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Beauty in Music
Beauty in Music
mrd08


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Still Life III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: My home
Date: Jul 19, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 23, 2007

Inspired by my music and love for taking pictures of flowers.
This is my first submission here so I hope you like it.
I only slightly cropped this on the computer

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 233
Avg (all users): 5.8229
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.7391
Avg (non-participants): 5.8774
Views since voting: 1012
Views during voting: 238
Votes: 175
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
08/07/2007 07:53:42 PM
Hello from the Critique Club,

First, let me welcome you to DPC and congratulate you on entering your first challenge. Your score indicates that your image was above average, meets the challenge, and the technicals (lighting, focus, post processing) were nicely done. You achieved a very nice shallow depth of focus with your kit lens and it helps the composition of this image nicely. If you compare your idea to the first place image, you can see that the competition here is pretty tough and the game requires a high degree of creativity. About the only suggestion I have for improving the image you took would be to crop a bit of the top, possibly an 8x10 crop instead of the 4x6 that comes out of the camera. This would help move the flower a bit more off center and strengthen the over all composition a bit.

Feel free to send me a PM if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim

PS: Nice camera ;-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/31/2007 12:31:54 PM
Nice photo, however I would have prefered it the image didn't "fall off" at the top.
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07/26/2007 09:02:55 PM
I like this a lot. The stem of the flower is a little distracting though.
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07/26/2007 03:13:13 PM
The pin-point focusing is the main "yes-yes-yes" here, in my opinion. Couldn't be more precise in the focusing (well maybe a little). This is an excellent photo. Great job!!! (9)
07/26/2007 01:31:03 PM
Great subject, lighting and composition. I like the shallow DOF too...nice job.
07/26/2007 01:37:14 AM
Nice shot!


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