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Challenge: Flowers (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Jun 28, 2006
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 29, 2006

 A pumpkin or squash flower.

Handheld, super-macro mode, broken sunlight.
-Cropped a bit
-Cloned out twig fragment and a couple of other annoying spots
-RGB Curve
-Resize for DPC
-USM at 16%/64 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 88%/1.3 dia/TH = 3
SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 135kb

Partial EXIF Data:

ShutterSpeedValue - 1/125 seconds
ApertureValue - F 4.00
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00

MeteringMode - Center weighted average

FocalLength - 6.00 mm

ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 2816
ExifImageHeight - 2112

SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Auto
WhiteBalance - Auto
DigitalZoomRatio - 1.00 x
SceneCaptureType - Standard

Macro mode - Macro
Self timer - Off
Quality - Superfine
Flash mode - Not fired
Sequence mode - Single or Timer
Focus mode - Single
Image size - Large
Easy shooting mode - Manual
Digital zoom - None
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Normal
ISO Value - 16464 (other)
Metering mode - Center weighted
Focus type - Auto
AF point selected -
Exposure mode - Program

Focus mode 2 - Single
White Balance - Auto

Subject Distance - 13
Image Type - IMG:PowerShot S3 IS JPEG

Statistics
Place: 224 out of 375
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Avg (commenters): 6.2857
Avg (participants): 5.2868
Avg (non-participants): 5.4386
Views since voting: 1232
Views during voting: 243
Votes: 193
Comments: 8
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/16/2006 11:34:37 AM
Greeting from the Critique club. I have searched over your entry and would like to offer some suggestions for you. I like the composition and the subject that you have chosen here. The pollen and the colors are nice for the challenge. I like the fact that you went macro with it. However I would like to see a little more light on the subject the photo seems just a touch flat. Not sure if its the lack of contrast, or the lighting and you had to save the photo from being too dark. I also would like to see a touch more saturation and sharpness on the center. Overall I think you did very well. Good luck with future challenges.

MattO
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2006 01:05:17 PM
The lighting is nice making the center bright.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2006 04:27:40 PM
Great photo. Colors are really nice. Great job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2006 01:52:48 PM
interesting subject. I like the unknown here. Big fan of unknown. :]
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2006 05:20:34 PM
5 - Good idea. A little 'deeper' dof to get all in focus in the center, as well as a little more included compositionally on the top, make this even better in my opinion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2006 08:26:33 AM
Nice macro, good detail on the center, the front out of focus area is a bit distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2006 01:35:46 AM
Good Job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2006 12:16:39 AM
nice as an abstract, well done on the colour and sharpness
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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