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01/17/2006 05:48:25 AM |
I agree with loriprophoto and all of the other post challenge suggestions. To me, it looks like the focus is on the right, and the red flower beind somewhat out of focus. I don't know about you, but after scoring hundreds of photos, a flower photo has to really be outstanding to get any attention from me, as are many sunsets and landscapes.
While this is a nice shot, it doesn't overwhelm you with a WOW!
I wouldn't give up though. In the month that I have been in dpc challenges, photos of mine I thought would do really well, don't seem to, and others, surprise me. I guess when there are 50 flower photos to compete with, the one that ended up getting the blue ribbon deserved it.
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01/16/2006 01:31:00 PM |
Why I gave you a 5, by Doctor Fritz B. Banzai (a.k.a. The Saj)
The composition was nice, and you have a natural "color de-selection" photo which is also nice.
However, flowers are a tough one to score with. There are just so many flower entries.
Second, the focus is a bit lacking on the center flower. |
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01/16/2006 01:23:56 PM |
I liked this shot but what made me mark it down was the fact that the sharpness was on the white flower to the right rather than the red one. If it had been on the red flower I definitely would have marked this higher. Hope this helps.
Edit for spelling!Sorry
Message edited by author 2006-01-16 13:24:28. |
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01/16/2006 12:52:04 PM |
With such an emphasis on the center flower I would have expected that it to be in sharpest focus, instead it seems a bit off. Perhaps the white flower on the right is where the focal plane is. More light would have helped so you could have used a smaller aperature. Or as someone suggested, keep the aperature wide, take advantage of the shallow DOF but don't rely on autofocs to focus on the center. AUto focus will often go searching for somethig with more contrast, as the edges of the flowers on the right against the darker background.
On my monitor the red and yellow are rather muddy, not at all vibrant. Sometimes it is helpful to look at your submission on a monitor with another calibration before you submit it. If you have Photoshop you can use selective color to boost the saturation of the yellows, perhaps that would help the red also.
Consider an off center composition. Centuries of artists have found that the human brain prefers to look at something placed at one of the intersections of the "rule of thirds" lines. While a centered composition can be effective, in this arena where the voting is done very quickly another arrangement might score better - You seem to be asking about scores. |
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01/15/2006 12:30:08 AM |
| Does "offset" the subject as the challenge requested. Very nice rich color. Perhaps a partial, rather then total, selective desat of the image would have left the red standing out but not let the rest of the image seem so stark. |
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01/14/2006 12:37:43 AM |
| Nice shot. Your use of selective desaturation answers the challenge well. Perhaps a shallower DOF would have helped to really isolate the center flower? |
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01/13/2006 09:52:51 PM |
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01/11/2006 03:10:30 PM |
| a fabulous bouquet idea... |
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01/10/2006 05:26:17 AM |
| The splash of red is strong, against the B/W flower background..... |
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01/09/2006 11:31:12 PM |
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01/09/2006 02:50:25 PM |
| Nice selective desat but the photo is just a little oof. |
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