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Success is: Keeping your head while all around are losing theirs
Success is: Keeping your head while all around are losing theirs
temba


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Success (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
Location: Farmland near the Seef District, Bahrain
Date: May 19, 2006
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: May 23, 2006

 This is one of the flower heads from a field of spring onions left to go to seed. I had originally submitted another shot for this challenge but on reviewing my images for the week I came across this one, the title popped into my head and I was happier with it as a submission. I just love the depth of field and bokeh of this shot.

Shot in RAW and converted with Olympus Master. Extremely little post processing. Very minor adjustments in levels and curves, resized, added stroke border and saved in Photoshop.

Statistics
Place: 118 out of 184
Avg (all users): 4.9817
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 4.3000
Avg (non-participants): 5.1845
Views since voting: 1024
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 218
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/07/2006 04:00:50 PM
temba, sorry it took me so long to respond. I like your shot but can instantly see that you got stung with the DNMC crowd. Only your title pulls the picture into a "success" shot. Some people buy that, others don't.

The technicals are pretty well done. I like the composition a lot. The repeated motif of the OOF flowers in the background is nice. The colors are pleasant. The DOF is a bit tough. I like it, but it looks like you have some artifacting around the stems in the back. It could be a result of the bokeh of your lens or it could be a PP artifact. I'm guessing the first since you say you didn't do too much to the shot. You can see it most in the lower right corner.
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 06/04/2006 06:38:11 PM

::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Great colours ... good DOF .. almost could be used as one of those inspirational posters they have in the workplace.

Composition:
the head of the seed is almost perfectly on thirds .. which technically is kinda cool.

Subject:
Without the title ... does this meet the challenge .. not sure .. but I think that this does on other levels really well.

Technical (Colour and light):
I love the colours you have captured so well.

To grow its vote?:
only take shots that meet the knowledge and understanding of success of the majority ... none of these left field/out of the box looks.

Summary:
I think you did great.... keep it up.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via
the PM system.

Cheers

Kari
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/30/2006 05:34:48 AM
Not a bad sot at all.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2006 05:56:11 PM
well taken!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 02:25:02 PM
I just love the colors! Very nice.
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 05/24/2006 04:55:14 AM
interesting take on the topic
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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