the gallery description. thanks for a super fun challenge Kim!
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  2. Nemla

    Nemla Stretching my skill set

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    Sorry it took so long, had me stumped for a while, because I didn't know which of the 100 out of focus photos to pick. I ended up with this one, both are blured, but the background is actually the same photo taken a minute later ( from a car window) because the first didn't work out well, and then my niece pressed the accelerator...
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  3. zippyoh

    zippyoh Well-Known Member

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    I was trying to take quick pics before the mom and baby moved away from the glass and to get out of the way of the other zoo guests, and the glare from the glass and the color of my shirt are pretty obvious in the photos. So I changed the color to sepia, and zoomed in on the photos. You can still see it some, but it helped. Here's the before pics:
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  4. quietgirl

    quietgirl Active Member

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    This always makes for an interesting LO. Thanks!
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  5. Katherine B

    Katherine B 2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate?!

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    Imperfect photo: Imperfect photo: photo was out of focus, blurry. Converted the image to black and white simply by reducing the saturation (quality of the conversion wasn't considered because I knew I'd be blending it). Several blending modes were used to achieve the desired effect. :-)

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  6. mommyish

    mommyish Style Addict

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    The pic of my daughter on the upper left - she is squinting because the light was in her eyes.. but I still thought she looked pretty - she didn't!

    The pic of my other daughter on the lower right - very grainy & blurry - but I loved it!
     
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  7. Chel

    Chel Active Member

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    I have an active kid and take most of my photos with my phone so I get lots of blurries!
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  8. zanthia122

    zanthia122 Keep me away from Bart. Mmmm...

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    Here's the original. Camera was set to manual mode accidentally.
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  9. weaselwatchr

    weaselwatchr Viva, Las Vegas!

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    The original photo was a selfie taken with a digital camera that focused on the ferris wheel and not us. I ran it through some sharpening filters in RadLab.

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  10. beszteri

    beszteri CT - Lynne-Marie

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    This is my original photo:
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    It is not a good one, but I love its atmosphere. So I've applied some adjustment layers and a Bokeh Applicator PS action by LucianaB to correct my original photo. And here is the page with the edited photo:

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  11. gracielou

    gracielou Well-Known Member

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    Here is mine. Loved the challenge. I decided to embrace the blurriness of this photo because I loved the moment I captured with me and my little guy.

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  12. andastra

    andastra Can't knock me down for long!

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    Here is my page and the original picture. The original photo is out of focus and incorrectly exposed.
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  13. Aussiegirl

    Aussiegirl Why yes, I CAN help you get to Disney!

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    Some of these photos were slightly blury, so I ran a sharpening filter one them. But the other issue, is that it was just so cloudy that it was hard to get a good photo, but we tried anyways!
     
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  14. Bellisae

    Bellisae Run kids, it's the paparazzi!

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    Thanks for this great challenge! So funny!

    This photo of my DD was out of focus due to a slight camera shake.
    Since the reason of this blur was the uncontrolable laugh we both had, I've chosen to use it in its glorious imperfection. ;)
    So I've edited it with just an High Key effect in order to draw attention to my DD's eyes and smile.

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  15. cherpea

    cherpea Well-Known Member

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    this is one I found hidden on my ipad... the girls obviously just a wee bit at loose ends between ends at an archery competition... had a bit of my head in it... some of my arm is still there, way over exposed not exactly in focus but it makes me smile every single time I look at it.

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  16. MrsPeel

    MrsPeel LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

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    all these awesome imperfections!!!!!!
    here is mine
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  17. Jennie M

    Jennie M Active Member

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    My aunt was blurry in the photo on the left, but it captured a great moment between her and my daughter, and I wanted to be sure to include it. Reducing the size of the photo made it so that it is not as noticeable.
     
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  18. jonyce

    jonyce New Member

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    Embracing Imperfection (aka big brothers)....as soon as I saw this challenge I knew which picture I would scrap! LOL
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  19. karen32

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    The lighting was not good for these pictures, he was in a shadow, but he needed to be on the hill to do his tricks. Embracing imperfection. :)

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  20. heather_dw

    heather_dw Well-Known Member

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    Here's mine. the photo was so weird because of where Bella was sitting in relation to the light. I B/W'd it and tweaked it

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