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karenk


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Challenge: Rule of Thirds III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: My Yard
Date: Apr 24, 2007
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2007

Taken in my garden at home. Edited in PS CS2 adusted levels and curves in layers. Cropped, Flipped horizontally, Sharpened, applied noise ninja and resized.

Statistics
Place: 95 out of 380
Avg (all users): 6.0061
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.7975
Avg (non-participants): 6.2024
Views since voting: 787
Views during voting: 221
Votes: 163
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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05/04/2007 05:17:38 PM
Hi there from the Critique Club
While 6 is a strong and very respectable score, I think this one is much stronger than a 6.0. Technically and compositionally, you achieved a terrific capture here. I absolutely love you depth of field use, and I think that it is the main strength of the image. This is not to say that other areas of the image are lacking, though. The color is wonderful, and the bokeh-esque green background does a great job setting off the brilliant yellow of the subject. The focus is very nice, especially the very crisp droplets on the flower. I believe that your scored suffered from commonality and nothing else. The image is strong, but many voters simply tire of flowers. While flowers are not one of my pet peeves, I can relate to the voters. I tire of house cats, woodies and any shot that has the aurora borealis in it. Often shots of common subjects lose points no matter the strength of the image. I believe that happened to this one. 15 votes of 4 or less says it all. Great image and a terrific addition to your front page.

Thanks for the opportunity to critique your entry,
Eric
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/28/2007 10:39:29 AM
I would have liked to see more of the flower in focus. I like the dewdrops.
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04/27/2007 01:13:47 PM
Very delicate and colorful...all bright and chery. Well done!
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04/26/2007 07:25:56 PM
7
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04/26/2007 06:01:32 PM
One of my favorite flowers :-)
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04/25/2007 02:36:28 PM
Lovely!
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04/25/2007 01:56:11 PM
Nice use of focusing to show the Rule
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04/25/2007 12:27:31 PM
Beautiful!
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