Party with me?
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Comment by Beach_mel:
Spooky but cool lighting. Can't wait to read your setup, I'd like to try to duplicate it.

Party with me?
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Comment by twm122:
Now thats just odd. I like your composition though. I even like the tilt it actually add to the oddness of the shot. Your light is nice

Party with me?
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Comment by photom1946:
nice almost-Rembrant lighting, a 7

Party with me?
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Comment by gerdagrice:
Very cleverly conceived and well shot, with great colours and clarity. I think, though, that this image would be even more effective if you cropped down a bit from the top--to about 1/2 way from the top of the hat to the brim.

Party with me?
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Comment by posthumous:
Is this Judi? professional portrait lighting.

The Wall Comes to Town
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Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*

I have to wonder how this would look with the classic 'desaturate everything but yellow' trick. I might look neat, but then again, it might just look cliche. Something worth playing with anyway.
I think that the candles add a little clutter that I feel the photo would benefit without. Not sure if crop would have helped, or maybe a different placement of the flower, but I don't feel that the flowers are adding positively to the photo.
Focus and clarity are great. Nice crispness in the flower, and the wall. I feel that the DOF works as well.
Lighting is also good. No distracting hot spots or shadows.
My eyes are drawn down the stem of the flower to the bright red of the little flag. This is where a desaturation technique might have been beneficial, as I feel the bright red placed at the bottom of the stem draws the attention away from the 'subject' to a lesser interesting part of the photo. As well, a different crop could also eliminate that.
Overall, I think that it's a very nice image with the only issues I can find to improve upon are the 'background clutter'/distracting elements.
Very nice shot. I feel it works it's way into the challenge too.
~Heather~

Spring's Getting Comfortable
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Comment by olbol:
Front bloom is distracting in its unsharpness. I've done a fair bit of cherry- plum- and appletree hugging and I know it's difficult to keep it all in focus especially if the breeze comes, but that's what separates good shot from an average.

Spring's Getting Comfortable
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Comment by JunieMoon:
Lovely pastel colors. Focus is very uneven, though. With multiple points of distance from the camera, it is hard to get a defined focal point. Sometimes if you have a move function on the camera, you can adjust where the focus will be.

Spring's Getting Comfortable
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Comment by kloutit:
i like the softness, and shallow DOF. the flower in focus doesn't stand out that much though because its in shade.

Spring's Getting Comfortable
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Comment by ericwoo:
I like the idea here, but your subject gets lost in the frame. Perhaps taking the main focus out of the center and focusing on one of the brighter blooms would have remedied all this. Great potential, just not the best of all execution.