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04/02/2004 07:59:01 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
The message
The intent of this image is to interpret the natural beauty of this orchid. It's pure whiteness makes it a technically difficult choice, but a great subject for a magazine cover.
Creative choices
The lighting is nicely soft and at a good angle to bring out the textures and forms of the petals. The background is blurred perfectly and makes a great contrast with the flowers. I think a more frontal point of view would work better; the petals obscure interesting parts of the flowers in this nearly side view. The focus seems a bit soft; some sharpening would enhance the textures and better show off the orchids' beauty.
Technical aspects
The focus is accurate and the colors are beautiful; especially the subtle yellows in the center of the flowers. The image is overexposed, burning out the white flowers and ruining the photo. A proper exposure would have captured details in all of the petals instead of leaving just a pure white area in the center. |
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03/26/2004 03:54:01 PM |
| Interesting textures in background... foreground is overexposed though. |
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03/25/2004 10:27:51 AM |
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03/24/2004 08:19:09 PM |
| Brilliant tone and range. |
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03/22/2004 04:36:41 PM |
| Not sharp enough, - but really nice composition and colours. |
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03/22/2004 03:36:16 PM |
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