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Comment by bennettjamie:
this made me crave some movie popcorn!

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Comment by dagaleaa:
hard to tell what it is ( if I didn't already know) , but I can easily get the concept and I think it shows more creativity than some of the photos I have voted on thus far

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Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Looks like this one made it to the top third of this challenge, and my 2nd highest score. Not doing too badly for me. I'm pleased with it.

Annpatt may be right about the saturation, I was trying for visual impact and may have bumped it up just a tad too much. I also noticed after the challenge started voting that I may have cropped it with the focal point just a touch too much to the left.Here's a similar wheel I shot during the same session:

What do you think, Better or worse?

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Comment by riversong:
ahhh...perfect rendition of buttery popcorn!! Cool design, too, I can smell it from here!

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Comment by riversong:
Creative image!!

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Comment by Citadel:
Looking at the shooting info you posted I have a couple of suggestions. You have a fairly high ISO for your camera which has introduced noise. If your intent was to go for a silhouette (which it appears you were) then the noise takes away from the shot. Its subtle but a nice noise free image works well for silhouettes.

The shutter speed is a little slow too. Your camera metered this based on the amount of black but you could overide it. If your camera has a manual mode you may want to consider using it for a shot like this. You could also use exposure compensation to help a bit by intentionally underexposing the shot. A faster shutter speed would eliminate any blur produced by the subject and camera shake. (1/4 sec is too slow to handhold especially for this type of shot)

A smaller aperture (like f/8) would also give your silhouette good crisp distinction from the background. It would also help bring the whole body into focus.

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Comment by Melethia:
You've got some excellent advice in the thread you started (and it's a great way to learn!) but I'll add that I really kinda like it the way it is. Losing the noise would make it a better picture, but I do get a kick out of the waving legs. A good catch.

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Comment by colorcarnival:
Funny how it's waving lol. Interesting catch!

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Comment by doctornick:
Crop out part of the black space and you'll have a better score. More DOF and better focus on the spider would also help.

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Comment by hajeka:
Think this certainly fits into this challenge, but the colors are soooo very bright. I'll think a little more subtile colors would make this very nice.