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Challenge: Stock Photography III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2015 - Challenges
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: Apopka, FL
Date: Mar 25, 2015
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/800 sec.
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2015

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 07/21/2015 09:15:53 AM
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

A vibrant image that could be found in a stock library, thus fulfilling the challenge

There's no doubt that flowers, complete with water drops, has been done many times before to the extent that it has become cliched but in the context of the challenge your approach is perfectly understandable. You have chosen a plant with some very colourful flowers and given us plenty to look at which is part of the problem for me.

Given the large aperture I feel we have too shallow DOF for the subject, there are several appealing petals that are too out of focus and those that are are not placed at the best points to increase its impact. The front plane of the flowers would work better together if they were all in focus with softness appearing in the darker background flowers. I think either you ought to have used a smaller aperture and increased the DOF for this image as it stands or gone in closer on a smaller portion of the flower again with a smaller aperture.

I tend to disagree with your sole commenter in that you are already verging on overexposure at the top of the image and in one or two drops, anything further in that direction would be to its detriment so I personally wouldn't recommend doing that.

Thanks for submitting, Sid
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03/27/2015 06:32:07 AM
The added element of rain drops may help with selling this. The one part that is missing a bit is exposure, seems like it could be a bit brighter.
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