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Challenge: Pattern (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-300 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: Home
Date: Dec 27, 2005
Aperture: f4.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Dec 28, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 110 out of 240
Avg (all users): 5.3387
Avg (commenters): 6.6250
Avg (participants): 4.9273
Avg (non-participants): 5.5650
Views since voting: 1095
Views during voting: 396
Votes: 310
Comments: 9
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 01/04/2006 05:21:07 PM
The good: I like the diagonal swoop of the composition and I like the choice of complementary colors.
To work on: I don't like the glare of the light. Had you been able to do this in a softbox, I think it would have been superior. The DOF idea is ok, but I'd like to see it with just a bit more focus. I tend to get distracted by foreground bokeh too as it takes up a relatively large portion of the picture. (That being said, there are many of people who can use this to good effect.)

It's interesting, but not beneficial, how the M&M's converged their colors where it's blurry to make a yellowing halo. That's not helping the pic, but I'm not sure what you could do about it.

Overall, I don't think it's a bad picture. 5.3 is probably a fair score (and not even a bad one). You did almost as much as you could with the idea, I guess there were just better ones out there.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/03/2006 11:57:47 PM
Nice shot, but I think in this case since the pattern IS your subject, it all needs to be in focus.
 01/03/2006 11:42:26 PM
You can never have TOO many. :)
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 01/03/2006 11:44:32 AM
I could never do that; I'd eat them! Nice shot!
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 01/01/2006 06:46:36 PM
pretty colors, but I've seend way to many M&M's on this site. Don't particularily care for the depth of field on this image.
 12/31/2005 05:15:02 PM
A break in the pattern would have generated more interest - perhaps a blue or brown one replacing one on the thirds that is in moderate focus. Good pattern none-the-less. Perhaps also a bit more DOF (double it)?
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 12/30/2005 10:56:07 AM
no such thing...
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 12/29/2005 04:29:16 PM
Lovely colours.
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 12/29/2005 11:46:11 AM
Very well done. Seasonal and topical (pattern). Clever.
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