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Orchid's Anatomy
Orchid's Anatomy
patrinus


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Challenge: Flowers (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
Location: Mexico City
Date: Jul 2, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2006

 Taken with natural light plus a bounced flash.
I wanted to try a macro of an orchid where I could show the delicate inner parts of this flower. Unfortunately my subject was not very fresh so I had to concentrate on the very center where the orchid was still very beautiful.

I hope you like it... Im aiming for a 6+

+Dodge and Burn
+Levels
+Curves
+Color Balance
+Neat Image

Statistics
Place: 145 out of 375
Avg (all users): 5.6935
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 5.5970
Avg (non-participants): 5.8923
Views since voting: 1350
Views during voting: 277
Votes: 199
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 07/15/2006 10:20:30 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Patrinus, hello! You have a nice image here that certainly scored comparatively well in this tremendous field of terrific flower pics.

Nice composition, and lovely colors, of course.

Since it is the mission of the Critique Club to suggest ways to make your image 'better' I'll do my best.

I would suggest first that the image gives the appearance of being slightly oversharpened. At least the charactaristic haloing shows up on my screen. Some of our more technically oriented voters may have noted that.

The other is a personal opinion. I wonder if a different cropping would change this very nice image to make it more appealing. I put your orchid in different spots on my monitor, and really liked it when just the wings and that great red center were showing, eliminating most of the lower half of the picture. Again, just a thought.

It's always nice to come across your work, and I'm pleased to have had the opportunity to enjoy this one again.

Alice
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2006 01:31:35 PM
Great composition.
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 07/05/2006 04:38:07 PM
Great photo. Colors are really nice. Great job!
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 07/04/2006 09:07:04 PM
7 - Nice. More space either side and a fraction nudge rotate up on the left, likely made this better, in my opinion.
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 07/04/2006 02:24:52 PM
Great color tones on this excellent macro, very soft and delicate looking. Well done!
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 07/04/2006 12:50:29 PM
Quite sensual as well!
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 07/03/2006 11:52:51 PM
this has great DOF. i like the soft colours.
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 07/03/2006 08:19:08 PM
Gives the impression of something other worldly.
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 07/03/2006 01:38:33 AM
Good Job!
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