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Delicacy
Bobby-Liston


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Challenge: Color on Color IV (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Maidstone
Date: Mar 23, 2012
Aperture: F8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 125
Date Uploaded: Mar 23, 2012

Simple setup with background light and foreground light, reflectors were used to hold off shadows around the petals.

Statistics
Place: 55 out of 100
Avg (all users): 5.6691
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6842
Avg (non-participants): 5.6582
Views since voting: 349
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 136
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0


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04/04/2012 09:57:36 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Very pretty colours and textures, nicely done lighting and you fill the frame, but this looks like a classic case of missed focus, and my guess - from looking at your settings - is that this is handheld; I suspect camera shake here. This site is very big on foreground elements being in focus; you also had a lot of other good things going for the shot which is why you scored relatively well.

For any kind of still life shot, and especially a macro, you really need sharp focus, and unless you are capable of holding really still, you need a tripod. An inexpensive one (try a big-box electronics store) will probably cost you $25 or so. That's all you need at this point.

Hope this critique has been of help, and feel free to PM me.

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/01/2012 07:45:05 PM
A little soft but very nice.
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03/28/2012 05:32:07 AM
Nice shot, but I would like to had seen this a little sharper, more in focus; or, going the opposite direction, and a softer focus, to give a "dreamy" more "delicate" feel to it. There is nice color on color, but the focus is throwing it off for me.
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