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Challenge: Flowers (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: Jun 30, 2006
Aperture: 40/10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 895
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2006

 No much editing except little sharpening

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Place: 191 out of 375
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Views since voting: 720
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 203
Comments: 15
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 07/16/2006 01:28:18 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Welcome to DPC. I see this is your very first entry, and you didn't do too badly for your first try!

I was taken at once with the very,very nice background for this sunflower. The vertical out-of-focus foliage in the background is original and captivating.

Because this was an advanced editing Challenge, my primary suggestion would be to edit out that little bit of flower at the lower right corner.

Second, I'd suggest a little groundskeeping here, to move that forward out-of-focus bud out of the way before the image was taken. This would give a clear view to your center of attraction, that lovely sunflower in the middle. If you keep a clothspin or the like in your camera bag you can move unwanted stuff out of the way and not harm anything. Just a little thought for you...

But mostly I want to compliment you on a delicate, nice image that you obviously gave a lot of thought to making.

Some of your commentors suggested you try to use the full 640 pixels allowed. If you're unsure how to resize for DPC, I think there is a tutorial that gives some good clues. Look under tutorials to find it.

Keep up the good work and I'll look forward to seeing more of your photography.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/09/2006 12:43:07 PM
nice but go bigger! 8
 07/07/2006 07:32:47 AM
Wow, this looks like a drawing, very pretty.
 07/05/2006 04:24:41 PM
Great photo. Colors are really nice. Great job!
 07/05/2006 01:34:49 PM
nice and sharp but doesn't look like you're using the full 640 pixels...
 07/05/2006 12:38:38 PM
Excellent background.
 07/04/2006 10:03:36 PM
I like this, but I don't care too much for the foreground flower.
 07/04/2006 09:06:07 AM
Nice background on this flower photo. 8.
 07/04/2006 05:58:10 AM
Good backdrop.
 07/04/2006 05:22:28 AM
Great colour, jumps out at you.
 07/03/2006 09:33:45 PM
love the coloring in this. The bud in front is a bit distracting though
 07/03/2006 07:12:01 PM
A bit small, but still a nice photo. Great color and clarity.
 07/03/2006 12:46:04 PM
nice but a bit small
 07/03/2006 04:56:27 AM
Fantastic!
 07/03/2006 02:09:43 AM
Good Job!


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