DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
Junipalm
Junipalm
GeneralE


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Trees (Minimal Editing I)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Feb 16, 2007
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Feb 17, 2007

Just a juxtaposition ...

-Rotate 90 degrees CCW
-Resize for DPC
-Sharpen (PS 5.0)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 8/10 = 144kb

Post-vote comments:
I tried to pick a subject which would show contrast and detail, knowing I couldn't edit that for this challenge. Figuring the subject and framing, it seemed better off cenetered -- I don't think I could get it to the 1/3 line without pruning some fronds.

Statistics
Place: 180 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.1294
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0421
Avg (non-participants): 5.2400
Views since voting: 841
Views during voting: 239
Votes: 170
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
03/07/2007 04:00:24 PM
For DPC, this is just plain. The technicals are good, great color, focus, etc. But there is no wow factor or really anything that add interests other than there's a tree.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/07/2007 02:31:12 PM
The technicals: Exposure and contrast are well done for minimal editing. Junipers and the like are hard to capture detail in without having them look like a yucky mess. The perfect centering could be a hinderance. I'd have to see it cropped differently.

The feel: A cute capture of the juxtaposition, but not a ton more to this. It's sort of a one-trick-pony shot. Once we "get it" we move on.

The game: Not a bad attempt for minimal editing. You can see with the winners how they managed to get some aspect of the photo to "rise above" and add some real visual interest. That's what you need to work on.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/07/2007 02:21:24 PM
LOL! Love the comment about having the prune fronds to get the one-third line. Or you could crop part of the tree out and subject yourself to the "it didn't have a whole tree!" crowd... I like the subject - interesting to see a juniper growing on a palm. A tad bright on some of the fronds, perhaps, but very good color, contrast and comp for out of the camera.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/07/2007 02:11:00 PM
Hi Paul,

I think you got caught by the people looking for more than 1 tree in the challenge. This is a very nicec image and has nice contrasts to it. I would have rated in the 7 to 8 range if I had voted. But as it stands i think its a grat image for this challenge.

Sorry I couldnt be more of a help.
Rich
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/07/2007 01:44:52 PM
Paul, i think this picture should have scored higher than 5.1. You certainly met the challenge. Maybe it is how you framed it so centered. I think the blue sky behind the tree (palm) is stunning and even the bird in the upper right adds to the life of the picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/23/2007 10:30:30 PM
there isn't too much to see here. The blue sky is overpowering.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Prints! - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2024 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/25/2024 09:14:36 AM EDT.