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Challenge: Yellow VI (Minimal Editing I*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Location: Garden at my and my wife's house
Date: Nov 1, 2015
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Nov 1, 2015

 My last submission was back in 2011, out of DPC Retirement. Since my last entry I got married, have 5 dogs (3 great danes and 2 pit bulls) and have been enjoying shooting tons of weddings and portraits with my business...but i've greatly missed this community.

I'm not sure how well this one will do, but I said why not and gave it a shot.

This is a flower from my wife's garden, she says it's a Dhalia.

Shot info, I had a flash camera left shooting through an umbrella...pretty simple. It was raining, drop fell at the right time. I wish I would have taken more time to compose better, but I dug the photo and my wife did as well...I'm hoping for a 6 :)

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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/11/2015 08:07:49 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club! Good to see members returning after a hiatus.

This is a nice enough shot, well exposed with nice tones, but it's very static. The bg is a bit cluttery and the big leaf on the left is distracting, and the centredness of the main flower is just too safe for this shot to do very well. I am guessing you shot handheld; it may have been worthwhile to trot out a tripod and experiment with different exposure, bokeh etc.

Hope this has been helpful

Susan
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