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Complementary Flower
Complementary Flower
jorr


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Yellow III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: our backyard
Date: Mar 30, 2006
Aperture: f 11.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 2, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 191 out of 404
Avg (all users): 5.2690
Avg (commenters): 5.4000
Avg (participants): 5.2097
Avg (non-participants): 5.4255
Views since voting: 1085
Views during voting: 222
Votes: 171
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0


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04/16/2006 09:39:49 PM
I really liked the color combination between the yellow and the purples as well as the layout of the shot. Overall though the noise and grain on the shot was just abit too much for my tastes. That would be my only complaint.
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04/11/2006 10:08:22 PM
I really like the soft but colorful background. The flower could stand to be a little sharper on the top edge, but that's really hard for me to get so I can't, unfortunately, say how to do it better. Still this is a very pleasing image and meets the challenge very well without being only yellow
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04/11/2006 03:23:21 PM
This almost has a '35mm film' feel about it. Nicely done. Something about the saturation and the grain in the purples.

Good lighting and focus. I can't really think of any suggestions to make on the technicals. Composition works well here to draw the eye to the centre of the flower.

But I really like that background, the yellow and purple are beautiful together.
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04/10/2006 02:13:15 PM
Well composed and well lit...

The noise killed this one...would have scored much higher without the noise because that's the only weak link on this photo...
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04/10/2006 01:59:56 PM
Okay, if I have to comment on this one, all I will say is,

I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT

Nearly perfect shot!! Cannot get much better for me!!

Wow, someone may think I am trying to sleep with the photographer, so will stop now!!

Jacque

Message edited by author 2006-04-10 23:24:24.
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04/10/2006 03:26:48 AM
I would have been proud of this shot myself. I love the composition and the flow of the image and think that the blue/yellow contrast works really well. The background is a bit noisy (maybe some NeatImage on that?) and, as others have said, I think that the low score is more a reflection of the numbers of flowers submitted rather than the image per se.
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04/10/2006 02:00:51 AM
This is a very pleasing image - nice color, nice composition as well. What post processing software are you using? With the 20D, you shouldn't be seeing that much grain, I'd not think, unless it was a very small portion of the total image.
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04/10/2006 01:18:42 AM
The background is noisy and somehow the purple looks a bit overprocessed to me. Other than that, good composition, nice choice of subject (although I think you probably suffered from low scores simply because there were SO MANY flowers in this challenge, including mine, which suffered similarly). I like the detail in the flower's center.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/09/2006 06:17:29 PM
Nice colors and composition, but the background is a bit noisy.
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04/09/2006 04:19:57 AM
meets the challenge..... crisp focus.. good choice of background.
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04/05/2006 06:54:38 PM
Really bright and really sharp. Nicely done.
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04/05/2006 05:01:22 PM
The purple and blues were a smart move.
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04/03/2006 07:36:22 AM
a bit to grainy to me
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04/03/2006 01:02:42 AM
Simple and beautiful. Nice lighting. Excellent choice of background to highlight your subject. Focus is great, maybe a tad too sharpened, looks a little noisy as well in some of the background areas. Other than that I think its great. 6.
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04/03/2006 12:43:55 AM
looks very grainy to me.
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