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Challenge: Flowers (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Jul 2, 2006
Aperture: f/2.2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/40 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2006

A flower floating in a large bowl of water. Various artificial lights all around.

Converted from RAW: tweaked white balance and exposure

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A little blur and clone on some petal tips
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Statistics
Place: 260 out of 375
Avg (all users): 5.1658
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0775
Avg (non-participants): 5.3621
Views since voting: 745
Views during voting: 252
Votes: 187
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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07/13/2006 01:43:57 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Well, here is a nice little softspoken entry that seems to have received 'average' votes.

I like the lighting on this. It tames the plate which could have become dominant and intrusive. Perhaps just a little more lighting on the pink flower to give a bit more depth...

The one thought that stands out is a point that is made in my art classes once in a while. And that is composition. The "rule" (and yes, they are made to be broken) is that we chose one, three or five items in a composition. The reason being, especially for the two items, is that the viewer bounces back and forth between the two objects never knowing where to concentrate his energy, and, confused, simply moves on.

Anyhow, a little more pizzazz and maybe one more flower might make this extra special.

Continued good luck in future challenges. You have some nice work.

Alice
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/08/2006 06:35:44 PM
Very nice setup but it looks dull and sort of washed out.
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07/05/2006 05:05:28 PM
Great photo. Colors are really nice. Great job!
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07/05/2006 01:50:12 PM
I wish for lighting that is a little less flat on the flower. It looks really washed out.
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07/03/2006 08:46:35 PM
well done
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07/03/2006 01:39:59 AM
Good Job!
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