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08/09/2004 02:55:35 AM |
| Wow...I thought this photo would've done a lot better. Definitely one of my favorites of the challenge. |
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08/09/2004 02:21:15 AM |
Ooops, I forgot to correct some of my comments to reflect the photo entry change. My first entry was of an ant on a palm frond but it had multiple focus points so I entered this instead. But I still used my macro lens and no sharpening and no color balance.
Thanks everyone for your comments and they are very much appreciated! Glad I finally got a decent score! :) Now to address some of the comments...
Skiprow, I agree that the shot could have used more DOF. It is very shallow and I realized that during post processing. Very little I could do as it was night time. I thought I had all four points in focus but even using the camera's LCD and zoomed in it was difficult to really tell.
Digital Quixote, I really wanted to PM you during the voting but I had to restrain myself! :) It was just by chance that I placed the center of the X on an intersection of one of the thirds. If you take another look and imagine the thirds both horizontal and vertical you can see that the X does land on one of the intersections. I was looking at Jodie Coston's tutorials after the voting started and she mentioned this but I did mine more or less by mistake. So, technically, it's not centered like you said.
Overall, I wanted to use the shallow DOF to my advantage by placing focus on the four points of the X but it didn't work out as I had planned namely because all four are not focused. I also hoped that since I didn't enter a bug or flower that would give me extra points. Maybe next time... |
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08/08/2004 05:11:12 PM |
| I'm not sure what it is about this shot that I like so much but I keep coming back to it. The composition is striking and tends to draw me in. The tones and textures are also nice. |
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08/08/2004 05:20:36 AM |
| beautiful, great structure and tones, nice DOF. |
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08/08/2004 12:40:47 AM |
| another nice image, great shadows. |
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08/06/2004 10:46:56 PM |
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08/06/2004 08:59:51 PM |
| I don't think that such a narrow DOF works well with this subject. It is a challenging subject to try to make interesting. |
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08/04/2004 10:50:57 PM |
| i really like the shallow dof, one of the better shots. |
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08/04/2004 06:33:46 PM |
| Dramatic colors and lighting. For my taste, the DOF may be a bit shallow. And I am not normally a fan of a centered composition, but maybe in this case it would have worked. But then you would have received a bunch of "rule of thirds" comments. Can't win I guess. |
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08/02/2004 06:55:25 AM |
| i like the idea and basic composition/lighting. probably could use a little more dof. |
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08/02/2004 02:19:07 AM |
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