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Flowers Squared
Flowers Squared
wdebeau1


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Challenge: Flora (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4500
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Date: Apr 19, 2003
Aperture: 4.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.021692
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2003

The colors seemed appropriate for easter

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05/04/2003 11:31:32 PM
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Though I like the contrast of the different colors here, I think a couple of things would have really made this shot dynamic and stand out from the rest. First, I would play with the camera angle while shooting. Maybe try it from near the ground so that just a few of the flowers become the focal point, and others are in the background. Or, try to get far enough back so that the entire thing is shown, and doesn't look accidentally cut off. I think the purple and yellow flowers could be used to set up a nice picture of leading lines so that hte eyes are drawn into a picture and controlled by the actual subject. As it is, I just look at it and there is no real center of focus.
Secondly, I would have either used a faster shutter speed, or a tripod and gotten the focus crystal clear. It appears to have a bit of hand/camera shake to it. This may have helped the picture have more pop. If none of these things were possible, maybe you could have played with brightness/contrast or saturation to enhance the natural beauty you have chosen.

It is an interesting picture and a great idea. best to you in future challenges!!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/26/2003 12:37:06 PM
colurs look muted
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04/23/2003 10:44:21 PM
I can't believe someone actually planted bulbs in the shape of a flower! holy smokes! that is amazing!
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04/23/2003 07:24:41 PM
this is a neat flower mosaic... i don't know if this shot could be any stronger from another view or not.. - setzler
04/22/2003 11:56:08 PM
pretty. pretty many. interesting design. a flower to look like a flower.
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04/22/2003 08:30:13 AM
Nice flower pattern, the colors work well together.
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04/22/2003 06:41:14 AM
Nice colors but I feel you could have done better with the composition. The top part of the picture is distracting and takes away from the flowers. You could have cropped it to eliminate that and captured the entire flower garden to the left and right to add symmetry.
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04/22/2003 02:24:39 AM
Composition is a bit ackward and seems to crop off too much of the subject disproportionately. Exposure and saturation also seem a little on the dark side (maybe too much of a cloudy day to photograph brightly colored subjects). Background bush is also a little distracting.
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04/21/2003 09:02:03 PM
NIce shot, hard to get that many colors to look fresh and lively all at the same time without layers adjustments.
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04/21/2003 11:30:42 AM
Nice
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04/21/2003 03:56:40 AM
Good colours but clever cropping would have improved,
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