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Peach Pit
Peach Pit
meyers


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abstract Macro II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro MF
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: Sep 24, 2006
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 15s
Galleries: Macro, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Sep 24, 2006

It's been awhile since I've entered something here..

This is a peach pit, magnified at 3x with my MP-E lens. For editing, I did the exposure and color correction functions in Aperture, and resized the image to fit in 150k in Photoshop.

Statistics
Place: 228 out of 285
Avg (all users): 4.9940
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 4.7766
Avg (non-participants): 5.2740
Views since voting: 1219
Views during voting: 205
Votes: 167
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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10/04/2006 12:47:05 PM
CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT

IMAGE QUALITY

Good image quality...an excellent example of a macro shot for sure!

CHOICE OF SUBJECT

Excellent choice of subject! A lot of people fail to get the "abstract" part and you nailed it. I had no idea what I was looking at until I read your description and then it started to make sense. Also it is truly macro so bonus points there too. It is a horrible shame that your photo scored as low as it did because I saw photos that CLEARLY did not meet the challenge score much higher. I commend you for being brave enough to stick to the challenge description and capture something that perfectly meets it.

COMPOSITION

The composition of the photo is probably the number one thing that hurts you (along with the darkness I mention in the Post Processing section below). I can't really explain how the composition could have been better. I'll try to explain it this way....the subject almost fills too much of the image so that it apears to just be a blob on the screen. It's darn hard to be abstract and not have it look like a random blob at the same time so I again say, I don't know how it could have been better. It just doesn't seem interesting enough for me.

CREATIVITY

You showed good creativity on this one...the choice of a peach pit was really well done.

POST PROCESSING

The photo is a little dark for my tastes...maybe could have been better if you bumped up the exposure or brightened it in some way. Also playing with a little more color saturation on the reds and yellows would have made it pop a little more.

I probably would have scored this a 5 in voting because it doesn't appeal to me greatly but later would have felt guilty having only given you a five when I saw the photos that didn't even meet the challenge scoring higher. I'd then wish I could go back and give you a 7 to compensate a little.

Over all, excellent choice...keep up the good work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/01/2006 03:03:50 PM
wow. creepy
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09/29/2006 12:38:17 PM
GREAT TEXTURE
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09/28/2006 07:03:25 AM
mmmm ... cereal ... wait ... what ??? This is a really good one.
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09/27/2006 01:51:49 PM
moonlandscape in beautiful colours
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09/26/2006 06:07:05 AM
like the texture, good luck
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09/25/2006 12:32:28 AM
Great macro
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