DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Mid-Life Crisis
Mid-Life Crisis
MAK


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: UK
Date: Jun 10, 2008
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2008

This is actually just a snap from my chair. I had some focussing issues today at the RSPB and was playing with settings when suddenly, this shot was born. I was talking to a friend today about getting old etc so I felt that with these flowers also getting old they were kind of sharing my feeling of a Mid-Life Crisis. Not expecting miracles with it.

est score - 6.1
dream score - 6.8

Statistics
Place: 69 out of 294
Avg (all users): 5.8827
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7432
Avg (non-participants): 5.9810
Views since voting: 938
Views during voting: 259
Votes: 179
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/15/2008 07:51:21 PM
Nice colors. The OOF flowers lead my eye up to the in-focus flower, however this feels unnatural in a way. If the background flowers created more of a curve towards a more centered subject this might work better, or you could add more black space above and on the left to balance the shot a bit. I think it's the lack of support (stem, etc.) for the subject flower which is very high in the frame that I find disconcerting. Sorry to ramble on. Feel free to PM me if you would like me to try explaining that again.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Prints! - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2024 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/29/2024 04:53:31 AM EDT.