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Challenge: Flowers (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Isafjordur/Iceland
Date: Jul 2, 2006
Aperture: f3.2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 125
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2006

 My first flowershot posted in public. Shot late on a rainy day.
Postprocess: sharpen w/high-pass, levels, curves & crop

Statistics
Place: 351 out of 375
Avg (all users): 4.5821
Avg (commenters): 5.1429
Avg (participants): 4.5517
Avg (non-participants): 4.6607
Views since voting: 849
Views during voting: 258
Votes: 201
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 07/16/2006 02:52:16 PM
From the Critique Club:

Very nice composition! Different take on the challenge! I like these things. You also got a nice focal point and the shallow DOF works well with the bare flower being slightly out of focus.

This shot however is kinda flat. It just doesn't have any punch. I think that this could be improved by boosting up the saturation a touch. I would also play around with the midtone contrast. This can be done very easily with a curves layer.

Why didn't it score very well? I thing part of it is explained above. The other part is probably because this is a flower challenge and people were expecting to see the actual blooms. This doesn't have any blooms and probably got marked down because of it.

Keep shooting!
Yours
TC
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/09/2006 10:06:56 PM
Interesting minimalist approach, but I think it lacks som "punch." A bit sharper and brighter colors would help.
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 07/07/2006 09:13:30 PM
A bit too plain, I think.
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 07/05/2006 04:51:34 PM
Great photo. Colors are really nice. Great job!
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 07/05/2006 12:30:34 PM
Beautiful colors and details.
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 07/03/2006 07:49:39 AM
The debate continues - is it a flower or a weed. I am not marking you down for that - I am sure it is not your fault.
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 07/03/2006 12:24:27 AM
great title
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