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Challenge: Complementary Colors III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: My front yard, Buellton, Ca.
Date: Apr 21, 2006
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2006
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A perfect iris bloom from our yard, just after a rain.
Converted from RAW, USM, crop, levels, brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, resize, crop, save for web.
Comments after the challenge:
Thanks to everyone for the comments, good and bad. As to the water drops, it had been raining for weeks in my area, so it was either shoot w/ the drops on there or spend an hour drying all of them off w/ a q-tip. I liked the drops, so I left them.
Yes, flowers are a cliche around here, but I actually thought of this one as soon as I saw the challenge as our irises had just opened. I had to wait awhile for them to open more fully before I shot it. I also took probably 50 different shots of them, from different angles, distances, flash/no-flash, etc. I did spend a lot of time trying different things and attempting something interesting and creative with it.
This close crop and no-flash shot worked the best out of the ones that I took. I see what some mean by the close crop feeling too tight, but I was trying to take out some of the "it looks like a flower" feeling to it and make it a little more about interesting colors and shapes. |
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05/08/2006 04:17:11 AM |
::: Critique Club :::
Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.
First Impression - the most important one:
Lovely ... flowers normally score well .. so this is a good solid and safe shot.
Composition:
I am not a huge fac of centering an item in the picture ... I like to think about the rule of thirds //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds and also leading lines .. something that can take you further into the picture to explore. This is not to say that you composition does not work .. cos it does.
Subject:
Meets the challenge ... and does it well.
Technical (Colour and light):
Lovely .. I think what you have here is good, sharp with a good DOF.
To grow its vote?:
Play some more and think about how to get the "wow" factor into the shot.
Summary:
Well done ... you are doing great .. can't wait to see more.
If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.
Cheers
Kari |
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05/02/2006 10:21:15 PM |
| This is a beautiful photo |
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05/02/2006 06:09:37 PM |
| This is a gorgeous shot. The color is so vivid and the dew drops really add a lot to the image. I don't think this could have been any better. |
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05/02/2006 05:15:15 PM |
| The colors are very vibrant and the water drops add some texture. It's just cropped a little to much for me. |
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05/01/2006 07:03:54 PM |
| A little too tight a crop for my taste and needs more light to make the colors pop. 6 |
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04/30/2006 08:11:18 PM |
| Rich colors and great macro. What a wonderful shot! |
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04/30/2006 07:03:01 PM |
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04/30/2006 05:34:56 PM |
| Sweet shot, love the detail. |
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04/30/2006 04:44:03 PM |
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04/30/2006 08:49:10 AM |
what is with all the droplets on the flora. it doesnt make a photo better, really it doesnt.
i would have changed the back ground but over all nice focus and lighting. please can you quit it with the droplets. 7 for a good photo
work on your title. |
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04/30/2006 06:44:05 AM |
| fantastic water drops! another cool flower shot 8 |
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04/29/2006 08:29:50 PM |
| Nice -- very though subject since it has so much depth in the frame. Just a hair out of focus and the yellow seems too saturated. 6 |
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04/29/2006 04:38:13 AM |
| Beautiful flower. A bit of a cliche but beautiful nonetheless. 7 |
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04/27/2006 11:35:57 AM |
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04/27/2006 05:43:08 AM |
| colours nice and bright you have my vote |
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04/27/2006 03:46:46 AM |
| Now this is something very special.....I love the colors, and also the strong composition... |
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04/26/2006 11:11:57 PM |
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04/26/2006 06:45:26 PM |
| 5 - Nice, but would like to have seen some of the yellow in focus as well, perhaps a slightly different angle to showcase the two, not sure. Difficult, but also 'less green'. A slight variation in composition - more off-centered, or otherwise more centered, may have also given this a little extra, not sure. Looks like you tweaked the colors to get the hue right for the Challenge, if so, seems quite well done. |
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04/26/2006 07:40:55 AM |
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04/26/2006 06:34:44 AM |
| nice colour...lack a bit of focus...seems quite soft to me |
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