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The land of the Angelica
The land of the Angelica
jonasg


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Branch (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM
Location: Area called "Behind the Mountains", Icel
Date: Sep 2, 2005
Aperture: 32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Sep 5, 2005

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Place: 360 out of 432
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Votes: 297
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09/19/2005 11:31:29 AM
*Critique Club*

This photo sufferes greatly from lack of focus. Not having any photographers comments, it's impossible to know what you were trying for here. My biggest piece of advice is if you want someone to spend the time to critique your photo, then you could spend the time to give that person some info.
That being said, the focus hurts my eyes. I can't see anything really. The forground is huge and blurry, which is a distraction if you were trying to take a photo of the background.
The background itself is blurry, so what could be a beautiful scene is really lost in the fuzziness.
Colors seem muted. No real punch in the colors. Maybe a hue/saturation boost and play with the brightness/contrast some.
I can't really tell, but these look like plants or weeds, and that would be considered stems, not branches.
I think had someone in the photo been in focus, this could have been a lot stronger shot, however, as is, it is not as appealing as it could be.
~Heather~
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/13/2005 10:46:32 PM
idk wat Angelica is and idk is ur subject is the stream or the plant thingy cuase it is focused on the stream
09/13/2005 08:57:01 PM
So good to see an exploratory shot like this one. Keep exploring with varying focal points and color combinations. Distinction comes from "branching" out.
09/13/2005 12:38:47 PM
nada
09/13/2005 10:15:57 AM
a little bit of contrast for adding some punch
09/12/2005 11:35:37 AM
IMHO, the blossoms in the foreground should have been tack sharp. Otherwise, nice colors and capture of the water.
09/10/2005 12:21:34 PM
Poor use of DOF, and makes the flowers in the foreground just seem like it's in the way..
09/10/2005 11:03:36 AM
This shot really suffers from the unfocused plants in the front.
09/09/2005 11:06:34 AM
foreground needs more focus. everything seems blurry
09/09/2005 01:07:50 AM
nice place. Seems a bit out of focus
09/08/2005 11:12:12 PM
If you have something taking up so much of the foreground, chances are you want to have it in focus. Otherwise it look like a mistake. The alternative, for this image, would have been to move the 'branch' on the left out of your field of view. It hink that might have made a much stronger composition even with it out of focus.
09/08/2005 09:52:55 PM
The colors add a bit of fantasy feel to the water. In my opinion, it would be better if the left-most frond was a little more in focus since it occupies so much of this image.
09/08/2005 07:46:00 PM
I like this picture. The focus thing works well with this,
09/08/2005 05:01:58 PM
Not enough focus on anything here.
09/08/2005 01:10:16 PM
Looks a bit over-exposed/lacking in contrast.
09/07/2005 11:36:03 PM
I don't really understand why it would be the land of Angelica. The close up of whatever that it is isn't in focus which draws attention to the stream. Unfortunately streams aren't the topic of this challenge.
09/07/2005 10:29:20 PM
I like the blurred plant in the lower right, but the one on the left "blocks" my eyes from seeing the rest of the photo. I wish I would reach out and push it out of the way.
09/07/2005 09:29:02 PM
I think it would have worked better if those things in the foreground were a bit smaller and clearer. 6
09/07/2005 05:22:27 PM
Foreground would benefit from better focus, but the background is sharp.
09/07/2005 02:35:38 PM
There doesn't seem to be anything particularly "IN" focus. Sorry.
09/07/2005 01:14:09 PM
composition seems "interrupted" for the sake of including the "flower", not sure that it serves the pictures best interests
09/07/2005 04:21:23 AM
good pic but maybe and this is just me, you should have left the left flower out of the pic and only have the right flower, but great pic anyway :)
09/07/2005 01:15:51 AM
Blurry.


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