Fall in the Park
by janiece

Comment by macrothing:
I gave this a 6. I liked it - for me what would make it an even stronger image is a little more clarity at the fore and to (and this is very difficult, especially to judge/experiment with your depth of field) but have the very distant background (road/cars/etc) blurred/unnoticeable, as they distract. I remember pondering that bench/seat/swing for quite a while as it looked quite unique.

perspective
by janiece

Comment by bobonacus:
Great perspective, I would have been tempted to crop (or clone) out the tiny bit of building on the top right.

Unfolding
by janiece

Comment by ineedauniquename:
*sigh* I'd have to edit and edit and edit to get something like this

big sky
by janiece

Comment by Jutilda:
Montana?? Such a gorgeous vista.

Unfolding
by janiece

Comment by HarveyG:
Hey. No offense was taken. Welcome. You did exceptionally well to come in 21st in a very low average scoring, debateable and subjective challenge. I would have cropped a bit tighter to get rid of the green Bokeh (background OOF area) that distracts. The blown whites in your petals can be subdued with PS (PhotoShop CS2/3/4, Elements or whu) but once white, allways white, you wont get any definition back by some PS Magic. IF you have the original file from your camera, make a COPY, keep the ORIGINAL unchanged, and look at Challenge Rules > Basic Editing Rules where Saturation and Adj Levels are allowed and redo the pic to lessen the harshness of the whites. I am no DPC expert but that's I hope a start.

Search the Forums > Site Feature Discussion > How'd they do that? and Learn > Tutorial

I found most of my Q's there. Other learning was done by reading, reading, reading comments, past and present, and looking at the Photog's Image Comments.
Happy shooting!

Message edited by author 2009-10-15 03:43:40.

Unfolding
by janiece

Comment by HarveyG:
My comment unhelpful? Strange. Obviously it's your find and a treasure to you thus i said:
DMC = DOES meet challenge.
(DNMC = Does NOT meet challenge.)
I liked the shot and actually gave it a 7
Oh well :(

Unfolding
by janiece

Comment by mark082:
I originally rated this a 6, but I'm going to bump this up because I've been commenting on all my sixes, and I think this is better than that. I think I originally rated it so low because I'm not sure how this fits in the challenge. It didn't hit the nail right on the head for me, but it's such a beautiful photo, I'm bumping you up to a 7.

Unfolding
by janiece

Comment by FourPointX:
beautiful subject and great lighting. 6

Unfolding
by janiece

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
Lovely photo, a reasonable but not great tie to the challenge, nice tones and processing.

Unfolding
by janiece

Comment by bernonhouse:
Gorgeous...love the colours!!!