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Getting Ready To Pop Open
Getting Ready To Pop Open
Rosacalaca


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Challenge: Popcorn (Basic Editing)
Camera: Kodak Z612
Location: ajijic, mexico
Date: Oct 31, 2007
Aperture: f3.2
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2007

 Orchid "kernals" getting ready to open...taken in macro mode with auto flash which did not fire...Cropped...

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 74
Avg (all users): 3.7842
Avg (commenters): 3.1111
Avg (participants): 3.8571
Avg (non-participants): 3.7743
Views since voting: 818
Views during voting: 439
Votes: 292
Comments: 29
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/13/2007 06:57:30 PM
care to join me in the "shoe horn" club?...i get it, but be prepared for those DNMC comments. nice picture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2007 04:29:07 PM
DNMC for em, sorry. Also it's very noisy and not very well lit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2007 01:43:58 PM
"Pop," maybe, but no corn...
 11/13/2007 02:45:34 AM
doesnt fit subject
 11/12/2007 01:31:41 PM
DMTC
 11/12/2007 05:39:33 AM
Where's the corn?
 11/12/2007 05:29:03 AM
popcorn?
 11/12/2007 02:27:03 AM
Well, I am sure this is going to get dinged for meeting challenge, but I would rather give my thoughts on the shot. It is a very good shot. I think that a little lower POV might have given you less shadow on the second flower and would have helped with some of the focus issues on the lower half of the bottom flower.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/11/2007 08:47:15 PM
Where's the popcorn???
 11/11/2007 02:27:21 AM
Interesting twist on the challenge, but since it is a popcorn challenge, I kind of expect to see popcorn in the image...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/09/2007 06:29:35 PM
popcorn?
 11/09/2007 03:39:43 PM
Lovely flowers, but I only see a remote analogy to popcorn.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/09/2007 02:46:35 PM
Topic is "popcorn" not flowers.
 11/09/2007 01:27:46 PM
Nice texture on the buds. Purple popcorn? LOL
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/09/2007 01:02:07 PM
What was your iso on this shot? It looks like there is a lot of noise. This is a stretch to meet the challenge, there are so many good, unique, interesting ideas so far, and this looks like it took no effort.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/09/2007 09:08:38 AM
Interesting flower and composition but a bit of a stretch for this challenge IMO. I am seeing a lot of sharpening hotspots on the flowers and some on the upper left part of the stem.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/09/2007 07:50:10 AM
You'll probably score low with this one and get loads of DNMCs. I considered a DNMC myself, but after some thought, I concluded that this on '...communicates the subject of "Popcorn"' Ãou deserve an extra point for having the guts to stretch the interpretation (7)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/08/2007 04:33:44 PM
beautiful.
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 11/07/2007 10:50:04 PM
seems oof and a bit noisey.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2007 07:34:46 PM
i'm not sure if it fits the challenge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2007 07:26:34 PM
nice flowers, just not popcorn
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2007 05:26:58 PM
DNMC
 11/07/2007 03:56:37 PM
there is quite of very noticeable noise. And kind of off topic.
 11/07/2007 03:00:23 PM
IMO this has nothig to do with popcorn, even the title doesn't help
 11/07/2007 11:45:22 AM
pop CORN!
 11/07/2007 11:28:07 AM
I get the "pop" part, but not the "corn" part.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2007 08:41:53 AM
Doesn't really say "popcorn" to me.

I like the color of these buds. However, the composition feels unbalanced. The background is busy. The frame is cramped. Depth of field is shallow but perhaps too shallow since the second (slightly out of focus) bud is almost equal in size to the other they compete for attention...force one entirely back or give them equal treatment to mirror the other.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2007 12:32:42 AM
true, but i'm pretty sure the challenge was for ''popcorn'', not just ''popping'', so i dunno
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 11/07/2007 12:30:03 AM
nothing to do with popcorn... huh?
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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