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Into The Light......
Into The Light......
sailjo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Single Light Source II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4600
Location: Massachusetts
Date: May 29, 2006
Aperture: f/2.9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.345
Date Uploaded: May 29, 2006

Simply used a flashlight for the artificial light source.

Statistics
Place: 185 out of 238
Avg (all users): 4.8792
Avg (commenters): 4.2000
Avg (participants): 4.3919
Avg (non-participants): 5.0964
Views since voting: 879
Views during voting: 324
Votes: 240
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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06/09/2006 06:48:36 PM
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

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

First Impression - the most important one:
Too shallow DoF and blown highlights hurt what could have been a pretty decent photo.

Composition:
Compositionally, not too bad, I most often like the diagonal cutting of a photo. This one though I think I'd like to see the flower head down in the bottom left corner of the picture. With less stem and more negative space, I think you'd have a much stronger photo.

Subject:
It stands out well from the background, although I think the flower head (the main subject) should be more in focus.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Color is a bit warm. I suggest a custom white balance for working under lights.
Focus: As I mentioned earlier the DoF is a bit shallow for my taste. However, this DoF would work if you had focused the camera on the flower and then recomposed the shot.
Light: A bit harsh and it's blowing some of the highlights.

To grow its vote?:
Generally flower shots have to be excellent to score well at DPC. Voters don't treat flowere kindly around here :-( Bad voters! LOL Really though a few technical issues here could help you out a bit.

Summary:
Not bad for your third challenge here. Keep on shooting and you will definitely see better scores.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/06/2006 07:48:30 PM
Nice effect, but I get all sorts of criticism when my pictures are blurry. . .
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/03/2006 01:35:14 PM
Lighting on the flower is too harsh. The background is unappealing and does not compliment the flower at all. The composition is fine. As for focus, it seems to be on the bud below the petals rather than on the flower itself.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/02/2006 01:34:49 PM
Very neat, but the focus is off. You can use aperture to your advantage to help with that.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/01/2006 02:16:33 PM
out of focus on the flower
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06/01/2006 06:22:26 AM
The top of the flower seems overexposed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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