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06/01/2003 12:28:50 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil
Composition - A pink tulip! wow I can't say I've ever seen one of these. My last submission for primary colors was 2 tulips, of mixed colors. I had red and white ones in my backyard, but not pink! I think this one had just a little too much breathing room. I'd have cut some off the left side. I think it might have been a better option if the picture was just a shade crisper. I'm not so sure pink and green count as complimentary colors, but for the sake of argument, we'll say they are. Conceptually it is very good and this is a good flower for it...Nice straight stem.
Technical - Just a pinch off on the focus. That little bit matters a lot in macros though. That's obvious though, I'm sure I'm not telling you anything there. Maybe a tripod was in order for this shot. The exposure is right on and the DOF is great with it being so shallow. The colors all look nice and bright and there's no obvious oversharpening or saturation. It's all in the focus that I find any problems.
Overall - After thinking about the crop, you did the right thing. IF this were pin sharp, then I think it would've been in your best interest to crop it a little tighter. Since it isn't, I think you're best off as it is. Its a good shot, and works conceptually, but it just wasn't pulled off as clear and clean as it could've been. Best of luck - Bob |
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05/25/2003 11:45:01 PM |
| the flower looks pink rather than red |
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05/25/2003 11:41:03 PM |
| Gentle photo. The soft focus seems appropriate. |
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05/25/2003 11:08:45 AM |
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05/24/2003 05:40:30 PM |
| You certainly suggest a different perspective for this type of shot! |
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05/23/2003 10:35:27 PM |
| Great illusionary type of pic. Unique |
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05/23/2003 10:27:07 PM |
| interesting abstract...I would prefer a little sharper focus on the main subject, although I can see you intended it to be this way. The blueish color to the right of the flower is a little distracting. The colors don't match the challenge though. |
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05/23/2003 02:51:30 PM |
| WOW! Definitely has the "wow" factor. I had my point of view for the picture then the title gave it a whole new spin. Very cool. Not a single thing wrong with it. Except for maybe that it isn't really a true red.....but who cares right? - 10 |
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05/23/2003 12:57:24 AM |
| I'm really running out of things to say about flowers against grass. As with a couple others, I think this would have worked better with a redder tone to the flower, nad I think maybe less blur of the greenery, but it's certainly topical and not by any means a bad shot. |
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05/22/2003 09:55:19 PM |
Wow I love the contrast. Shallow DOF is great. love the composition. Good luck. Jacko. 9.
P.S. is you wife named Amanda?
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05/20/2003 04:11:45 PM |
| Very, very clever; marvellous color rendition and selective focus almost make for a 3-D image. |
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05/20/2003 01:39:21 AM |
| I really like this image a lot. Yes, i can clearly see it is a flower but thanks to your capture from above it has also assumed another appearance, as your title aptly points out. I love to see flower picture; in last week's challenge there were tons of them. By now, i am pretty much saturated of the accurate documenting of 'pretty' flowers and flowers need to be done with a different take, in an original matter, to make impact on me. This was does that. Beautiful rich colors of the flower. Don't even know whether it is a tulip or what and i really don't care. I like the simplicity of the image and i also appreciate originality. 9 |
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05/19/2003 07:41:10 PM |
| excellent color... the shallow depth of field works very well here also... = 7 |
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05/19/2003 07:01:23 PM |
| love the blurry background, and the flower looks almost surreally pink. Good shot. |
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05/19/2003 04:57:31 PM |
| wondeful. really nice. great dof and color and composition. 10. |
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05/19/2003 01:27:36 PM |
| The red is not very red, but I like the shot. The bud seems to be floating out there... |
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05/19/2003 10:06:45 AM |
| i have no idea how we chose to shoot the same subject and give our pictures similar names |
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05/19/2003 06:10:14 AM |
| Just doesn't quite seem completely sharp - presumably that macro DOF thing: the top of the flower is OK, but lower down the petals has started to go out of the field, which doesn't dissociate the flower from the background in the way your title implies you wanted. It also seems more pink than green, but that's only a minor point after all these colour challenges. |
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