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Challenge: Bokeh VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Sony SLT-A33
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Minolta
Location: Fort Lincoln State Park, ND, USA
Date: Apr 24, 2011
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Macro, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2011

 Spring has finally sprung...the ladies are out!

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Place: 114 out of 167
Avg (all users): 5.2578
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1034
Avg (non-participants): 5.3857
Views since voting: 821
Views during voting: 249
Votes: 128
Comments: 1
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 05/07/2011 08:52:08 AM
I'm surprised you didn't get any comments, so I figure I might try to break tradition here.

I don't have a really good idea what bokeh is (or rather I can't describe it very well), but I do think that this image is more about a narrow depth of field than about the bokeh effect.
The background in good bokeh (I think) reinforces the subject. Look at the top scoring images. The backgrounds are beautiful. Soft. The background is what boasts, emphasises, and launches your subject at whoever's looking at it. Bokeh isn't just about things or sections of the image being out of focus. It's about the out of focus-ness supporting the rest of your picture to focus your eye on a focal point or subject.

Your background is nice and soft too, but I think that as you can see the plane of focus it pulls your attention away from the subject which is the opposite of what bokeh should do. Do you see what I mean?

You didn't get a bad score. But I think it would have scored better in a narrow depth of field competition.

Also, if possible I think you should try to export images to as wide as possible (800px). Larger images tend to do better... or rather smaller images might find it harder to score higher.
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