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Calla Lily
Calla Lily
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Complementary Colors III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus C-8080
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: Apr 25, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2006

crop, adjust levels and colors

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 287
Avg (all users): 6.2574
Avg (commenters): 6.6154
Avg (participants): 6.0116
Avg (non-participants): 6.3710
Views since voting: 1165
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 272
Comments: 30
Favorites: 1 (view)


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09/24/2010 07:26:12 PM
This is lovely! I love the simplicity.
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12/06/2007 09:57:43 AM
Wonderful toning in this shot. Unusual composition, but I think it works well. Rich colors.
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05/07/2006 10:13:14 AM
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Strong image with nice color.

Composition:
I think it's strong and it works well for your subject.

Subject:
Stands out well against the yellow background. The comp colors works great.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Color is great. Focus is sharp. However, I think the shadow is a bit harsh on the bottom side of the flower. A bit of softening of the shadow with a reflector IMO would help.

To grow its vote?:
Undoutably, and unfairly, you probably got popped a bit by those that don't like flower shots. Not a lot you can do about that. Overall, you did well in scoring though.

Summary:
Great photo for this challenge. It's colorful and rather lovely.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2006 03:58:02 PM
Very nice!!
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05/02/2006 03:22:26 PM
Lovely arrangement of form and colour.
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05/02/2006 01:11:44 PM
Simple and elegant...nice.
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05/02/2006 08:11:59 AM
Generally I like the composition and there is good detail in the flower, but I find the texture in the yellow background distracting and the yellow a bit too bright to the point it overwhelms the subtle coloring of the calla. I think it would benefit from some cropping to lessen the impact of the yellow, but if it were to be done again, I would pick a softer shade of yellow for the background (or adjust it accordingly in PS or whatever).
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05/01/2006 01:47:25 PM
very nice! good lighting focus and composition
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04/30/2006 06:58:58 PM
excellent lighting
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04/30/2006 12:23:29 PM
good color and lighting
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04/30/2006 12:18:29 PM
Yeah, nice work.
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04/30/2006 10:46:25 AM
Nice color contrast. Love the lighting.
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04/30/2006 05:47:07 AM
not much interest but fits the challenge.
04/29/2006 04:34:55 PM
love a good calla.
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04/29/2006 04:20:28 PM
Oh that is so pretty! Simple. Perfect compliment to the yellow background!
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04/29/2006 11:29:13 AM
simple. effective. - 7
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04/29/2006 09:04:39 AM
simple image (simple is good) -6
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04/28/2006 11:15:25 PM
The lighting and focus are flawless. Well done.
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04/28/2006 11:15:24 PM
Beautiful image. Love the colors and the minimalism and the POV.
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04/27/2006 09:10:13 AM
That's a beautiful flower
nice minimalistic composition
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04/27/2006 06:18:11 AM
Very nice!! 8
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04/27/2006 05:20:27 AM
Simple and elegant. I wonder if you worked on the yellow with a selective adjustment and removed the cyan. It has a touch of green in it. The clarity and focus is good. I like the diagonal line the lily creates going across the shot. 7
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04/26/2006 07:26:05 PM
good shot
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04/26/2006 04:01:02 PM
7 - Nice, and simple. 'If only' less green, but difficult and fairly minor. Like the simplicity. Perhaps a little more space above, or just variation in framing/composition, may have given this a little extrra, not sure. Also like to see a little more detail in the texture of the calla and less on the 'yellow base'.
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04/26/2006 10:28:20 AM
Very nice focus and lighting but I think it needs to be cropped much tighter as there is way too much stem included for this challenge.
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04/26/2006 09:40:44 AM
Beautiful shot. Love the simplicity and the curves. There's some texture on the background that I find slightly distracting but nothing major.
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04/26/2006 06:01:09 AM
This is a gorgeous shot. If I had to nitpick ;-) I'd prefer the crop to exclude more of the green to allow the yellow/purple to come into the foreground more.....
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04/26/2006 04:16:57 AM
tad too dark IMO
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04/26/2006 03:36:13 AM
I love the clarity and symplicity of this refreshing flower image.....
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04/26/2006 02:25:23 AM
nice and simple
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