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05/27/2011 08:13:47 PM |
| Lol, Socom, you got me on that one:-). |
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05/21/2011 01:52:58 AM |
I am having an issue with my camera, it is back focusing, I have been leary of trying to repair it (its a screw on the Nikon) I guess I should just take the plunge. I have tested it following multiple suggestions and it is back focusing for sure, I try to compensate but not very well.
There is NO chipmunk.. this was the Chipmunks POV, if he/she were walking through the area. :)
Thank you again for the comments, I will return the favor. |
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05/20/2011 10:23:15 PM |
me again...just looking around here...I did not vote on this challenge...but I would have given you a 5 probably...
1) focus is very, very soft...this is something that I learned early on...if your focus isn't razor sharp with this group of voters...DON'T ENTER IT. You have a leaf and a little stem in the front of the flower (main subject) that is in super sharp focus...problem is that's not your main subject, your BG is fine no problems there...but that one stock of flower HAS TO BE RAZOR SHARP...
nice composition...your sensor looks fine here
I must be blind...I don't see the chipmunk!!! It has to be the brown thing under the flower...I thought that was a leaf...and NO I didn't read the title...goes to show
one other thing...it appears that this is slap dab in the middle of the sun...I have found that if I really try to target the flowers in the shade my lighting is sooooo much better....
you should know the drill by now...get one give one... |
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05/20/2011 09:07:16 PM |
Socom, your recent thread caught my attention and since I scored this photo a 4 I want to leave a comment as to why. BTW, I'm new here, I'm sure I'm newer than you, and I've looked through your photos and definitely think you should NOT quit! I have had thoughts like you myself, in fact I have a couple more lower scoring photos than you. But I won't quit, I joined here because I wanted honest opinions and I guess I'm getting them:-). I haven't left as many comments as I probably should because I am not a photo judging expert in any sense, but I do have opinions and it seems often enough they are different than others.
I would rather praise than criticize but I will give you my honest opinion on this photo which I think is the weakest of all your photos I've seen. That said it definitely does not deserve any score less than a 4 imho. The perspective is good and you caught the chipmunk, for goodness sake! The composition is good, many would have centered the flower and chipmunk. BUT, it's hard to tell it's a chipmunk, he's so underexposed. The grasses in the photo are big distractions making everything way to busy, the grass low, right in front draws attention from the chipmunk, you have to really search to find the chipmunk. There is to much space upper left that is to bright and adds nothing to the composition. That bright white area draws the eye out of the composition right off the bat.
When I take a picture of a flower and I want it to pop and I want to make it the center of attention, I try to turn everything else into a creamy blur, especially if everything else is to busy and doesn't add to the composition. If the picture is about a field of flowers, of course you don't want to blur them totally but this photo is about a chipmunk and his flower.
I can see exactly what you were trying to accomplish and it would not have been easy to pull off, the stars didn't line up for this photo just like they don't line up for 99.9% of my photos but if it were easy we would already have moved off to something else:-).
I hope this helps. |
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05/20/2011 07:11:24 PM |
| i really like the depth of field and the lovely blur in the background but to me, the photo really didn't provide a very unique or compelling point of view, garnering you a 5 during voting. |
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05/13/2011 01:54:52 AM |
| I would say it is traditional point of view of flower photographer :) I like out of focus background that still has elements of environment, and lines grass created are nice and help to "move around" the image, but it seems like one stop bright. In this shot the most important probably was to keep main flower in focus but some parts of it are not that sharp. |
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05/11/2011 02:31:16 PM |
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