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oh no, not another centrally-placed-flower-picture!
oh no, not another centrally-placed-flower-picture!
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Centered Composition IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Lensbaby 1.0 (The Original)
Location: t Tuynhuys
Date: Nov 15, 2009
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Floral, Lensbaby
Date Uploaded: Nov 15, 2009

I was just fooling around with my Lensbaby, inspired by a side-challenge that I don't participate in. Shot this more or less by accident, and forgot to lower the ISO after some pretty dark shots. Hence the noise. I think the Lensbaby-effect works well here, without being too obvious. The I noted the composition was almost exactly centered. Let's just see how it does.

PP:
crop
noise reduction
resize
sharpen
levels
noise reduction again

Statistics
Place: 190 out of 199
Avg (all users): 4.0381
Avg (commenters): 4.9333
Avg (participants): 3.8611
Avg (non-participants): 4.1304
Views since voting: 849
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 210
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/24/2009 11:11:52 PM
Ha! I love the title! Just wish that the center of the flower was a bit clearer. But otherwise great shot!
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11/24/2009 01:51:05 PM
OOF....sorry
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11/23/2009 08:51:27 PM
Really lovely colours! It seems quite out of focus and grainy though.
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11/22/2009 08:35:48 PM
I like the softness but more than that, I like the grain. Nice.
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11/22/2009 10:53:13 AM
This image works well for centered composition ..good luck
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11/21/2009 11:03:53 AM
I find the two blurred roses to the left and right a bit of a distraction here. Perhaps a shot of just the single rose would have been more interesting. Also, i'm not a great fan of the grain here. It doesn't really help the subject i feel. 4.
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11/21/2009 09:57:28 AM
Yes, but you forgot to mention soft on focus also.
I am still giving it a decent score just the same.
Cause I just happen to like centrally place flower pictures.
:)
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11/20/2009 03:21:59 PM
Looks a little out of focus
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11/20/2009 11:46:15 AM
Hum, a bit too much noise, and OOF.
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11/19/2009 04:29:14 PM
Whilst one rose is in the centre the others are not, therefore not fitting the subject IMO None of the flowers are in focus, yes the centre one a bit more but really not enough to draw my eye to it as the subject matter. The white in the back is also very distracting. Work on your composition and removing distracting elements from your images.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/19/2009 01:18:54 PM
It's very grainy, unfortunately, and that really hurts it. An extra point for honesty in your title, however.
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11/19/2009 12:38:04 PM
Nice colours and fair lighting but the awkward background, OOF and noise destroy the image. Sorry!
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11/19/2009 10:39:20 AM
I like it. It's very soft which I think helps make the picture. Sometimes grain helps a picture and sometimes it can hurt it a lot. In this case I would say it only helps. Good shot. My only complaint is that the white/blue thing in the background is kind of distracting.
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11/18/2009 01:24:44 PM
Red is always difficult when it comes to noise.
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11/18/2009 12:40:38 AM
Lowered score mostly because of high noise and unsharp focus.
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