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Mantlepiece
Mantlepiece
shamrock


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Challenge: Burst of Color (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Cedar Park, TX
Date: Jan 4, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 4, 2006

Fake flowers on my mantle against a blank wall.

Shot in RAW, light balance adjusted, converted to .jpg. Curves, shadows, cloned out some annoying reflections on the vase. Crop, USM, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 191 out of 244
Avg (all users): 4.9654
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 4.8868
Avg (non-participants): 5.0320
Views since voting: 918
Views during voting: 353
Votes: 231
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/15/2006 07:57:43 PM
i love this image.
This would be the winner in my opinion.
good luck

kev
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01/14/2006 04:38:26 PM
I like the unconventional framing. I don't like the shadows behinnd the flowers (or the fact they are fake). Try placing the subject a bit further away from the background to reduce harsh shadows.
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01/14/2006 11:22:53 AM
Very nice colors, The subject is a bit too far off the picture and with so much white space, it makes me feel like the camera shifted when you took it. Good focus.
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01/14/2006 01:53:54 AM
I like the artistic direction you are going with the composition. IMHO I dont think quite so much negative space is needed to achieve the effect. Perhaps a tighter crop and weighting the flowers heavier in the composition would have added to the shot?
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01/12/2006 09:16:07 PM
I really like the concept. A lot. It may be the resizing for the competion, but the focus / sharpness feels a bit soft.
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01/12/2006 06:23:53 AM
I like this layout, as it leaves one thinking.....
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01/11/2006 09:20:45 PM
Interesting framing... I wish the shadows weren't quite so harsh here, but you did a good job getting the white the same shade the whole way across.
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01/11/2006 10:00:50 AM
Great picture, would have been a lot better without the shaddow.
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01/10/2006 05:38:01 PM
interesting composition indeed
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01/10/2006 05:15:40 AM
Love the cropping. Nice minimal approach.
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01/09/2006 10:08:50 PM
Nice color & fun crop.
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01/09/2006 10:08:11 PM
I like the concept, but for me, there is too much negative space compared to the vase and flowers. Since the vase is a vertical object, I wonder how this would look as a vertical, rather than horizontally framed image.
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01/09/2006 12:44:37 PM
Hmmm... the negative space is growing on me as I am looking at the photo, brave idea. Since you chose to chop off parts of vase and flower, I think you should have gone that little bit further and NOT have included the bit of background space to the right of the vase.
The shadows from the flash are too harsh. Try bouncing your flash or using a diffuser.
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01/09/2006 12:03:20 PM
A daring composition - a bit too drastic perhaps. If you showed the line of the mantle below it might seem more reasonable to have the picture extend so far to the left. Your lighting has created some stark shadows, which I find distracting - perhaps lighting from two directions, or use a bounce to fill in the back?
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01/09/2006 07:55:24 AM
Interesting composition
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01/09/2006 07:19:17 AM
This is a good use of negative space, however the really tight crop takes away from the photo in my opinion. I'd like to see all the flowers and vase in the frame.
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01/09/2006 01:11:45 AM
I am so glad you offset the subject. I felt it should be for the challenge. Nice background too. Looks like rice paper.
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