SAFETY at LAST
by dragonballzfsr

Comment by Prash:
Meets the challenge: 2
Color and lighting: 0
Focus and DOF: 0
Originality: 1
Camera angle: 0
Aesthetic appeal: 0

IMO, it doesnt meet the challenge. It is hard to understand the topic: safety at last.

SAFETY at LAST
by dragonballzfsr

Comment by Blackbox:
Wow, are you ok? Seriously - that's kind of heavy. I hope you take your own words of advice and we'll see you back again next week ok? OK!

SAFETY at LAST
by dragonballzfsr

Comment by Melethia:
Hmmm... escape more than safe, perhaps? Interesting interpretation, though.

SAFETY at LAST
by dragonballzfsr

Comment by mchalmers:
Really provocative photo. A great idea, and I think it meets the challenge very well.

Though your concept is great, there are some technical issues with this photo IMHO. I think if the shadows were closer and darker, it would be more effective. I wish the photo wasn't cropped so close.

Excellent idea, and you get points for originally, which in my opinion is severely lacking here.

SAFETY at LAST
by dragonballzfsr

Comment by geinafets:
I always thought using pills or other substances to forget someone was a bad idea and very unsafe. I'm not sure how this could be safe at all.

But about the photo, the lighting is nice, but would be better if the lower left light were moved a bit farther away. The background is also kinda distracting. A plain background (white, black, or maybe green to contrast the red) might look better.

SAFETY at LAST
by dragonballzfsr

Comment by Purple_Girl:
I think I get the meaning of this; I like it, the shadows are awfully harsh though on the forget, I think a different light source would've been good.

SAFETY at LAST
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Comment by LiamD2005:
A good idea but let down by the lighting and the poor choice of background.

SAFETY at LAST
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Comment by atupdate:
Poor lighting, forgettable background, not the strongest subject for the challenge topic.

SAFETY at LAST
by dragonballzfsr

Comment by treimee:
For me, the overexposed lighting in the bottom left corner is damaging to the picture.

from darkness rises a silent prayer
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Comment by Citadel:
Just to add to taterbug's comment: f/22 gives a lot of DOF but not sharpness. Your best sharpness comes about 2 stops from full. (Like about f/5 ish for this particular lens). There is an old saying "f/8 and be there" for photojournalism. The reason for f/8 is it is generally your sharpest aperture for most lenses.
You can use this site to calculate depth of field. For this particular shot you don't need a whole bunch of depth since you are only interesting in keeping the flower and the stem in focus. At five feet away with this lens, f/22 gives you 2.71 feet of good focus. f/5 gives you about 0.57 feet. (Just over six inches).

Hopefully this all makes sense...

I'd also second tater's comment about using a reflector on the one dark petal.