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Challenge: Books (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A200
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
Date: Jun 21, 2010
Date Uploaded: Jun 22, 2010
[Jun. 24th, 2010 04:09:48 PM]

Guess maybe I needed a pretty landscape/seascape to put the books in front of? ;)

[Jun. 28th, 2010 01:02:48 AM]

Still no comments and still no clue as to why this is bombing so badly??? *SIGH*

POST CHALLENGE:

NO comments??? Nothing to tell me why it sucked! LOL Ok...it sucked...still not sure why though LOL

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 92
Avg (all users): 4.6163
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.3953
Avg (non-participants): 4.6899
Views since voting: 698
Views during voting: 297
Votes: 172
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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Sony DSLR-A200
Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
 07/02/2010 12:16:49 PM
Originally posted by jeger:
Not sure why. Gave you a 6


Thank you Jonathan! :) I guess for you, it didn't "suck"! :) You did answer my question by your response and I thank you for that! :)
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/30/2010 11:15:29 PM
Not sure why. Gave you a 6
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Sony DSLR-A200
Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
 06/30/2010 12:24:04 PM
Thank you Michelle and Steve! :)

I don't know if it's my eyes (cataracts) or what gives but, I cannot see the "oof" in this shot on the books??? I have a new monitor too! LOL Perhaps, it's that my eyes aren't trained to see these things well????? Maybe, it was that my camera was too close...or, maybe, it was my processing???? I think Steve is right in saying that the background was too strong. I have to learn to select properly and then, I can manipulate the backgrounds a bit better. Gotta learn how to mask properly rather than the selection tools which are time consuming and less accurate. Thanks to you both for commenting! :)
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 06/30/2010 01:00:37 AM
I didn't have time to vote all of this challenge, and this one did not come up for me. Perhaps the composition is a little too tight, with the books shoved over in the corner like they are. The strong background also grabs my attention away from the books. Hope that helps.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 06/30/2010 12:20:26 AM
Well I guess I'll leave a comment that explains the score I gave you. I gave this a 5. I thought you did fine with the lighting and not overexposing anything. But since the subject was books, and you have them so prominent in the foreground, I felt that they should have been in focus. For some reason the part of the table to the left looks sharp and part of the books on the left edge too. The only thing I can think is that maybe your camera was just a smidge too close to the books?
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