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LanndonKane


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Challenge: Science II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Sony DSC-W1
Location: Ontario
Date: May 24, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 26, 2007

 It's a bit of a stretch, I know, but I don't give a damn :P

Editing steps.

Saturation
contrast
curves
adjusted the brightness of the flower center using elliptical selection
used the softglow effect
Neat Image
unsharp masking

All editing done in gimp as usual.

I'm not very satisfied with this one, something seems off about it, I can't put my finger on what exactly. I think it's the image quality thats bothering, as this was taken with an inferior camera, the outer petals seem too... digital.

Statistics
Place: 195 out of 222
Avg (all users): 4.7059
Avg (commenters): 4.2500
Avg (participants): 4.5469
Avg (non-participants): 4.7786
Views since voting: 681
Views during voting: 274
Votes: 204
Comments: 8
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AuthorThread
 06/13/2007 09:10:55 PM
Hi from the Critique Club!

You say you were unsatisfied with this one; it seems your instincts were correct, as you scored well below the challenge average.

Pros:

The pinks are nice; I personally like the up-close frame-filling composition.

Cons:

For me there are several:

There are significant blowouts on the petals, which always detracts. My camera will warn me when I have blown-out areas - I find it helps a lot with getting exposure right.

The stamen/pistil cluster has a kind of weird, electric feel to it that is distracting for me; I think it's perhaps just oversaturated.

Having complimented the frame-filling above, I would say that I think it would work better with the flower either less centered or more centered; I'd also have tried a square crop as the aspect ratio does nothing to help to image.

Challenge:

You acknowledge it's a bit of a shoehorn; I think many images in this challenge were so it didn't hurt as much as sometimes, but means you needed a compelling image to overcome it.

Overall I think it ended up scoring a little lower than it deserved, perhaps because of the loose connection to the challenge; however I think some more attention to technicals could have helped significantly. In general an image that is just "pretty" isn't going to grab me a lot unless the technicals are spot on.

-Evan
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/06/2007 07:04:25 PM
Gahhhh.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2007 10:11:34 PM
Nice macro, 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/04/2007 07:30:25 PM
Good perspective from the top and I like how you filled the frame. There are areas which are blown out, so maybe the light from above should be diffused.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/04/2007 02:54:47 AM
I would have cropped tighter on the stamens as the highlights on the petals are blown. Good try though!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2007 11:16:09 PM
Marginally sharp; lighting leaves a lot to be desired and the border accentuates these deficiencies.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2007 04:07:00 PM
Good color, but it suffers from a lack of focus in the center -- maybe more aggressive sharpening would help?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2007 03:02:59 PM
nice captured. The light is a tad too bright, IMO
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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