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WriteHeart


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Date: Jul 1, 2007
Aperture: F9.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/750sec
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 1, 2007

Viewed: 469
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

I promise to try to do better than my 30 day Ordinary Objects side challenge.

So, here we go...

Also, I love critiques, even if you don't like it! Just tell me so I can get better. Thank you so much!

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07/03/2007 10:12:44 AM
the focus, lighting and colors are amazing ... the blue bg really sets the flower off nicely ... great shot!
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07/02/2007 09:07:35 PM
Yes, I definitely like the other crop better. This flower is pure and calls for a pure interpretation. GREAT detail on the center, is this a rose?
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07/01/2007 11:35:49 PM
I like the colours, and I think the focus is quite good. The composition looks a bit busy to me on the right hand side. I wonder if moving around with your camera so that you get a cleaner background (or a good out of focus background) would help.
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07/01/2007 08:46:41 PM
Lovely crisp colors & POV is excellent.
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07/01/2007 08:39:21 PM
Lovely shot! The white looks almost sugar frosted. I'd prefer this without the other bud in the background too (as someone else mentioned). Excellent detail work and great job not blowing out the whites. I can never get good white flower pictures.
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07/01/2007 08:23:52 PM
Very nice detail, and keeping everything un-blown!
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07/01/2007 07:33:35 PM
The blue sky is wonderful against the white of the pedals. Nice.
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07/01/2007 07:28:54 PM
Nice DOF, lighting, and detail, and I like the angle of the main flower in the frame. I agree with everyone about losing the dead flower on the right; I tend to push things out of the way or move myself to a slightly different angle so the unwanted bit is less obvious when shooting if I can. Much easier than fixing it in PP!
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07/01/2007 07:03:27 PM
Nice photo of a white flower and the detail on the stamen is lovely. I have a difficult time with those. Maybe you could clone out the bud in the background with sky color???
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07/01/2007 07:01:26 PM
I find this very appealing- it's a good point of view and the center is very sharp . I do agree that the dead bloom in back would be better off gone but you are in a natural setting and did not alter it and this I respect.
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07/01/2007 06:21:43 PM
one thing I like to do when I am not totally thrilled with a background is to crop and feature just a part of a flower. The sharpness you have here would lend itself well to a close crop around the stamen (?) area and inclusion of some of the white petals & the stamen shadows to add another dimension & offset the lovely yellow. I am VERY new to this art, but what I love about Macro is getting to see the DETAILS we so frequently miss with our eyes. It's nice to give your viewer a treat.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work!
~Anni
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07/01/2007 05:59:34 PM
I like that there is still detail in the petals and the center is in focus. The sky provides a nice background. (There is a bit of a halo where the petals meet the sky but I can't make any suggestions on what to do about it.) As to composition, in my opinion--which doesn't necessarily mean much--the bud in the background is distracting, and I think the flower should be facing into the shot. Nice start for the challenge.
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07/01/2007 05:32:36 PM
Nice job on the flower. Whites are generally difficult to do well and still keept the detail that you have. I do find the other dead flower seen through the petals somewhat distracting though, but that's JMO. A shorter DOF may have blurred it more into the background. Overall a nice shot.
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07/01/2007 05:15:33 PM
Well, you have a good start, with the K100D!! A good capture with good colour rendition. My kind of photo :)
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