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Challenge: Hidden Treasures (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G10
Location: Rolla, MO
Date: Oct 4, 2009
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2009

I haven't done any editing on this except to re-size it for submission. This is my first try at this, so I'm not sure if I've done it correctly. As far as the picture itself, I got in as close as I could and it wasn't until later that I saw the movement effected by the different colors of the petals.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 74
Avg (all users): 5.7320
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6774
Avg (non-participants): 5.7423
Views since voting: 945
Views during voting: 319
Votes: 194
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)


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10/16/2009 10:20:12 AM
*sigh* I'd have to edit and edit and edit to get something like this
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/15/2009 01:43:17 AM
Hey. No offense was taken. Welcome. You did exceptionally well to come in 21st in a very low average scoring, debateable and subjective challenge. I would have cropped a bit tighter to get rid of the green Bokeh (background OOF area) that distracts. The blown whites in your petals can be subdued with PS (PhotoShop CS2/3/4, Elements or whu) but once white, allways white, you wont get any definition back by some PS Magic. IF you have the original file from your camera, make a COPY, keep the ORIGINAL unchanged, and look at Challenge Rules > Basic Editing Rules where Saturation and Adj Levels are allowed and redo the pic to lessen the harshness of the whites. I am no DPC expert but that's I hope a start.

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I found most of my Q's there. Other learning was done by reading, reading, reading comments, past and present, and looking at the Photog's Image Comments.
Happy shooting!

Message edited by author 2009-10-15 03:43:40.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/14/2009 10:11:08 PM
Originally posted by Magnum_za:

My comment unhelpful? Strange. Obviously it's your find and a treasure to you thus i said:
DMC = DOES meet challenge.
(DNMC = Does NOT meet challenge.)
I liked the shot and actually gave it a 7
Oh well :(


Don't take offense...didn't understand what DMC meant (thanks for telling me) because I just joined the group and I don't understand all the abbreviations yet :)
I appreciate the good score and the comment about the blown highlights. I'm also a fairly new photographer, so I want advice on how to make my photos better. How could I have fixed the highlight problem?
10/14/2009 04:55:06 PM
My comment unhelpful? Strange. Obviously it's your find and a treasure to you thus i said:
DMC = DOES meet challenge.
(DNMC = Does NOT meet challenge.)
I liked the shot and actually gave it a 7
Oh well :(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/09/2009 01:35:42 PM
I originally rated this a 6, but I'm going to bump this up because I've been commenting on all my sixes, and I think this is better than that. I think I originally rated it so low because I'm not sure how this fits in the challenge. It didn't hit the nail right on the head for me, but it's such a beautiful photo, I'm bumping you up to a 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/08/2009 09:05:21 PM
beautiful subject and great lighting. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/08/2009 01:58:45 AM
DMC. Who's treasure is it anyway? Just a few too many blown highlights for my liking but the subject is complex and striking.......
10/07/2009 03:09:06 PM
Lovely photo, a reasonable but not great tie to the challenge, nice tones and processing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/07/2009 02:25:23 AM
Gorgeous...love the colours!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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