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05/06/2003 02:13:29 AM |
Thanks everyone for your comments. The border is legal if ill-advised, as borders are basically anything-goes except for adding text/art.
For those who like the photo but not the border, here's a link to the same shot with a plain border, as well as two versions of an alternate shot.
Poppies and Sedge 
Poppies, Sedge and Sequoia - 1  Poppies, Sedge and Sequoia - 2 
Message edited by author 2003-05-06 02:14:09. |
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05/03/2003 03:22:59 PM |
Greetings fromt the Critique Club
Hi Paul! (*waves to Isaac*)
Composition
Oohh! All this beautiful color, nothing at ALL in the center of the photo. I'm one of those who'd not like to see you center one single flower - that's boring. But in this case, as Karen said below, it's a big...nothing!
Color
I love the orange and green contrast. I wish we could see more detail in the flowers - maybe a closer view on this beautiful coloring.
Focus
As you say in your comments, it was windy - that leads to two things - accept it and sharpen the pic or come back later. Without doing either, you know what the problem is, so I'll move on.
Lighting
This was an overcast day? The flowers in the left middle look super bright - almost overexposed. If you shot near dusk or dawn, perhaps you'd get better natural light.
Subject matter
An appropriate selection - I would have changed the composition, but that's just my idea of what it should look like.
Overall
I didn't think this kind of border was legal - as did many others. I think it hurt this shot overall anyways. A good shot - keep playing with it.
Good luck!
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04/27/2003 09:08:01 PM |
| I don't like the border on this pic. It takes away from the picture itself. Maybe because its soft? I would have preferred to see a solid black border. The photo is great, just the framing is wrong. |
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04/27/2003 04:38:17 AM |
| lovely lighting, crop a third off the top and you have a 9!! |
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04/26/2003 12:35:06 PM |
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04/25/2003 02:44:57 PM |
| This is a beautiful well composed shot, I like the shadow around edge |
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04/25/2003 08:36:12 AM |
| That orange is amazing! I especially like the combination with the green background, it works well here. The deep DOF is also good. What I don't particularly find to enhancing for this image is the border. |
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04/24/2003 03:06:27 PM |
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04/24/2003 09:45:20 AM |
| the color here is nice, but the framing seems to create an odd flow in this image... - setzler |
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04/23/2003 10:25:35 PM |
| the composition of the orange flowers arranged like leading lines brings my eye to .. the grassy center of the photograph. makes me wonder where to land my eye. great colors, focus, etc.. but that big empty space in the center bothers me. |
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04/21/2003 11:00:26 PM |
| Very pretty shot. However, this is one case where I feel the frame distracts from the picture instead of adds to it. |
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04/21/2003 04:10:37 PM |
| this seems to lack a central focal point, i do like the orange flowers |
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04/21/2003 11:26:21 AM |
| Nice composition but the frame is distracting |
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04/21/2003 10:34:31 AM |
| Nice photo, illegal border! |
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04/21/2003 09:05:00 AM |
| I feel like the dark border is too thick and the flowers are too close to the edge of the frame. My eye is drawn to the dark spot in the middle. |
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04/21/2003 02:44:47 AM |
| Didn't know we could use fadded borders. The "empty" space in the middle of the shot isn't very good. You should have zoomed in on just a few of them maybe. |
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04/21/2003 01:06:06 AM |
| Engaging and unique composition. I\\\'m not sure this type of border is allowed. I don\'t think it helps the image much as it calls much attn. to itself. Good luck! |
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