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Challenge: Leading Lines II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Kitchen window
Date: Jun 26, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2005

 Camera RAW: increased exposure to turn background white, shadows 3, brightness 35, contrast 0, strong contrast curve

PS: Highlights/shadows - shadow 35%
Noise reduction
Gaussian blur layer blended with overlay @ 40%

Focal length: 56mm

Statistics
Place: 209 out of 275
Avg (all users): 4.9454
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 4.6504
Avg (non-participants): 5.2609
Views since voting: 684
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 238
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 07/10/2006 02:33:50 PM
I would try maybe.. Dodge tool on the frong flower and burn on the back 2, might bring it out some more to get the effect you were going for. I love this shot though, very nice. I actually took it the way you said you were trying to present it.
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 07/04/2005 03:56:11 PM
Self Critique

I like the completely white background and the grouping of three flowers. One flower being taller than the others is what caught my eye though the emphasis doesn't seem to work. The blurred flowers are too prominent in the image. The focused flower needs to have stronger detail for this composition to work better.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/03/2005 12:44:06 AM
Nice but wouldn't it have been more effective if all three flowers were in focus? Others may disagree but that's my personal opinion.
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 07/02/2005 11:11:23 PM
Nice picture, would have rated it higher if you could have captured a greater depth of field.
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 07/02/2005 02:40:37 AM
Well lit (perhaps just a hint more light on the left-most bloom) and a pleasant enough arrangement, although the lines don't really seem to draw my eye along.
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 06/28/2005 03:07:24 PM
Beautiful idea. I can't quite decide how I feel about the dof use. A part of me likes this option, but another part wants to see all three red flowers in sharp focus. I'll have to go back to this at another time, but it's a 9 for me right now.
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 06/28/2005 09:19:51 AM
The DoF bothers me. I fail to see a leading line. I mean the stem doesn't do it. I am way more distracted by the out of focus parts than I am led to anything in the picture.
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