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Gladiola
Gladiola
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Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Location: Newport, NY
Date: Sep 11, 2005
Aperture: F4.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160sec
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2006

Nikon D50
2005/09/10 18:21:26.1
JPEG (8-bit) Fine
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: 70-300mm F/4-5.6 G
Focal Length: 130mm
Digital Vari-Program: Portrait
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/160 sec - F/4.2
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Optimize Image:
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-A
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Auto Flash Comp: 0 EV
Color Mode: Mode Ia (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Normal
Sharpening: Auto
Image Comment:
Long Exposure NR: Off

Statistics
Place: 752 out of 833
Avg (all users): 4.7432
Avg (commenters): 4.6250
Avg (participants): 4.6567
Avg (non-participants): 5.1558
Views since voting: 1133
Views during voting: 544
Votes: 444
Comments: 27
Favorites: 1 (view)


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02/07/2007 03:40:13 PM
Beautiful soft image. I love it. I, too, am a fan of cranking down the brightness. It could have used a TOUCH more contrast IMO (and many others I see) but it stands pretty dayam good as it is as a very soft low keyish photo.
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02/07/2006 01:28:25 PM
this is a very good photo of a glad.- hard to get them because of height but you did a nice composition. I like it a bit dark too. Most people want you to up the contrast, brightness, sat.---I'm a fan of not messing with it - sometimes! Not an expert, just my opinion
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 11:36:48 PM
Great composition, but your colors could pop more. Green and yellow color saturation needed.
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01/30/2006 07:04:27 PM
A bit too dark.
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01/28/2006 11:03:16 AM
Photo needs more "snap"
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01/27/2006 01:50:08 PM
I like the muted colours, although this is perhaps a little too soft for my tastes. Did it lose a little sharpness in downsizing?
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01/26/2006 01:19:08 PM
This is lovely, but feels extremely centered.
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01/26/2006 05:33:23 AM
The soft, pastle salmon colors really gave this image grace and elegance.....
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01/24/2006 11:25:44 PM
A beautiful photo which appears to be underexposed, keeping the colours from really popping out. Photoshop could really help this shot.
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01/24/2006 03:15:49 PM
Nice colours, could be a bit brighter.
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01/24/2006 07:42:12 AM
a bit more contrast would help to me.
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01/23/2006 12:11:24 PM
I wish the colors weren't so drab
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01/21/2006 07:28:33 PM
There's a hint of a pretty picture but it's quite flat in luminosity and colours. You could perhaps try applying auto-levels and contrast to see the difference and push up on the colour saturation just a little.
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01/20/2006 11:44:44 PM
this photo would really benefit from some post processing, it has lots of potential
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01/20/2006 01:22:29 PM
Nice presentation. Colors are lovely.
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01/20/2006 08:23:16 AM
I think you should increase contrast a bit to give the colours more impact. At the moment everything is a little flat in my opinion.
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01/19/2006 09:46:16 PM
Very nice DoF. I think the beauty of the flower (and photo) would be enhanced with an increase in brightness and contrast.
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01/19/2006 04:00:40 PM
Not really "bad" but just totally lacks a good punchy contrast if it were to cater to my taste. If I had shot this I would have put it through a good "s-curve" and brigthened a bit.
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01/19/2006 12:01:44 AM
9 from me...good luck!
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01/18/2006 10:23:27 PM
Lacks lighting and contrast that could have really stood it out. Try to boost the levels a little and work on the contrast a bit to see if you can get it to look a little less flat.
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01/18/2006 03:20:50 PM
lighting is a bit too flat for my liking 5
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01/18/2006 07:16:14 AM
where is the light? Could be improwed with som level ajustment :)and litlebit to tight crop. :)5 (I have been burned by to tight crop ;) )
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01/17/2006 10:03:26 PM
Nicely composed and a very pretty subject. The lighting seems rather low for this shot, though. A cloudy day, maybe? I'm no processing expert but I suspect there's a digital way to compensate for the lighting.
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01/17/2006 12:24:07 AM
Beautiful flower, but it looks like I'm looking through sunglasses. The image cries for more brightness, contrast & saturation.
Like THIS.
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01/16/2006 10:57:01 PM
Could use some curve adjustments to bring out the contrast and brightness.
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01/16/2006 01:06:03 PM
The focus is good as is the DOF, this just seems to lack contrast and brightness leaving it a bit flat to me. Maybe a diagonal composition would have give it a bit more dynamic also.
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01/16/2006 01:43:03 AM
Needs more contrast.
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