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Everglades
Everglades
smudgeSMJ


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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot SD450
Location: Everglades, FL
Date: Mar 4, 2008
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2009

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Statistics
Place: 1040 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 4.5644
Avg (commenters): 4.8095
Avg (participants): 4.5151
Avg (non-participants): 4.8529
Views since voting: 666
Views during voting: 616
Votes: 466
Comments: 47
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 11:41:27 PM
Is that a moth or a bird? I'd like to see the focus more on it rather than the front flower or not have it in the picture. Otherwise nice DOF and composition.
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 03/17/2009 09:30:42 PM
Lovely!
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 03/17/2009 08:53:45 PM
Busy
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 03/17/2009 08:19:42 AM
Interesting composition... I like the purple flowers, but would have preferred if the focus were on the one with the butterfly on it.
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 03/16/2009 11:22:12 PM
I like the composition and that butterfly (bug) in the background. It would nice if this wasn't so "busy", it's a bit hard to keep focused just on the flowers.
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 03/16/2009 12:54:10 PM
bit chaotic... that grass at the back didnt help it.. just three fromme sorry ...
good luck though and take care ;D
brano
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 03/16/2009 07:03:24 AM
Nice thistle. Not sure the right half of the shot buys you anything.
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 03/15/2009 11:17:02 PM
Nice detail on the flower.
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 03/15/2009 09:31:29 PM
This image seems too busy for my tastes. Maybe having the background grasses further out of focus would have helped. I like the composition with the two flowering thistles working against each other. One is near, one far. Each is in it's own corner.
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 03/15/2009 06:35:08 PM
Great color. Probably would have gone for more depth-of-field or a whole lot less.
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 03/15/2009 04:02:59 PM
The colors are a bit flat. The DOF is good.
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 03/15/2009 03:06:46 PM
the crop is a bit distracting. not sure if I want to look at the thistle or try and see the butterfly.
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 03/15/2009 11:20:08 AM
I like the flower in the bottom left but the rest of the photo does not compliment it.
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 03/15/2009 11:09:18 AM
nice how you seem to have many layers going on here
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 03/15/2009 09:09:41 AM
focus at the butterfly would hav eimproved this image
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 03/15/2009 06:46:51 AM
Little bit uninspiring. I don't really understand how this can be your best photo you ever took and hidden gem.
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 03/14/2009 05:55:06 PM
Nice snapshot of the thistles. Is that a butterfly in the background? Would have been nice to focus on that.
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 03/14/2009 03:50:08 PM
Nice dof
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 03/14/2009 10:18:56 AM
I like this idea and POV but it's overexposed. Too bad because it's easily fixable in a good photo editing application.
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 03/14/2009 10:07:13 AM
Nice depth of field. The colors look very natural.
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 03/13/2009 10:51:21 PM
nice but looks a little short in the DOF
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 03/13/2009 08:18:16 PM
good details
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 03/13/2009 05:34:57 PM
I like the approaching bird, wish I could see him more clearly.
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 03/13/2009 04:36:48 PM
Lovely perspective
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 03/13/2009 02:33:40 PM
I like the flower and how you've positioned it opposite its distant twin.
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 03/13/2009 12:48:21 PM
Not a strong image... a crop would help
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 03/13/2009 12:21:11 PM
I like the PoV. Nice flowers and butterfly.
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 03/13/2009 11:17:14 AM
nice colors
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 03/13/2009 10:14:05 AM
focus of the butterfly would have added to the photo. Increase Depth of Feild;
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 03/13/2009 08:27:59 AM
Well framed with the grass on either side. Nice macro.
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 03/12/2009 09:35:31 PM
Interesting snapshot.
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 03/12/2009 08:56:50 PM
The butterfly in flight to the in focus flower would've been a higher score for me. Still a good shot.
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 03/12/2009 08:06:01 PM
The blown spots here are distracting to me.

Not voting yet.
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 03/12/2009 06:01:43 PM
there are thistles in the everglades??? wow (or at least that is what this looks like...) just a little blown out...curves could possibly bring it back just a little
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 03/12/2009 01:49:18 PM
The flower in the foreground and the butterfly in the background are fighting for my attention.
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 03/12/2009 01:01:46 PM
title confusing, it does not really show everglades, just a thistle, a very nice thistle, also it's a little busy with lots of happening in the background out of focus which is little distracting
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 03/12/2009 10:00:47 AM
A little to much light but you got a good angle. Good on you for getting down low to the flower.
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 03/12/2009 03:57:21 AM
I like the bursts of colour
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 03/11/2009 11:00:47 PM
cool perspective
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 03/11/2009 06:50:43 PM
Like the picture, but w/o the title there no feeling of the Everglades
Maybe Thistle?
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 03/11/2009 04:09:57 PM
A little too much going on. Maybe zero in on a subject or two. As is, it's pretty crowded. Nice depth of field.
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 03/11/2009 12:33:06 PM
Nice thistles
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 03/11/2009 09:56:22 AM
This shot doesn't do anything for me. The levels are too flat, and the subject isn't crisp.
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 03/11/2009 08:27:56 AM
Beautiful textures and color.
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 03/11/2009 05:19:10 AM
Achoo... and I don't mean the photographer.
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 03/11/2009 04:32:25 AM
Nice sharp thistles, is that a butterfly in the background?
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 03/11/2009 02:53:10 AM
Great POV.

I would have liked a little more saturation and contrast.
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