super steady shot challenge
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Comment by scooter97:
Very nice colors and details. The hotel would be lucky to have a better shot than this for their website.

Prickly Beast
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Comment by Ja-9:
excellent focus, great DOF

Raining Sunbeams
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Comment by posthumous:
lovely. the combination of colorful leaves with the sunbeams is great.

Hill of Dreams
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Comment by B_reflection:
focus is a bit off, but the color is great.

Hill of Dreams
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Comment by jdixonsd:
I like the bougainvillaea, but the tower is distracting IMO.

Hill of Dreams
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Comment by Leo:
It seems obvious that the main postcard subject is the Hollywood sign. However, the Hollywood sign is such a small part of this image. The composition doesn't work. The red flowers on the tree dominate. The center of the image makes you focus on the radio tower. I think the sign needs to dominate, probably look for a different angle where you can compose the Hollywood sign with the hill and be able cut out the radio tower for sure. Maybe try a vertical shot with the sign toward the upper third and lower third with the homes/studios below to convey that ordinary folks are looking up and "dreaming" of being Hollywood stars.... Maybe look for an angle maybe miles toward your left. Its looks like from the overlap of the letters that you are way to the right of center of the sign. So my critique would be try a different angle and try a vertical shot.

Hill of Dreams
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Comment by Teafran:
The combination of vibrant color and rather bland background isn't very effective. The cell tower and satillite dishes are also a distraction. This would work as a political statement though if one chose to comment on nature vs modern life.

Hill of Dreams
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Comment by limerick:
The sky is a little bland but I do like the flowers.

Monster
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Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I tried to photograph some of these recently on my trip to New Mexico, but they were too far from the highway and a side trip was not in the schedule.

Hill of Dreams
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Comment by michaelmonn:
i wish the sign was more in focus