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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Green II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jun 1, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1.50 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 1, 2006

my very first submission.
shot in a sidewalk garden in downtown philly

Statistics
Place: 414 out of 453
Avg (all users): 4.3424
Avg (commenters): 4.9000
Avg (participants): 4.3594
Avg (non-participants): 4.3256
Views since voting: 763
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 257
Comments: 12
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06/18/2006 09:56:37 PM
Critique Club
Composition
Shot is very center oriented, which is a bit common, try to see if there's a different angle or composition which might make things a little bit more interesting. Also, the first thing that grabs my attention is the orange flowers. whilst the flowers are nice, the challenge is green, and so this makes the shot score much lower. It's also a bit flat, and i would have liked to seen a bit more contrast.

Technical
Image is very soft, and it seems you've focussed behind the flowers, and as such it makes the image very drab, as though the flowers grab your attention, theres no detail to hold the attention their. maybe a bit more dof to get the flowers into focus too

Post processing
No comments makes it hard to give feedback, so try to leave details of what you did next time. But basically it needs a lot more contrast. Some playing with selective colours would also be beneficial to bring out the colours you want.

Overall it's a great first submission, and i hope to see more :). I've been very direct and to the point in this critique, but don't take it as an insult, i just want to offer you more ways of improving.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/18/2006 09:54:06 PM
Critique Club
Composition
Shot is very center oriented, which is a bit common, try to see if there's a different angle or composition which might make things a little bit more interesting. Also, the first thing that grabs my attention is the orange flowers. whilst the flowers are nice, the challenge is green, and so this makes the shot score much lower. It's also a bit flat, and i would have liked to seen a bit more contrast.

Technical
Image is very soft, and it seems you've focussed behind the flowers, and as such it makes the image very drab, as though the flowers grab your attention, theres no detail to hold the attention their. maybe a bit more dof to get the flowers into focus too

Post processing
No comments makes it hard to give feedback, so try to leave details of what you did next time. But basically it needs a lot more contrast. Some playing with selective colours would also be beneficial to bring out the colours you want.

Overall it's a great first submission, and i hope to see more :). I've been very direct and to the point in this critique, but don't take it as an insult, i just want to offer you more ways of improving.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/13/2006 01:25:15 PM
out of focus, needs more contrast
06/13/2006 11:20:45 AM
Pretty color contrasts.
06/12/2006 02:16:07 PM
Nice colours, however I think having the flowers off centre and more in focus would have improved the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/12/2006 10:15:04 AM
It's abit blurry
06/10/2006 10:46:28 PM
Still waiting for my lilies to bloom. They seem a little soft.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/10/2006 01:19:29 PM
Very pretty, focus a little soft.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/09/2006 08:04:57 PM
need more focus on the green... and pic a bit soft focus
06/07/2006 09:48:18 PM
Not quite sharp enough re focus...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/07/2006 12:13:58 PM
central focus was orange, not green.
06/07/2006 12:49:21 AM
My eyes go to the orange (of course, this is my favorite flower so...)


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