Rain, Heavy At Times...
by basia03

Comment by KING:
Meet the challenge (4/4):
Composition (1/2):
Technical (0/2):
Originatily (0 /2):

Rain, Heavy At Times...
by basia03

Comment by moodville:
Interesting effect. Not sure if it was intentional due to the gloomy day, but the colours seem a little washed out.

Coral Rose
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Comment by tecent642:
i like this. how did you get the rose to get out of focus, yet stay so bright.??

Coral Rose
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Comment by inspzil:
Very well done great detail and very crisp.

Coral Rose
by basia03

Comment by labrynthe:
Nice shot!!!

Coral Rose
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Comment by DennisF:
Surreal look in the middle part of the rose - very nice. I think it coul dhave been composed more tightly to eliminate some of the background.

Coral Rose
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Comment by Maverick:
Very beautiful! I would like to see how a closer crop on the rose would look, but the framing suits this well - 8 - Mav

Coral Rose
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Comment by mariomel:
I rellay like the soft focus for this picture. Great texture

AT THE KITE EXHIBIT IN THE LOCAL LIBRARY
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Comment by DougPaz:
Greetings from the Critique Club };-)

Initial thoughts
Very colorful, meets the challenge, burnout hurts it, should have scored better.

Composition/ Content
You had a great idea here that seems was very hard to pull off. Most librarians don't like you hanging from ceilings and such so you do what you can. I assume that you were trying to cut out the background by overexposing it. It works on some level but becomes distracting on another. I love the symettry and color but that background really hurt this shot.

Technical
Focus seems a bit soft but I'm sure that was because of the difference in light and shadow you have here. The only thing I might have done was use a higher numbered (smaller)aperture and see what happened. This is a poster child for a bracketed shot as well. That would have smoothed some of your burnout and made a more appealing shot IMHO. I'm not sure if your camera has these capabilities.

My Opinion On The Photo
I originally scored this shot a six bordering on a seven. I think that it meets the challenge well but could have been improved a little to finish even higher than it did. I'm a little surprised it didn't finish a little higher. Good job, and keep up the good work.


I would be happy to talk further about this shot if you would like to contact me.
DougPaz

Coral Rose
by basia03

Comment by starblazer:
Love the rose colour, love the shallow DOF, don't like the colour of the border.