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Challenge: Centered Composition II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Kodak Z700
Location: prague
Date: Jan 1, 2007
Aperture: 2,8
ISO: 140
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2007

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Statistics
Place: 404 out of 415
Avg (all users): 3.9122
Avg (commenters): 3.3333
Avg (participants): 3.8280
Avg (non-participants): 3.9821
Views since voting: 806
Views during voting: 259
Votes: 205
Comments: 23
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01/09/2007 01:22:14 PM
Out of focus no sharpness
01/09/2007 12:23:11 PM
Out of focus
01/08/2007 08:20:17 PM
Seems to be abit out of focus. Perhaps moving the shot a bit further away from the window would help.
01/08/2007 07:48:09 PM
you shake the camera with a low shutter speed
01/08/2007 03:24:44 PM
Cute idea although I had no idea that frogs drank! I am assuming that the frogs are the focal point and to me, they are not the centered part of your composition. They are centered at the bottom, but not of the whole pic. And on my screen, it looks a tad out of focus.
01/08/2007 03:00:39 PM
Let me start out with the positives. First, I like the choice in going with backlighting and the second light source is also in a good spot. The composition is centered well and you chose a good angle for your point of view.

The main thing you need to improve here is controlling the lighting and focusing. Closing the curtains in the background would help diffuse the light making it less harsh as well as making the background less cluttered. The focus also appears to be off (unintentionally) so I'd try to work on getting a wider DOF with the lens you are using (i.e. smaller aperture). I think if you do just that you'll improve this shot greatly. In post, you may want to sharpen this a bit using whatever software you have available.

Some other things you may want to try is moving the glasses away from the bottle. I assume this is champagne? If so I'd try and see how I can make the bubbles more interesting. If the glass is away from the bottle and the background uniform I think that would make the bubbles stand out more as well as maybe having a dedicated light source just for that glass position somwhere off to the side or from behind.
01/08/2007 02:17:37 PM
Fits the challenge but the picture is not in focus and it's a bit over exposed.
01/08/2007 11:01:06 AM
Needs to be sharper.
01/07/2007 06:42:43 PM
Focus is very soft IMHO
01/07/2007 04:23:14 PM
Not to offend but I rated this down as the entire image seems to be out of focus.
01/05/2007 08:22:50 PM
needs sharpness
01/05/2007 02:19:20 PM
out of focus
01/04/2007 08:32:28 PM
I want to be nice but no sorry
01/04/2007 12:28:12 PM
out of focus
01/04/2007 11:10:14 AM
3 this photo is lacking in focus, composition, point of interest... Not good at all... Anyway, good luck.
01/04/2007 10:26:59 AM
I really can't determine where the focus is (or is supposed to be) - nothing looks sharp at all.
01/03/2007 10:09:26 PM
Hmmm ... nothing important at the center, and everything seems pretty soft.
01/03/2007 05:31:04 PM
Cute idea! Unfortunately this image is not very focused.
01/03/2007 05:07:49 PM
Feel there's no real focal point on the image, and the main elements are all out of focus. A nice idea other wise though. 5.
01/03/2007 02:42:07 PM
out of focus
01/03/2007 12:31:34 PM
a bit off focus?
01/03/2007 11:23:51 AM
lots of distracting elements here ... the blown highlights outside ... the curtains, window frame ... also not very sharp ...
01/03/2007 05:42:16 AM
Might be my screen, or my eyes, that the out-pf-focus foreground frogs detract from the main subject. How would this look with a shallow depth of field, bringing thehearts & bottle into focus and the background window softly blurred?


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