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Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

08/29/2004 05:09:03 PM · #1

... folks thought this shot

didn't have anything to do with Botany?

I'm not disappointed or anything with my placing, as I love my shot, but just wanting to understand how my shot might have been off.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

08/29/2004 05:11:06 PM · #2

Because the subject of the photo is not 'botany'?

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

08/29/2004 05:13:39 PM · #3

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Because the subject of the photo is not 'botany'?

I agree, good pic but not Botany.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

08/29/2004 05:14:45 PM · #4

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Because the subject of the photo is not 'botany'?

Yep, that's what folks said, but how is it not. It's got a leaf in it, does that not fall under the cat. as the ribbon winning shots of flowers did?

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

08/29/2004 05:17:09 PM · #5

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Because the subject of the photo is not 'botany'?

Uh ... it's got a leaf in it, supporting a drop which refracts the image of an entire tree.

The challenge (to me) was not to make an illustration for a botany textbook, but to take a photo using a plant as a major compositional element.

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

08/29/2004 05:21:12 PM · #6

Everyone should know by now that you have to slap a voter across the face with a challenge topic. If you give them leeway to decide for themselves, where is their incentive to side with your idea when they, in fact, are your competitors?

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

08/29/2004 05:24:54 PM · #7

Thanks General & John. It's very interesting... so, if I had included the whole plant I would have met the challenge better, eh?

Good stuff to remember for the future. Thanks!

any other thoughts out there?

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

08/29/2004 05:33:47 PM · #8

Looks like you had only a couple of commentors that seemed to feel that you did not meet the challenge, and you got some valuable specific feedback about how the shot could have been better. You got a pretty decent score to boot, so I'd say you did well.

moodville

Nikon D100

08/29/2004 05:36:25 PM · #9

To me the main subject looks like the water droplet which just so happens to be on a partly blurred leaf. Then again, I'm not a stickler for specific criteria-meeting challenge pics.

StevePax

Canon PowerShot S50

08/29/2004 10:07:22 PM · #10

I've made this comment in lots of threads about shots "meeting the challenge" or not, and here it goes again.

Not botany? It's a plant! There is water on the plant, and the water reflects....A Tree! For those of you who don't think this is botany, wake up! It's a plant! What do you want?!?!

Well, I've said it again, and it will once again not be heard by those who need to hear it.

mrorange002

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

08/29/2004 10:16:37 PM · #11

Originally posted by Rooster:

... folks thought this shot didn't have anything to do with Botany?

I'm not disappointed or anything with my placing, as I love my shot, but just wanting to understand how my shot might have been off.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

Hey Rooster.
The image just doen't say "botany" to me. It says "water" or "balance" or "macro" or "reflections" not "the study of plant life"
Sorry, it still doen't say "botany" to me. I also wrote that I loved the shot, and I do, and I scored it a 7.
E