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Challenge: Flora (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Home
Date: Apr 19, 2003
Aperture: 19
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2003

Rosebush branch

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 139
Avg (all users): 5.5072
Avg (commenters): 6.9167
Avg (participants): 5.4059
Avg (non-participants): 5.7838
Views since voting: 1246
Votes: 138
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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04/30/2003 10:03:19 PM
Greets from the Critique club:

Hi Magnus!

For this me, this picture lacks wow factor. It's certainly different than most in this challenge and I like it for that. It's also a very simple composition - branch running diagonally and blurry background. That's also good in my book. What I don't like is that the this is soft or that the focus is lacking.. I want to see sharp pointy things, not suggestions of sharp pointy things! Also the shot seems strangely colorless. That may be due to the very plain background - probably not much you can do about that though! Too nitpick, I don't really like the positioning of that one thorn in the middle, I think it's just a bit too centered. Maybe a slightly different crop would have allieveated that?

Good job and good luck!
-Matt
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04/28/2003 09:47:07 AM
Guess I'm out of step again - This was the only 10 I gave -What is it doing so far down in the pack?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/27/2003 11:36:26 AM
I find this photo a little dull. I think it would be more interesting to take a closer macro of 1-3 thorns, rather than cut the photo in half with a long twig like this.
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04/25/2003 06:47:44 AM
Simple but well done! The shallow DOF makes the thorns stand out a lot more!
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04/24/2003 05:45:46 PM
The darker side of Flora! I like your approach with the challenge. Extra points for "thinking outside the box."
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04/24/2003 02:12:18 PM
Pretty original. I love the sharpness of the thorns, abd the contrast of the thorns with the softness of the buds. The background is perfect.
Excellent photo I hope you will reveal what the background is when the challenge is over.
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04/23/2003 10:54:55 PM
Simple, clean composition. A little more saturation would have been better.
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04/23/2003 08:13:32 PM
excellent work with the detail... the vine looks slightly soft, but other than that, great image :) - setzler
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04/22/2003 12:50:35 PM
very clear limb and throns I like the background too.
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04/22/2003 08:53:47 AM
I love it. Nice and simple. A tad more focus would help, however it's a very effective shot with the blurred bacground. Jacko.
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04/21/2003 10:13:48 PM
ouch! great shot!
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04/21/2003 10:12:50 PM
Comp good, Colors nice
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04/21/2003 05:46:19 PM
You know I love the fact that this isn't a flower - but a sharp toothy incarnation of this flora in April. Gritty, stark, not some silly fluffy tings with petals (I've seen WAY too many of these today!)
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04/21/2003 11:10:59 AM
Imgaginative
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