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Challenge: School Days: Geometry (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix A303
Location: Brampton, Canada
Date: Sep 10, 2006
Aperture: manual...
ISO: manual
Shutter: manual
Date Uploaded: Sep 10, 2006

A many flowered plant in solitaire...chemistry is blue

Statistics
Place: 180 out of 182
Avg (all users): 3.3500
Avg (commenters): 2.5455
Avg (participants): 3.4118
Avg (non-participants): 3.3146
Views since voting: 762
Views during voting: 192
Votes: 140
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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09/25/2006 01:06:25 AM
Critique Club Review:

I'm not sure how this picture was meant to meet the challenge of Geometry. Which also hurt your score in the voting, as other noted the same thing during the challenge.

Outside of that.... Though the stem of the flower is vertical. The hedge becomes the horizon in this picture and along with the light pole in the background, give the viewer the impression the camera was tilted, and eye slides off to the left.

As noted in the remarks, some people thought the light pole was an interesting "UFO". Others saw it as a distraction. I fall into the latter camp, as it is not large enough to be the subject, but is just enough to distract.

I would liked to have seen the flowers in sunlight. Flowers usually denote color, brightness, life, joy, happiness etc. Here they appear to have been photographed in the shade. Thus the picture becomes somewhat cold, pale, and a bit lifeless.

Focus is nice and sharp, and I would suggest a higher f-stop for a wider aperature, to lessen depth of field to help separate your subject from background clutter.

 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/19/2006 11:29:39 PM
Nice idea - the lighting could be better. The UFO in the background is neat! (lamppost =)
09/19/2006 04:22:46 PM
Just wondering how this relates to the theme of Geometry?
09/19/2006 10:37:49 AM
besides poor exposure and bad composition and no geometry, and too flat...well-you get the idea!
09/17/2006 04:10:39 PM
Fits challenge how?
09/15/2006 11:47:19 PM
Well, doesn't seem geometrical at all. Also a bit dark.
09/15/2006 09:31:32 PM
This is more biology than geometry. Image is too dull/dark and the composition doesn't do anything for the flower.
09/15/2006 12:41:35 PM
is that a ufo on the background?... now i can't stop looking at it. the flowers are pretty but not striking to me. It could help if you were closer. i think you could get more out of the beautiful purple colours as well. maybe with some better lighting (can't give you advice there, somthing i have trouble with myself)
09/15/2006 07:45:16 AM
Photo is dark and flat. Not sure how it represents the challenge topic -
09/13/2006 08:54:50 PM
How does this fit in the challenge?
09/13/2006 04:30:25 PM
Geometry?
09/13/2006 03:12:32 PM
Its too bad that pole is in the background
09/13/2006 09:13:40 AM
Very nice picture, but I just can't get geometry out of it.


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