Morning Primroses
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Comment by lisae:
Great composition and lovely DOF. I really like this photo. It shows a lot of flair and great technique. 10 from me.

Morning Primroses
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Comment by HBunch:
I don't think I've ever seen these before. They are quite pretty. The DOF and focus works very nicely in my opinion. I like how it goes from bottom right up. the detail you show us in the leaf on the very bottom is quite nice. I like the colors. the yellow/white/green works well. Nice shot. ~Heather~

The crumbliest, flakiest milk chocolate in the world...
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Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Hi Pinback...

The detail and lighting in this image do a wonderful job of enhancing the 'flavor' in this photo. The closeup view gives me the ability to 'smell' this chocolate and it looks delicious :)

As I mentioned in my earlier comment, I think there could be several different lighting options for this photo and I wonder if you have explored any of those during this shoot?

The only issue I see with this photo is the background... there is a visible crease in the background, but it's very subtle... I think a minor level adjustment would clear that right out without losing much at all...

Keep up the great work :)

John Setzler

Morning Primroses
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Comment by BJ:
Good job on composition, but I think the flowers in the foreground should be more in focus. Also perhaps a bit more color or contrast ?

Flowers In The Rain
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Comment by pinback:
Thanks to all for the kind comments. Can't believe I got second!

OK, I'll come clean - the rain isn't real, it was produced by a garden sprinkler. Hope that doesn't spoil it for anybody.

The blurring of the rain is due to the shutter speed of 1/125. The slant on the rain is largely due to the wind, though - it was a pretty breezy day and I had a few shots spoiled because the flowers were moving.

The 'rain' shows up well because it's backlit by the sun - I think this would have been even more effective if I'd shot it early in the morning (which I'm going to try soon). I used an Olympus B-300 1.7x Teleconverter and my camera on maximum optical zoom to avoid getting wet :-) The camera was positioned on my tripod.

Message edited by author 2003-04-29 16:56:40.

Morning Primroses
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Comment by K-Rob:
I like the off center focal point. Very nice pic.

Morning Primroses
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Comment by jmsetzler:
excellent color and good use of shallow depth of field... the composition is great :) - setzler

Morning Primroses
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Comment by kiwiness:
Green, yellow and white complement each other very well and you 've taken full advantage of this. I've always wondered what primroses look like and now I know thank you - Gary.

Flowers In The Rain
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Comment by inspzil:
I'm glad to see this moved up to 2nd. Taking nothing away from the blue ribbon winner, I liked this shot best. Great capture and sincere congrats - Inspzil

Flowers In The Rain
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Comment by kiwiness:
Congratulations on second place and an excellent shot.