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Challenge: Yellow III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro
Location: The Bund, Shanghai China
Date: Apr 1, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/4000s
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 2, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 158 out of 404
Avg (all users): 5.4390
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.4118
Avg (non-participants): 5.5111
Views since voting: 723
Views during voting: 210
Votes: 164
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0


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04/16/2006 05:50:27 PM
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Definitely yellow. But, I have to agree with LucidLotus, it's hard to get excited about.

Composition:
Somewhat boring. This is probably what killed it for you. Composition is such that it is a nice shot of a flower, but it doesn't transend that into being a great shot.

Subject:
Subject is clear, as it fills the frame, it would be hard to miss the subject.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Color is nice, feels natural.
Focus may be a bit soft, but perhaps you didn't apply enough sharpening after resize.
Lighting: Exposure is good, but the lighting in general doesn't give the image any POP.

To grow its vote?:
I think DPC is going through an anti-flower stage. That might have hurt your vote. Also, voters want to be wowed.

Summary:
It's a pretty picture, don't get me wrong. It just doesn't have any wow factor to get high votes.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/06/2006 11:31:46 PM
Beautiful softness, and really great crop. Great shot!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/06/2006 08:21:52 PM
I can't get very excited about this image. The concept is nice, the lighting brings out the vibrancy of the color, the composition is good. I like the contrast in the vertical nature of the inner stamen/petally things versus the other petals in their horizontal placements. The focus seems a bit soft on much of the image, and overall the photo doesn't inspire me to look deeper into the floral element. 4.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/04/2006 08:28:36 AM
Very nicely done...like it lots..
04/03/2006 03:40:17 PM
Wonderful close-up - great shot.


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