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Christmas Snowflake
Christmas Snowflake
Jessi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bokeh V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Delphi, IN
Date: Dec 13, 2008
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Dec 14, 2008

Gee, I hope I don't get voted down for this one...I know it looks like a monitor shot but really it isn't.

Yeah, snowflake ornament, not expecting anything great...played around in processing, it looks much bluer than it did originally, lol.

Merry Christmas!

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12/28/2008 02:22:15 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club...

I was not able to vote on this challenge, but if I had, I probably would have given you a 6.

My first thought is that you have some very nice bokeh in the background. The random spacing and colours of the ovals keep this interesting. The crop on the snowflake could use some work. I feel as if it was cropped to close to the bottom as we can see just the stub of the bottom leaf of the snowflake. Either moving the crop down, or raising the snowflake slightly higher would be an improvement in my opinion. I like all the details in the snow flake, and the subtle reflections are nice as well. The right hand side of the snowflake is noisy due to the low depth of field. I believe this is because your ISO was set to 1600. I'm assuming you could get the same bokeh effect using ISO 100 and a tripod.

If you need any clarification on any of my comments, please feel free to pm me. It might take some time for me to get back to you.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/20/2008 08:51:32 AM
A pretty ornament, very clear photo, nice.
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12/19/2008 07:01:01 PM
wow nice one
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12/18/2008 04:48:11 PM
You have some good circles there huh? Just think you missed a lot of focus at the main object! Nice shot!
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