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inshaala


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Red II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon
Location: UK
Date: Mar 3, 2007
Aperture: 20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2sec
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 3, 2007

 A match under really high magnification. Not much else to say really, except it is "Red" ;)

Editing:
Levels, Curves, that's about it really...

Statistics
Place: 329 out of 434
Avg (all users): 4.7692
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 4.4444
Avg (non-participants): 5.1042
Views since voting: 887
Views during voting: 273
Votes: 195
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/14/2007 03:10:50 PM
Originally posted by inshaala:


I think that is within the first 10.

It is. :)

Positives:
Oh boy! How could this image score so poorly? It is the type of image that makes me shake my head. It is technically a very good picture. There is so much to like about it technically. Framing is good, lighting and color are very good. What is wrong with it? I'd love to know what people think is wrong with this photograph to justify such a incredibly low score. Do tell? I'm listening.

Technicals:
As I said there is little technically you can fault about this image. It is not oversharpened and it is not under or over exposed. The match head is not perfectly horizontal and should be rotated counterclockwise slightly, but I've seen ribbon winners out of level far more that.

The challenge:
This is where I need help. Looks like it meets that challenge fine to me. One person suggested this was out of focus. Wellll... it does have a shallow depth of field but certainly is not out of focus. Another voter lamented, "... i'm diappointed that that was the only red thing you could find to take a picture of"? Is this image just boring or something? Is this voter correct? I certainly don't think so.

This is pure speculation, but perhaps voters have become accustomed to the fact that when they see a closeup of a match head that it should be burning and since it is not that is why they voted it lower.

But I'm really at a loss why this was scored so harshly.

Suggestions:
Light the match next time. :) Of course, to meet a red challenge you would have to capture it at mid-ignition in order to show some red. That is very hard but if you could capture that then it most certainly would be a ribbon contender with the same technical quality you already achieved.

You might also consider stopping down the lens more for greater depth of field, but I really don't think it needs it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/13/2007 06:31:01 PM
Flash Dance...waiting for the "music"!
 03/12/2007 08:05:30 PM
good detail
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 03/09/2007 07:56:28 PM
seems somewhat out of focus to me
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 03/07/2007 11:30:59 AM
it's a very good picture, i'm diappointed that that was the only red thing you could find to take a picture of
 03/07/2007 11:00:41 AM
i like the close ness
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