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Challenge: The Orton Effect (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2015 - Challenges
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD with Piezo
Location: Apopka, FL
Date: Mar 4, 2015
Aperture: f/40
ISO: 100
Shutter: 6 sec.
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2015

DSC_0744-1 2015 03 04

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Statistics
Place: 53 out of 76
Avg (all users): 5.2985
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1053
Avg (non-participants): 5.5517
Views since voting: 381
Views during voting: 141
Votes: 67
Comments: 2
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08/04/2015 10:11:17 AM
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

An interesting image that probably meets the challenge.

I must begin by admitting that I have never consciously used the Orton effect myself so I am not best qualified to assess how effectively it has been used here. Looking carefully at your image I would say that it shows an enhanced range of tones and detail beyond a normal exposure. Unless you are familiar and a regular user of this technique I wonder how many people would have recognised it, particularly with a cursory glance, during the challenge and therefore how much it has affected your score.

I like your viewpoint and the way the composition takes us into the depths of the woods, it is very engaging. I see you have used a very small aperture with a large DOF but there is evident softness throughout, how much of that is due to diffraction from that very small aperture or from the out of focus image you will have used to achieve the effect I don't know. Either way, I am imagining a sharply focused image and thinking hmm… I would probably prefer it without the softness but obviously that is not an option for you in respect of the challenge brief but perhaps it could have been a little less evident in which case it may have affected your score even more!

Another competent submission from you Janine, thank you, Sid
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/09/2015 02:20:59 PM
I like this. The colors seem to pop nicely and I like the texture apparent in the tree trunks. I definitely see some high and some low detail areas.
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