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In Memory of Spring
In Memory of Spring
arron_christensen


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Complementary Colors IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: At home
Date: Nov 24, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/25 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 25, 2007

Well, after two weeks w/out my camera (I broke the shutter during the popcorn challenge), I was looking forward to entering a challenge. I knew I wanted to use a flower for the shoot, mainly because I wanted to see if I could get a good shot of one. I used two lights, a bright one from under, and a less bright one from the top, getting that slight glow feel. Photoshop was standard levels, curves, resize, usm, then my wife wanted me to add a border, so I did. Just a simple black one seemed to work the best. So thats it, heres the shot.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 172
Avg (all users): 6.5792
Avg (commenters): 6.9000
Avg (participants): 6.4655
Avg (non-participants): 6.6320
Views since voting: 1992
Views during voting: 270
Votes: 183
Comments: 13
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01/24/2008 06:21:33 PM
Awesome shot, nailed the composition as well as the focus, great colors and contrast, very nicely done, and congrats on the good score.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/01/2007 07:40:34 AM
Lovely strong contrasting colours. Well composed. Not much detail on the stamen, if thats the right word, and this is where your focus is and so the image as a whole looks a little out of focus. If there had been a bit of mist on them to bring out a bit of sparkle and detail then that would have given the whole image a real boost.
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11/30/2007 04:04:47 PM
Very nice!! The colours just jump out of this photo.
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11/29/2007 09:29:38 PM
beautiful
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11/29/2007 06:16:23 PM
The black spot on the leaf to the right is a little distracting, otherwise a nice shot
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11/29/2007 12:00:41 PM
I really like this composition and cropping. nice job.
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11/29/2007 11:38:10 AM
Beautiful and detail... very soft and deep texture... 8
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11/29/2007 07:09:07 AM
love the colours and comp
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11/29/2007 05:58:03 AM
good sharpness and color, crop at bottom could be enhanced - the background shining through below the petal at left is very irritating
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11/28/2007 09:35:24 PM
very nice idea and composition, although the lighting is not great, i wish the center of the flower (and the thin thingys) were a little brighter
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11/28/2007 06:08:46 AM
The focus here seems to be good but I wish the flower had more texture.
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11/28/2007 12:41:02 AM
Great, nice focus, meets challenge well, 8.
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11/28/2007 12:38:37 AM
nice use of DOF! near perfect shot
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