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Challenge: Shapes III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6 II USM (Black)
Location: Back Garden, London, UK
Date: May 20, 2007
Aperture: 10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2007

The flower bud of a chive.
I thought was quite attractive and an ideal subject.

As my first submission, I'm not expecting anything, and more than anything would like some useful feedback. I very much need improvement.

Taken at 90mm. Handheld.

Processed from RAW:
White Balance, Sharpness, Contrast.
Then Cropped and Resized.

Statistics
Place: 277 out of 343
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Views since voting: 735
Views during voting: 246
Votes: 189
Comments: 5
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06/05/2007 02:56:08 PM
Hello Alessio,
Two things stick out here, fill flash to eleminate the shadows & a darker background. The darker BG would have helped make your subject more pronounced. Also some saturation of your colors (stem) would have helped.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2007 03:32:21 PM
Simple and pretty. Could maybe be improved by bumping up the saturation (esp. the green on the stem) just a bit.
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05/24/2007 03:50:18 PM
It's a nice shape, but a little (sorry) uninteresting. Good luck in the challenge.

BTW - Commented only, not voting.
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05/24/2007 12:09:26 PM
hmm nice picture i like it
05/23/2007 06:23:12 AM
Usually I do not like objects floating in a picture’s composition without an anchor point; yours has an anchor point which is the stem; and in this case I would prefer to see it much weaker to give a floating feel to the nice shape you have captured.

The harsh light and shadow cast on the stem is taking attraction from the shape especially with non-contrasting color of the background, and the right bottom side is under lit.

The color saturation feels a tad under.
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