P&S Challenge 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by JuliBoc:
Beautiful scene and lovely composition. As you said, there is too much noise, but with an image like this, it is so easy to fix that with one of the noise reduction add-ons -- Noiseware, Noise Ninja, Neat Image, etc. You indicated that you used some noise reduction. I'm curious to know which program you used. Oh did I mention the colors are lovely too.

Watermelons
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by robinssong:
I thought these were peas from the thumbnail. Haha! Not even close. Something happy about watermelons! Great shot with good natural color and focus. Lots of happiness on it's way to many!

Day 1 P&S
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by robinssong:
Great job with the settings! You managed to get, great color, exposure and detail!

Day 1 P&S
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by bassbone:
i like your confession in the post - 'a nightmare' - very funny stuff- if you really want to see nightmare, you should see how bad the 'macros' are with my silly P&S

the colors are nice and vibrant - maybe almost a bit too much - and the details on the pistil and anthers is actually pretty good!

Watermelons
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by bassbone:
the repeating shapes, the almos round nature of each of these is a nice theme - i just wish there was a bit more contrast in the shot

Day 1 P&S
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by JuliBoc:
Great detail. I don't know how you managed that under the circumstances you described above. The color is great too. I have a little problem with the crop. I'd like to see more of the primary blossom, but I wouldn't want to lose those beautiful buds in the upper left. I don't know if you shot it this way, or cropped it later. If you cropped it from a larger image, you might try a square aspect ratio. Sometimes rotating the cropping box will allow you to get everything you want in the image.

Day 1 P&S
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by k4ffy:
good colors, but i agree that the framing is a bit off.
also, depending on the light, a suppressed flash might have done better.

Watermelons
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by Phocal:
Now I want some watermelon :) Guess it is a trip to the store this morning, knew I should have bought some the other day.

Day 1 P&S
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by Phocal:
Great colorful shot. Would have liked to see more of the floor (bottom cut off) and less of the stem.

Day 1 P&S
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by bobonacus:
Thats great, I always hate using the flash on the p&s or the SLR as I never seem to get it right! My only slight issue is I am drawn to the stem slightly more than the center of the flower