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Norway Spruce macro
Norway Spruce macro
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Challenge: Crop it TIGHT! (Advanced Editing VII)
Location: East Coast USA
Date: Dec 19, 2015
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 100
Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2015

Used a tripod and manual focus. Straight out of camera.

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Place: 31 out of 69
Avg (all users): 5.5455
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
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Views since voting: 196
Views during voting: 120
Votes: 77
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01/07/2016 06:47:06 PM
na
01/07/2016 06:29:13 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Nice macro, I think I have one of those Norways kicking around in my front yard. To be honest you didn't do all that badly for your first entry on a highly competitive site, and kudos for entering a pic that is straight from the camera. You could do really well in Minimal challenges!

Now onto the image. I like the colours, and the care that you took in getting out the tripod and using manual focus, but there is some borderline glare on the lower sprig of needles at the bottom right. Presuming you didn't want to lose any dof, simply lowering your ISO to 200 or possibly even 100 would have helped a lot with adding some contrast and giving those needles more definition. Especially if you don't use post-processing; even though I try to keep tones as natural as possible I still use vibrance in PS just to give that little pop of colour. Love the bokeh and the little 'rose' there.

Again, a very respectable entry, and please continue to enter challenges.

Susan
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/23/2015 03:30:29 PM
Green toilet brush, it's very cool! I like
12/23/2015 11:41:27 AM
Nice macro.
12/23/2015 10:58:17 AM
That is a cool use of tight crop.


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