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Blue and Green
Blue and Green
rdlorf


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rule of Thirds III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 High-Speed for Minolta
Location: Norfolk VA - my backyard
Date: Apr 21, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 23, 2007

Searching for the "true blue".
I like shooting in a natural setting: this in full sun with a light wind. Trying to capture the velvety blue and the wonderful vein pattern in the throat of the flower.

Minimal editing: slight adjustment of luminance, crop and resize.

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Votes: 152
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05/05/2007 01:33:18 PM
From the Critique Club

How are you doing today? I am going to touch on a few items with your image.

Colour;
The colour here is really nice, I enjoy the hint of purple within the blue and the blue flower really pops out nicely from teh yellow/green background. The colour is very nice I don't think I have anything bad to say about it.

DOF/Focus;
I think this image itself goes nicely with a shallow dof, however, I find myself wondering what it would be like if the focal point was more in the center of the blue flower instead of the edge. Also being for the rules of third challenge, I would assume the stronger focal point would be within the rules suggestions. Also I keep wondering if those are little stems inside the flower or if its just empty? I do think a change of focal area would definitely improve the overall image.

Post;
I think the post was selected very sparingly and works mostly, the bright spot on my upper left is a bit of a distraction and I wonder what a white adjustment might do? if it would change it to drastically? You did a good job here in post.

Off Items;
As stated above the white spot and also the focal point are off to me. Also as the focal point is on the edge of the flower, the idea of the rules of thirds does not hold very strong for me. Also I may have moved the frame of the flower a bit to the right to be more in a 1/3 position. Not much just a touch.

Other;
I think you did a really good job here and the very nice colour is your strongest point here. I think with playing around with focal points and composition you will really do well with your images.

Nice Job

Andrew 'littlegett'
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/30/2007 03:51:45 PM
such beautiful brilliant color.
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04/30/2007 06:47:03 AM
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04/29/2007 10:25:18 PM
Not bad but colors are a bit too strong for my taste, I didn´t check the histogram but both the green and especially the blue channel look blown to me.
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04/27/2007 11:47:39 AM
I like the blue tint of the flower. Good picture
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