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Challenge: Transparency II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon Digital IXUS 40
Location: in the laundry at home
Date: Oct 28, 2005
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2005

 Bought some coloured marbles, and put them in water in a vase in the laundry at home. Held a sheet of white A4 behind this, and shone a desktop halogen lamp behind the paper.

Crop, resize, levels, hue, saturation, some cloning at the base of the vase, unsharp mask, resize, border, and save for web.

Just my second challenge, with my little point-and-shoot, and I feel as if I'm learning heaps and having such fun.

Statistics
Place: 108 out of 155
Avg (all users): 5.0729
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 4.7595
Avg (non-participants): 5.2920
Views since voting: 1018
Views during voting: 291
Votes: 192
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 11/13/2005 06:33:20 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I can't see anything wrong with your photo technically. It is focused, well enough composed, and the exposure is spot on.

What made you scrore low(er) is your subject matter. There is nothing to grab the viewer's attention. Looking at you photo, all you see is a few marbles in a glass(?). There's nothing interesting / compelling / striking enough about your subject to make the user take a second look. That fact almost surely lowered your score. Even the most technically perfect photo is nothing without a compelling subject. And that's what viewer's focused on in your image.

Having a technically photo is only half the battle, choosing the right subject is the rest of the equation. This being only your second challenge submission, I think you're only direction to go is up. I look forward to your future submissions!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 11/04/2005 10:50:08 AM
Wonderful coloring, nice shapes. Lovely picture.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/31/2005 10:05:06 PM
Nice concept. I like the blue, but not too fond of the pink. 6
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Sony DSC-F717
 10/31/2005 07:54:29 PM
like the purple glow around the aquamarine stones--nice colors. i also like how the shape of the container adds to the feeling of roundness and softness in the photo.
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SiPix Blink
 10/31/2005 03:07:30 PM
I like the detail and the colours, although for some reason, the composition does not really strike me. Too centred perhaps?
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 10/31/2005 01:09:50 AM
liking the different colours here..
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