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Autumn branch
Autumn branch
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Challenge: Branch (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Olafsfjordur
Date: Sep 4, 2005
Aperture: F/20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Date Uploaded: Sep 6, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 31 out of 432
Avg (all users): 6.1370
Avg (commenters): 7.2381
Avg (participants): 6.1042
Avg (non-participants): 6.1689
Views since voting: 1214
Views during voting: 396
Votes: 292
Comments: 28
Favorites: 2 (view)


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10/12/2005 08:57:52 AM
great colors and dof
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09/21/2005 03:39:00 PM
Thank you Matthew for the critique.
09/19/2005 07:09:49 AM
Critique Club

Hello from the Critique Club!

It looks like you have inspirational scenery. Very attrractive place, and sky.

The image looks (to me) to be quite dark (though this monitor is not well calibrated). Part of the reason (I think) is because you are shooting into the light (it looks as though the sun is breaking through those clouds). There is a slightly silhouetted feel to the foreground. A powerful flash helps with some fill in light, but is often a limited solution.

The image also looks as though it has been pushed moderately hard in post processing, and has just started to lose its natural look.

As has been commented upon, your chosen Depth of Field does not isolate the subject, but leaves it to compete with the stunning scenery in the background. Reducing the Av would centre attention on the branch.

The composition is quite central, though in a square image I find this to be less critical than in a landscape or portrait image. I am unsure about the framing you have used with the branch. I try and include a frame if I think that it fits the subject matter at hand. Here, the branch would frame well the background, but I don't think that it adds anything to the branch that should be your subject.

Good luck with the next challenge!

Matthew
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09/14/2005 06:45:37 PM
Thanks for all the comments and votes. Takk Xilebo :-)
09/14/2005 08:41:17 AM
Beautiful scenery! Til hamingju með þessa fínu mynd og ágætis úrslit..
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/13/2005 10:51:20 AM
couldn't stay focused on the shrub...need to decrease depth of field just a tad bit...I would have liked this pic alot better if no branch
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09/13/2005 01:48:38 AM
I like your composition and scenery 7
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09/12/2005 10:02:18 PM
oh my god. this beautiful.
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09/12/2005 02:01:29 AM
I really like this! Nice color, maybe a bit dark. The background is on the edge of distracting but it is beautiful!
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09/10/2005 01:11:54 AM
Awesome shot!
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09/10/2005 12:15:01 AM
too dark, maybe some fill flash would help. More a shrub than a branch too
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09/09/2005 07:44:17 PM
Very beautiful but the pictures rather busy. You shoud have picked one thing to focus on.
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09/09/2005 07:30:45 PM
Beautiful Scenery. Mowever, I wish that there was less going on. It is too busy right now.
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09/09/2005 02:49:35 PM
Very crisp shot. Good use of color and lighting. 7
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09/08/2005 10:22:21 PM
Very nice shot. One of my favorites.
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09/08/2005 09:07:06 PM
beautiful shot. love the solors
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09/08/2005 07:01:58 PM
Finally, a good branch picture...love everything, 10...

Seeing the snow in the background reminds me of winter...COLD..!!! 10!
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09/08/2005 04:26:37 PM
Love how the peak of the mountain is right between the branches on the left. Might look a little better if the colors were a little brighter (IMHO) but still think this is a great shot.
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09/08/2005 02:54:12 PM
Man those colours are just beautiful! great shot 9
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09/08/2005 11:35:24 AM
This has been done many times, the clouds make this nice... I don't know what keeps it from being really special....If you or anyone has ideas on this, I'd love to hear them
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09/08/2005 11:25:22 AM
wonderful lighting.
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09/08/2005 04:10:52 AM
great colours, could have been brighter, other wise superb!
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09/08/2005 12:11:08 AM
i am very impressed by the colors; great pic!
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09/07/2005 10:59:15 PM
almost would have liked this better with out the red bush blocking the horizon.. although its still beautiful
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09/07/2005 10:17:44 PM
pretty
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09/07/2005 06:12:28 PM
CAPTIVATING IMAGE,COMPOSITION AND COLOR GOOD......10
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09/07/2005 01:46:50 PM
seems kind of dark...
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09/07/2005 09:51:18 AM
wish there was a little more lighting on the main bush, otherwise liked it
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