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Midsummer's Visitor
Midsummer's Visitor
Zita


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Challenge: Pastels III (Advanced Editing VII)
Location: Garden Bee Balm and Day Lily
Date: Jun 21, 2015
Aperture: 22.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.3
Date Uploaded: Jun 23, 2015


Day Lily peeping through wind-swept bee balm.



Statistics
Place: 146 out of 186
Avg (all users): 4.9027
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 4.8072
Avg (non-participants): 5.1667
Views since voting: 283
Views during voting: 175
Votes: 113
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0


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07/09/2015 01:33:28 PM
*Hello from the Critique Club*

Wow, was my initial reaction! A very creative image, that pushes boundaries. From the technical data this appears to have been deliberate camera movement during exposure as opposed to a very windy day.

I have to own up to the fact that I am greatly attracted to motion blur and especially anything that creatively approaches a standard subject in a different engaging way, so your image has instant appeal for me.

I like the colours especially the splash of yellow that breaks up the patterns here.

Having said all that there are a couple of things about the image that I feel could have been improved. The all important yellow splash is too central. The left of the image is rather weak in that the foliage is less dense and showing elements of the background whereas the right does not. I think you could greatly improve the image's impact by cropping the left of the image out thus moving the yellow further to the left and on to the thirds.

In respect of the challenge I do feel the hues are just a little on the vivid side and would have benefited from a reduction in saturation towards a more pastel effect. I think this together with your chosen technique probably accounts for a lower than deserved score but top marks from me for your approach and bravery, keep at it.
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06/28/2015 11:58:25 PM
already voted

I am really starting to appreciate abstracts more and for some reason I like them better in pastels, they are easy on my eyes
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06/24/2015 06:50:01 PM
06/24/2015 04:14:36 PM
The motion really gives it a different look.
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