Inspection for Perfection
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Comment by Mike_Adams:
Some noise and sharpness issues for me on this one.

SOCATOA
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Comment by Charlene:
Hmmm... looks like Blue Valley High School did me WRONG! I've never heard of this little "reminder". Still love the idea, and you did a wonderful job getting your subjects in perfect focus.

SOCATOA
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Comment by jonfrommk:
I like the dof you created on this shot although I will confess that sines and cosines are all Greek to me

Sorry you are feeling challenge burnout, I guess that fighting through it is a positive step to take

I always maintain that the bottom line is not how a picture scores but how you feel about it and that you enjoyed taking it, the rest is a mere bagatelle

Back Lit Leaf
by colorcarnival

Comment by sevilduvarci:
lovely work, michelle. the light and the effect of selective desat are awesome.

Half Alive
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Comment by JuliBoc:
Michelle, I really like everything about this image: the composition, the light, the focus, the subtle complementary background, and the colors. This is the sort of picture I could hang on my wall and never never get tired of seeing.

Back Lit Leaf
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Comment by BeckyT:
This is fantastic. I really like your experiement. Composition, the B/W processing and the selective desat really works.

Day 12 - Weedus Deadciduous
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Comment by Haneck:
Exquisite lighting. Beautiful work.

Back Lit Leaf
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Comment by Haneck:
Excellent work - the selective desaturation works well here! :)

Inspection for Perfection
by colorcarnival

Comment by jeger:
Nice idea. The person seems to be a secondary subject since he is in the background. I think this photo would be stronger if there was a more prominent primary subject, such as, an apple very close up in the foreground, with the person still in the background.

Inspection for Perfection
by colorcarnival

Comment by J-Me:
It would have been a great shot had you posed the apple picker on a higher ladder. That way, you could have lit the subject with a spot light and his face would have been less shaded. I can't see his eyes clearly enough. Perhaps, having him pose so that his head was completely out of the way of the branches would have worked better. And, that's not a Gucci Hoodie. The apple pickers here wear Gucci. Try to make it less candid and more staged next time. BTW....how did you get that apple bush (or is it a tree?) into the studio? And.....the apple just above his head to the right of his head, seems to have a hole in it. I think that there must be a worm in it.

Oh wait, that was a fly on my monitor. It's ok. Changed my vote from a 1 to a 9! Nice image!