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Delicate Plant Life
Delicate Plant Life
Lorene


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Challenge: DPL Album Cover (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Albuquerque, NM at my brother's house
Date: May 12, 2007
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2007

This is my first entry with our new 100mm macro lens! This is a dandelion in my brother's backyard. It had a weed growing through the middle of it but I thought it was still really cool (and I actually really like what the green stem adds to the picture). I shot this handheld- can't wait to get that lens on the tripod!

Shot in RAW: adjusted white balance and exposure.

PS:
Curves
Crop
Brightness/Contrast
Selective Color (slight bump on the blacks)
Burn in all four corners
Resize
Sharpen
Text added
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 153
Avg (all users): 6.5211
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 6.1875
Avg (non-participants): 6.7218
Views since voting: 1220
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 213
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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05/22/2007 08:19:53 PM
A lifting kind of image with its lightness and delicate subject so expertly presented. Congratulations on your top 20.
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05/21/2007 03:37:42 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: This is one of the better dandelion captures that I have seen in some time now. This one is nicely focused, yet very comfortably sharp at the same time. Great colors and wonderful detail.

Lighting: You did a fantastic job lighting a fairly difficult subject. The whites seem near-perfectly exposed, while you also captured nice detail in the dark center of the bloom.

Composition/Content: While this would not have been a personal choice for an album cover, you did a very nice job putting this image together with a clever title.

My Opinion: Nice work meeting the challenge, and congrats on yet another top 20 finish.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
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05/21/2007 12:03:40 AM
Woooo Hooooo!!!

Congrats Girl!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/18/2007 09:16:29 PM
I see what the dandelion dreams
I taste what trees pull from the stream
sympathy is a complicated scheme
but I seem
to be on the seam
of dandelion dreams

9
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05/17/2007 02:23:12 AM
beautiful shot! 9
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05/16/2007 12:27:56 PM
Good choice for band name and album title. Lovely softness to the seedheads.
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05/16/2007 06:29:20 AM
Very clever. Well done. A nice crisp image, 7
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05/15/2007 03:22:36 PM
wow that photo looks familiar!!!! I can definetely appreciate this photo.
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05/15/2007 08:28:24 AM
I really like this image. Again it fits well with the band name and is obviously linked to the album title. A very good match in that respect and a very relaxing image to view. Like the diffusion at the edges with the central sharpness. Highly evocative.
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05/15/2007 12:58:49 AM
A very nice capture and very soothing to the eyes. Bump.
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05/14/2007 08:06:41 AM
Beautiful image!
THis is the kind of thing i would like on my album :)
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05/14/2007 03:29:21 AM
The softness here is is magnificent....8
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