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Fuzzy Five
Fuzzy Five
sammigurl


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Challenge: Free Study XI (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: My patio, in Chandler, Arizona
Date: Apr 30, 2006
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

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Change RAW properties to: Contrast - High, Color Saturation - High, Sharpness - High
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Fade Auto Levels
Clone out some annoying yellow bokah
Blur tool beccause some of the yellow stamen were stuck to the pistil
Unsharp Mask
Clone out some white spots on the fuzziness
Mask in NeatImage only on the bokah of the flower
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Selective desaturation of some red around the yellow that looked bad
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I really, really, really like this picture. Yay! I actually got an idea and followed through with it!

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 211
Avg (all users): 5.6270
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4952
Avg (non-participants): 5.8000
Views since voting: 1072
Views during voting: 257
Votes: 185
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 03/04/2007 03:44:07 PM
I really love this shot! Adding to fav's!
 05/31/2006 02:03:57 AM
i gave this an 8 during voting. i cant imgine why it scored lower except for the people who hate flowers. i recently tried to photograph the same exact type of flower in my backyard and my results werent near as stunning as yours. dont beat yourself up about it. its fantastic. the focus, and DOF and everything are perfect to me.
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 05/12/2006 02:30:19 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club -

You have a very interesting pic here. At first I wasn't sure what it was but that didnt really matter to me. This has a funky feel to it and works pretty good as a macro shot.

The colors are wild and I think they work well with the composition. THey attack the eyes when you open it up and thats ok. I think my biggest issue with this overall is the focus on the fuzzy five and the yellow inderneath. A crisper focus I believe would have helped them to stand out better. Maybe even a slight desat on the background to give a little bit more separation on the main subject and its background. It just seems a bit too blurry for me. Possibly a little bit of burning to bring out the shadow lines in the background may have been nice as well. Increase the BG texture without really adding any major detail.

The off cenetered position works really well IMO. And the shapes of the flower are very cool. Overall you have a nice shot here. I think some slight changes in postprocessing could have raised your score up a bit more.

Looking at your portfolio I can comfortably say that you have alot of potential here and I really look forward to seeing your future work.

Tim
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2006 01:38:47 AM
Wow - I am amazed at the placement. I gave it one of my highest scores.
 05/08/2006 12:44:51 AM
I can't believe it!! This shot is really underrated.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2006 07:40:09 AM
great title and wonderful macro...I hope you print and frame this...make it BIG 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/05/2006 06:38:51 AM
Focus needs to be clearer and color balance is way off. If you were trying to sharpen the image by adjusting contrast, often the result is off colors in the composition. Perhaps stepping back, using an aperture of about 5 or 6, and zooming in on subject to make it get closer would clear up the focus issue.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/03/2006 09:41:44 PM
Alien like...nice job...7
 05/03/2006 05:13:14 PM
good pic, wish the subject was sharper and more in focus. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/03/2006 09:58:39 AM
Beautiful, almost ethereal. Great use of DOF!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2006 07:12:01 PM
Now that is a macro shoot. This gives a whole new meaning to flowers. Colors and subject are great. Good luck. -8-
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2006 05:13:58 PM
Really cool idea. Never seen a flower like it. Good job.
 05/01/2006 05:22:23 PM
Oooh pretty! What an interesting "almost-abstract"! Lovely close up, perfect composition, great use of shallow DOF. I wish the main area of focus were a touch sharper though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/01/2006 07:17:46 AM
Really cool use of the camera.
 05/01/2006 02:16:01 AM
Good DOF. It works nicely. The hyacinth is so hard to get the right DOF on, you've done well!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/01/2006 12:49:17 AM
Very nice. ONe of the few flower shots that I really find artful and interesting. This is really great. The off center of the stamen really draws the eye to it. Great colors. The pinkish red with the yellow for POW. Nice. 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/01/2006 12:12:54 AM
great colors
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