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Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

04/05/2006 07:21:24 AM · #1

Voting breakdown:
1 -7
2 -22
3 -40
4 -50
5 -50
6 -19
7 -7
8 -3
9 -0
10- 0
finished:
Place: 389 out of 419
Avg (all users): 4.081
Avg (commenters): 3.000

Since the only comment i got for the ENTIRE voting was "what is it?" I would LOVE to know where I went wrong with this photo! I thought it fit the "macro/abstract" challenge perfectly but voters basicaly told me "This sucks big time!"....now I am very curious to know why.Help me understand this PLEASE!!!!!
~~Cher~~ :o)

Message edited by author 2006-04-05 07:22:15.

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

04/05/2006 07:36:43 AM · #2

Hi Cher - well I did not vote on this challenge but Your entry is too dark to make out the lighter (on my work monitor anyway). Maybe thats just it - too dark?

keep the faith

mike
;-)

AlexSaberi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

04/05/2006 07:39:45 AM · #3

In my opinion it is too blurred. The crop isnt good. And just doesnt look vibrant or interesting.

Xilebo

Nikon D200

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

04/05/2006 08:51:40 AM · #4

With 419 entries I tried to get through everyone since I started to vote, I may have commented on about 10...
This image appealed to me because of the intriguing spark, I gave it 5 because for the few seconds I looked at it, I must have not felt much about it in the way of macro or abstract..I know it's difficult to accept an outcome like this when one sees something so nice in an image and the setup seems to perfect, I've been there ;)

Message edited by author 2006-04-05 08:52:04.

bluenova

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

04/05/2006 08:52:52 AM · #5

Too much negative space, perhaps a tighter crop?

04/05/2006 08:53:28 AM · #6

here is the orginal....anyone wanna show me how this should have been processed using the basic???

04/05/2006 08:54:48 AM · #7

Originally posted by MikeOwens:

Hi Cher - well I did not vote on this challenge but Your entry is too dark to make out the lighter (on my work monitor anyway). Maybe thats just it - too dark?

keep the faith

mike
;-)

I figured i would get the "its too dark" comments galore but alas i was wrong....as usual

bluenova

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

04/05/2006 08:55:24 AM · #8

Originally posted by smilebig4me1x:

here is the orginal....anyone wanna show me how this should have been processed using the basic???

Ah now I see it's a lighter. You should have used that in the image IMO.

AlexSaberi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

04/05/2006 09:08:38 AM · #9

now I can see. Looks alot better. Closer crop maybe?

DustDevil

Canon EOS-70D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

04/05/2006 09:32:56 AM · #10

I figured out what it was but took me several times. I gave it it a 6 . But I think it was a bit to centered. I didn't mind the negative black space. I would have liked the original better as well.

I would have done something like this:

S/M/H - USM - Curves - Noise reduction

maybe even an invert. Not that I like it but definately different.

Message edited by author 2006-04-05 09:35:02.