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Who Framed Mt. Fractulous?!
Who Framed Mt. Fractulous?!
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Challenge: Macro Without Bugs or Flowers (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 880
Location: Bucklands Beach, Auckland, New Zealand
Date: Nov 9, 2004
Aperture: F9.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000th
Galleries: Landscape, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 9, 2004

 Kick some sand, arange an piece of wood to make a "big rock", scratch around for a miniature tree (the hardest part!) then try to find shadows, symmetry, linking space and depth on a non-SLR camera's LCD screen in bright sunlight down the beach. Select shot from around 12, Crop, Sharpen (more) PS. Done.

Oh.. camera lens is about 4 inches from the "rock". And I felt the neutral frame was somehow needed for this shot... it just seemed to cry out for framing. Not exactly sure "why".

This is my first attempt ever at this sort of thing. I'm a complete novice. Discovered DPChallenge two days ago, signed up today - just in time for this challenge. Go ahead - I *want* the criticism - the more (constructive) the better. Thanks! :)

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AuthorThread
 11/17/2004 09:45:16 PM
Thanks for all your comments.

I'm embarrased about the frame. It really does flatten out the contrast! Thing is, I put that on to enhance the contrast on a black, full screen display without a second thought that the DPC background is neutral grey. Doh! Foolish of me.

In hindsight, the crop should have been much tighter at the mercy of the symetry I had aimed for while taking the shot. That might have given it more of a macro feel - but I was working on the "or at least extreme close-up" aspect of the challenge description. (That "rock" is a piece of wood about two inches tall. The foreground tree is a one inch high weed clipping.) The image as a whole does not make much of that obvious. A flaw to be sure.

"Fractal" was about the shapes. The shape of the house's roof and that of the "rock", the shapes of the tiny foreground tree and the large background tree (and that they are both "trees".)

I think I tried too hard on this. I was trying to get too much out of one picture. I should have just let it flow I think. The "KISS" principal maybe.

Message edited by author 2004-12-06 21:54:40.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/15/2004 06:41:01 PM
not really macro...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/15/2004 04:54:39 PM
I like the shot but it is hard to let just how small the rock is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/15/2004 10:39:44 AM
I like this one. Not sure what the title means but I think the picture is nicely composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2004 06:57:02 AM
The DoF is great, so we can still get a sense of scale from recognising the house, but it doesnt distract from the subject. I'm not a fan of the grey border though. It flattens the contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2004 01:29:09 PM
Macro?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2004 01:28:57 PM
Great idea and superb use of color and DOF. My only complaint is the composition, but I can't put my finger on why it isn't working for me. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2004 06:15:21 AM
The border doesn't do anything to highlight the photo & is distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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