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Stretching towards the sun
Stretching towards the sun
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Challenge: Color on Color IV (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: indoors
Date: Mar 24, 2012
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Mar 24, 2012

Flash on the background (yellow fleece blanket) and flash bounced off umbrella on flowers.

Statistics
Place: 65 out of 100
Avg (all users): 5.5113
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 5.3393
Avg (non-participants): 5.6364
Views since voting: 297
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 133
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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04/07/2012 03:15:25 PM
Hello from the Critique Club.

This is a bright and bold entry that certainly meets the challenge. Your entry scored a near perfect DPC average, and finished in the middle of the pack, and in the middle of your DPC entries to date.

Pros: Conforms to voters expectations of the challenge topic; bright and cheerful; good control of your background which appears even, and crucially doesn't have shadows - good use of your flash; focus is crisp.

Cons: A tighter framing of the daffodils might give more impact; 'cleaner' more perfect specimens would, I am sure, have helped your score more, as would better lighting on the stems, which appear rather dark and lacking the vibrancy of the rest of the image; I wonder if a more perfectly symmetrical image - either all three bolt up-right or else a sort of fan shape would help?

All in all a decent entry that, with minor tweaks, would probably have scored a half point higher and in to the top third of the entries.

Feel free to PM me if you want any clarification on any points I have raised - oh, and welcome to DPC!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/01/2012 07:12:32 AM
All you need is a hand in their and you've got Picasso.
03/29/2012 05:24:02 PM
A little off, in my opinion. The position of the flowers doesn't seem natural, the colors seem over saturated, or something, not exactly sure.
Also, the bright yellow background is a bit too bright. Just my thoughts on the shot.
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03/27/2012 10:11:30 AM
I can imagine how was your idea. but, sorry, the composition is a little bit boring in my eyes. Although the background is very yellow, I miss a bit more wow-factor
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03/26/2012 08:52:25 PM
Spring! nice shot
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03/26/2012 08:29:07 PM
With this shot, I think a portrait orientation would have been a little more powerful.
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