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The Garden Keeper
The Garden Keeper
patio127


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Challenge: In the Garden II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: my garden
Date: Feb 22, 2010
Aperture: 4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2010

 My garden Gnome, waiting for Spring
Adj. layers for curves, levels, shadow/highlight
sharpen
resize
I wonder if viewers will notice his reflection in the gazing ball behind him ???

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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/03/2010 06:55:21 PM
Thanks :)

Message edited by author 2010-05-31 09:58:53.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/03/2010 04:00:59 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

First impressions are that I have one like this in my garden!

Technically this is good. Composition is ok, DOF good, background nice, exposure good.

Artistically this is ok but a little blah. It's really a garden statue and nothing else so it's hard to get artistic. I do find the gazing ball reflection slightly distracting.

In summary an ok shot, scored what it deserved, hard to improve other than a tighter crop to focus us on the detail in the statue rather than the statue in situ.

Feel free to PM me if you have any queries.
Gerry
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 03/02/2010 08:39:33 AM
Good lighting, good DOF. BG is suitably OOF to draw attention to main subject.
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 03/01/2010 04:44:15 PM
More interesting than most lawn ornaments.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 02/28/2010 10:35:08 PM
Nice work!! He's doing his job well.. Lovely bokeh, crisp, sharp, detailed gnome..
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Nikon D700
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon
 02/26/2010 06:47:02 PM
Really cool shot. Creepy, and cool. Excellent sharpness on the garden keeper. Cool, blurred colors in the background as well. Very good score from me.
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