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Nature's Fireworks
Nature's Fireworks
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Canon
Location: Columbus Zoo Ohio
Date: Sep 3, 2005
Aperture: 11
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Sep 3, 2005

Near Sunset, came across some plants that looked like cotton fireworks against the shady backdrop it was in. The only light was from the sunlight that was filtering through a hole in the tree line.

Cropped a bit, minor contrast and levels adjustment. Sharpened just a bit.

Statistics
Place: 231 out of 343
Avg (all users): 5.1398
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 5.0559
Avg (non-participants): 5.2688
Views since voting: 573
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 236
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
09/16/2005 07:51:24 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

This was a good idea to use the light on the foreground plants and dark background to produce the high contrast.

It appears that your focal point was at the rear of the plants where perhaps you would have gained a better effect if your focal point was at the front of the plants,leaving the out of focus plants in the background.

The composition could have probably been improved by having a little more dark background at the top of the image.

This challenge was a very difficult one to score high in and your finished score of 5.1398 was probably on par for this competition. If I had voted on this challenge I would have scored it 5 - 6 as it does not have a lot of the so called "wow" factor but more of a nice nature shot.

Overall it was a good idea but was in a very difficult challenge to score well. I wish you luck and hope you enjoy future challenge entries.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2005 07:01:32 PM
Good areas of contrast. For me...the subject lacks the "wow" factor for high end scoring. They look soft and fuzzy though. :-)
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09/10/2005 01:15:22 AM
Good image, nice light and dark contrast.
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09/05/2005 12:24:13 PM
Nice job. Almost want more of a focal point to the image, but otherwise very good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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