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Bismarck II
Bismarck II
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abstract II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: San Diego, California
Date: Feb 3, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Abstract, Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 4, 2006

Closeup of a Bismarck Palm (Bismarckia nobilis), normally found in Madagascar, but this one was in the San Diego Zoo.

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 325
Avg (all users): 5.9821
Avg (commenters): 6.4000
Avg (participants): 5.8957
Avg (non-participants): 6.1698
Views since voting: 1177
Views during voting: 234
Votes: 168
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)


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02/13/2006 06:57:52 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

When this image flashed up on my screen to critique, my first thought was "oh, I hope this scored high." Well, it did quite well, but not as well as I thought it would.

Crisp and sharp, super patterns that swirl the viewer around and around, stunning colors, what more could a voter want. Well, your commentors said they wanted a sharper left side. I say, that's nitpicking, but that's the way it goes sometimes.I suppose you could have cropped some of the fuzzier pleats out of the way, which would have made it a different, but still exciting picture. Hard to tell. When I looked at your portfolio, I visited Bismark I and also enjoyed that one. And see that one had a slightly fuzzy side as well. But I sure don't know what you could have done to make either one sharper.

This was spectacular seeing and good execution.

So, about all I can say is I wish it had scored a 6, it came close, and you have some lovely abstracts in your collection.

Continued success in your DPC Challenges.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/12/2006 10:59:07 PM
the fanning lines, straight lines creating curved shapes, is an aesthetic jackpot. Nicely done.
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02/11/2006 08:04:39 PM
Now, this workd great. Beautiful leading lines. Bumping up.
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02/11/2006 05:19:17 PM
Yellow in corner distracts. Nice image other than that.
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02/10/2006 03:24:24 PM
plant leaves?
02/10/2006 07:50:07 AM
stunning shot...true to challenge, well done
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02/10/2006 02:23:54 AM
I love the colors and the composition. I browsed pages before finding this, and it is a jewel.
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02/09/2006 07:42:30 PM
Neat use of form amd good use of DOF which I image wasn't easy. Looking forward to finding out what it is.
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02/07/2006 07:08:10 PM
Well balanced. Interesting lines and texture
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02/07/2006 08:06:49 AM
Very nice, Love the touch of texture on the edges of the well defined lines.
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02/06/2006 03:29:07 PM
Nice photo, the top left is a little distracting, however, hard to knock points off in an abstract challenge!
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02/06/2006 02:29:34 PM
Nice. I think I woulod have cropped out the far left hand side though. It seems to be a bit distracting.
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