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To Pull The Petal Will Decide My Fate
To Pull The Petal Will Decide My Fate
arron_christensen


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Point of Color (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My home
Date: Jul 6, 2008
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 6, 2008

 I think this is a point of color, but i really have no idea. I am looking forward to every one's interpretation on this challenge. I just hope that I don't do crappy.

Photoshop was convert from RAW, duplicate layer (screen @ 50%), curves, flatten, usm, save for web. I wanted to make sure not to do any color adjustments as those were heavily debated in the forum on this challenge, And so that kept the steps low.

P.S. - She loves me.

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 200
Avg (all users): 6.3097
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 6.0690
Avg (non-participants): 6.4536
Views since voting: 1429
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 155
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 07/18/2008 08:07:10 PM
Critique Club Review:

Color, Saturation and Hue: Colors are excellent. Nothing is over saturated and the hues are accurate for the subject.

Brightness and contrast: Brightness is good. Contrast is good as well. I really like the inky black of the background. There is one little nit to pick here. In between the two petals closest to the bottom of the image, there is a little dot, right in the middle about aligned with the top of the right petal. It's really insignificant, and at first I thought it was dirt on my monitor. Some of the white petals seem to lose some detail. But most have plenty of detail.

Focus and depth of field. Focus is very good, and depth of field is appropriate for this subject.

I like this picture a lot! Great use of negative space. I like the saturation of the yellow and greens here. The colors really pop in this image.

In the voting I gave this picture a 9, and I'm a little suprised that it did not finish even higher.

Congratulations on a very well deserved top ten finish.
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 07/15/2008 06:53:12 AM
Really nice work Arron - A classic DPC friendly composition delivered will simplicity and outstanding technique
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/12/2008 08:16:01 AM
nice image
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 07/09/2008 09:03:19 AM
gr8
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 07/08/2008 10:01:02 AM
This is exactly the kind of photo (I think) that fits this challenge to a T. Everything in B&W except one place. Very nicely done. Not voting, just commenting. Good luck!!
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 07/08/2008 07:41:10 AM
Don't see a point of colour here is it the petals or the Head?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2008 06:36:40 PM
I love this, tells a story and is outstanding in its simplicity. Good luck.
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 07/07/2008 08:39:21 AM
I like the set-up. IMO it would have been better if the flower head was closer to the "third" intersection and the head and petals were closer together.
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 07/07/2008 02:10:23 AM
I like the idea, but the composition needs work. There's a little too much negative space
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