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Waltz of the Flowers
Waltz of the Flowers
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Song Titles (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-D60
Location: Houston, TX
Date: Jan 5, 2003
Aperture: F8.0
ISO: ISO 100
Shutter: 1/30 sec
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2003

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Statistics
Place: 65 out of 188
Avg (all users): 5.5567
Avg (commenters): 5.3077
Avg (participants): 5.4414
Avg (non-participants): 5.6957
Views since voting: 1100
Votes: 203
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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01/19/2003 07:10:08 PM
I personally like the DOF quite a bit on this photo. It adds another interesting aspect to it. There is more to DOF then merely directing your eyes to a specific spot. It creates a softness and dreaminess that is appropriate for this theme. I find this composition to be very creative and a good representation of the theme. I usually don't like elements crowding the edges but in this case, the petals touching the edges help to add to the triangular aspect that is a big part of the composition as well contrasting nicely with the soft curves of the flowers. I may have framed the flowers a little more towards the top edge while showing a little more of the stem. Technically it is very strong. I do see some evidence of the halo effect on some edges but it isn't a big deal. It otherwise has the right amount of sharpness with no signs of jpeg compression. The colors are beautiful without being over saturated. I really enjoy this photo. Score 9

Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/10/2003 10:30:58 AM
I think that this needs some better focus, and maybe a focal point.
01/10/2003 09:23:55 AM
Too much depth in each flower to make for a really good macro. - Inspzil
01/09/2003 08:59:56 PM
nice framing and color
01/08/2003 08:04:30 PM
Cute flowers. hotly debated I'm sure, but I'd like to see more depth of field. Just a personal taste. I like how the (pistil?) is in sharp focus.
01/08/2003 02:43:59 PM
nice image, but doesn't sing the title.
01/07/2003 11:02:40 PM
This is a nice flower macro - composition-wise. However, the soft focus on the top petals on each flower is very distracting - would prefer crisp focus here.
01/07/2003 07:42:25 PM
I liked this shot and first scored it a bit higher but upon further review lowered it due to the amount of the flowers that are out of focus. It is great that the background and stems are blurred it adds a lot, but I would like to see the flowers themselves in focus. 6.

Take my comments for what they are worth for I am just a novice with a new camera. Dodo
01/07/2003 11:57:31 AM
Most of your main subject is out of focus, get more light on it so that the camara uses a smaller aperture to increase the depth of field, or brace the camera to something and manually select a smaller aperture (= larger aperture number), most cameras are capable of f11, but generally default to f5 which is good for portraits/landscapes
01/07/2003 11:42:54 AM
It feels like focus is too shallow... I don't mind the stems blurred out, but the petals (for such a small bloom) would be more attractive if they were in focus....... to me. hehe Still a very nice photo.
01/06/2003 10:16:01 PM
DOF too restricted....your subjects would have been better served by a more forgiving DOF...GL!
01/06/2003 09:27:42 PM
Missing focus
01/06/2003 08:42:12 PM
Nice shot but the background is screaming for some colour.
01/06/2003 05:33:00 PM
Nice macro


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