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Martha Stewart Living
Martha Stewart Living
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Challenge: Magazine Cover (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: Jun 8, 2003
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2003

I took this in my front yard with a Sigma 70-300mm lens at 300mm, and a tripod. This is one of my first pictures with my new 10d. It's probably obvious I don't totally know what I'm doing yet, but I'll get there.

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Place: 79 out of 232
Avg (all users): 5.6831
Avg (commenters): 6.2353
Avg (participants): 5.6917
Avg (non-participants): 5.6748
Views since voting: 1075
Votes: 243
Comments: 17
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06/16/2003 09:08:22 PM
C'mon, Martha Stuart Living would have handcuffs on the cover...ok ok bad mav bad. Really, I love the DoF and the color/detail is exceptional. I like how the edges of the flower pop off the page.
06/16/2003 02:19:40 PM
bah... martha
06/15/2003 03:52:54 PM
Seems like a bit too much empty space at the bottom, maybe just my opinion? Everything else on this shot looks great!
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06/14/2003 04:42:58 PM
Hmmm... usually I dont likea composition where the flower sits smack dab in the center, but this one is kind of interesting. However, Im kind of bothered by the fack that I cant really see the stalk for the flower, too blurry.
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06/14/2003 09:11:52 AM
I think I would prefer the bloom in the bottom 1/3, leaving more space for the title. Great color.
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06/14/2003 06:20:55 AM
Your subject is a nice choice but the 'underexposedness' and the great amount of sharpening don't do the picture much good.
06/13/2003 07:23:40 AM
great flower shot. alittle too centered, tho
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06/13/2003 12:40:09 AM
Awesome shot but there's a noticable outline around the flower. And shouldn't "Martha Stewart Living" show her doctoring her stock transactions instead? :D :D :D
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06/12/2003 08:55:04 PM
excellent contrasted image like this one a lot 9
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06/12/2003 09:47:45 AM
I like the flower a lot, I wish it were placed lower in the photo to allow for room at the top for a title. Great focus.
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06/11/2003 05:49:11 PM
Maybe A jail cell would have been a beter subject, :)

Honestly a great photo, I loved it..
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06/11/2003 05:13:14 PM
Slightly more vague than I might have invisioned on a Martha Stewart cover but not out of the question by any means. (By 'vague' I mean the cover art tends to focus on, say, a whole flowerbed or a project involving flowers more than it would a single bloom but that's on limited experience, I admit.)

I like the shot a lot. It's got great colour contrast, and the focal blur in the back makes the ideal backdrop for coverlines. The only place it suffers at all is fitting the logo at the top without obscuring the flower, which is minor; they might choose to continue the green colour up into an added background to compensate.
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06/11/2003 04:12:05 PM
I think this shot would be betterif the stem of the flower were in focus as well. Good choice of subject and composition.
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06/11/2003 11:40:08 AM
Looking forward to seeing all the Martha Stewart jokes that will inevitably appear here! (How to decorate your jail cell, etc...)
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06/11/2003 03:06:49 AM
Little wrong with the image, technically but you chose a poor subject - that flower centre has bits falling off it and it's not that pleasing to look at.
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06/11/2003 02:24:57 AM
Love the shot. Great work. 8.
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06/11/2003 02:13:24 AM
Here's looking at you, kid.
The stray petal at the bottom and the stem on the right detract from the overall effect.
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