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Challenge: Burst of Color III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2011 - Challenges
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
Location: Merritt Island, FL
Date: Apr 16, 2011
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400 sec.
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 17, 2011

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Statistics
Place: 56 out of 143
Avg (all users): 5.7222
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.5439
Avg (non-participants): 5.8696
Views since voting: 975
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 126
Comments: 5
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 05/21/2011 09:20:04 PM
So my return of the comment :)

I liked the image, I liked the colors and the separation of the colors, I personally would have liked to have seen the inside of the petals a bit more crisp, tho the definition of the edges are great. Also those front two petals are a little blown out, so you dont get their detail either.
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 04/30/2011 09:58:35 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club:

Hi Janine - nice to get another of yours from the queue.

This is certainly a full-on colour image! For me the technicals are pretty good (with a single caveat - see below) but I'm probably with the camp that subscribes to sometimes less is more. Having said that, I respect the way in which the images delivers the vision you had for the image (and indeed an interpretation of the challenge brief).

The technical caveat is the loss of detail in the highlights - we can see the detail in some of the upper petals and it seems a shame to see them disappear towards the lower part of the image where the harsh sun has topped out your histogram. I don't think you should have been shy of losing the background a little to black to preserve the highlights with your exposure - having the magenta emerge from a darker green/black would have been just as effective.

I don't normally like borders but this one is well picked.

Best regards

Paul

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 04/25/2011 06:54:23 PM
Beautiful Janine, I gave this an 8... should have done better!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/18/2011 08:35:07 AM
The hyper saturated processing really slaps you in the face on this shot.
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 04/18/2011 06:53:01 AM
The harsh sun on this seems to beat up the poor flower.
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