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04/23/2003 07:27:49 AM |
| Thank you for the iondepth critique, only found it today sorry. I feel the resolution of my camera is the reason for the lack of detail (1.2mp). Thank you again for your time. |
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04/13/2003 03:07:00 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
This is in many ways the perfect symmetry. Those seeds in the middle are rotationally symmetrical using the golden ratio If I remember my physics correctly. So there's no problem meeting the challenge here!
Normally I'd be critical of a very central subject placement in a photograph but in this case I think it works rather well. It's something to do with the very close zoom into the centre of this flower - I like the way the petals fill the frame. It's a shame the flower is less than perfect. I see curled up petals and a smudge of pollen across the middle. These are only small niggles but they spoil the "perfect flower" image.
The other technical aspects have variable success in this shot. The focus is good though not quite pin sharp and the exposure is just fine. But somehow you've lost a lot of detail in those petals. I'm not sure if you've pushed the saturation and/or contrast in order to make the picture so very red or whether your camera simply failed to catch that detail but either way it makes the petals a little too flat. Perhaps the culprit is your lighting which is very even and directionless. It looks like your light is directly behind the camera and that's good for a nice even lighting level but a couple of lightsources off to the sides might have helped define the shape of the petals better and perhaps bring out the detail.
Overall this is a VERY effective shot. You obviously had a very clear idea of what you wanted to achieve and you did a great job producing it. Your colours are excellent - the red and yellow stand out beautifully and your composition is good despite breaking the much repeated rule of thirds - or perhaps because you break it. |
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04/03/2003 02:31:22 PM |
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04/03/2003 09:13:27 AM |
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04/02/2003 05:33:36 AM |
| Nice color, good balance and symmetry in your composition, pretty good focus. I think I would have preferred a solid black border to really set it off, and to give the eyes a rest. |
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04/01/2003 01:53:55 PM |
| nice clear image, good idea |
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03/31/2003 04:44:57 PM |
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03/31/2003 01:10:32 AM |
| True Example of Radial Symmetry |
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