Low Key Inheritance
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Comment by orussell:
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English 111 at Fayetteville Technical Community College on Fort Bragg
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Comment by kiwiness:
The expressions you have captured tell me a whole story.

English 111 at Fayetteville Technical Community College on Fort Bragg
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Comment by Morgan:
Good job. I can feel the interaction. 8 Morgan

All the Guys See Anyway
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Comment by inspzil:
You're on to us... If the shirt was wet, I'd have given you a.... I think my wife is coming... nice pic

All the Guys See Anyway
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Comment by carolee:
Clever concept -- a bit too red throughout, probably because of low light.

Butterfly Raspberry
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Comment by MarionH:
beautiful DOF and great colors :)
great job on this :D

Butterfly Raspberry
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Comment by Morgan:
Well done. Good example of the challenge. 8 Morgan

Butterfly Raspberry
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Comment by kyrielle:
I love the crisp detail on your subject, down to the antennae and the body being very clear. Nicely off-center, and it works well with the wings balancing it out of the picture and only the antennae extending in. I especially like that your off-center subject is clearly the subject despite not being in the center, because of the focus.

Butterfly Raspberry
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Comment by inspzil:
I wouldn't have put this guys head dead center in the middle of the frame for this challenge, but I'm not going to count that against you. Nice detail in the butterfly. If this wasn't the off-center challenge, I'd have cut some of the leaf off. DOF is just a little too shallow for this pic. Needs just a little more to bring the back wing into semifocus. Overall nice pic

Predator and Prey
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Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
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Composition - I think your staple puller does look like something predatory - a saber tooth staple puller. I like the general idea. But I think I would've shredded some of the staples to make it look like scraps left at a kill site. Maybe broken the one it's biting too. The concept is pretty good. Needs just that little bit of refining. Maybe break a couple of them smaller so they look like staple offspring. A less reflective background might have helped too.

Technical - You need more light so you can stop up to F-8 or so. That would provide you with focus on more of the frame. The focus here is just a touch soft too. It could use just a little more focus. The exposure is good as it is. The goal is to get this exposure, but with the F-stop set much higher.

Overall - I think with minor adjustments, you could've maximized the potential of this picture. I don't think it's a bad shot. The biggest factor for why this rated where it did is focus. If it was pin sharp, it would've done better. My personal opinion on it is look at it in ACDSee (if you have it. If you don't, get it!) I generally look thru all my images at "fit to screen" size. When I see a pic that I might use, I blow it up to 70%. If it is sharp at 70%, then I will consider using it. If not, then go on to the next one. When I resize, I always hit sharpen one time in PS. With the background you used, that might not work as it will make it look sparkley. There's you nickels worth of free advice. Forgive me if I left any hanging prepositons - Good luck in future challenges - Bob