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Black and White Bloom
Black and White Bloom
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Single Light Source II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Location: My dining room
Date: May 28, 2006
Aperture: f4.4
ISO: normal
Shutter: 1/167.7
Galleries: Black and White, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 28, 2006

 Black card behind the flower, with a angle poise lamp with daylight bulb in front with a thick translucent piece of plastic in front to diffuse the light.

Levels, curves and a little dodging on the front petal were the only manipulations apart from the mono conversion using the channel mixer (green)

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 238
Avg (all users): 5.6316
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.3867
Avg (non-participants): 5.7384
Views since voting: 877
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 247
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/09/2006 12:01:59 PM
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Wow ... what an interesting way to view a flower.

Composition:
This seems ok, I went out and did a search on flowe photography to have a look at what really works ... and found that the majority of pictures I found did not have this amount of negative space around them ... I was wondering how it would look as a single flower with a tighter crop - this would also help in placing the flower within the rule of thirds a little more.

Subject:
Meets the challenge well ... but I could not really tell until I saw the photographers comments and am wondering if using a light defuser gave voters confusion in their voting.

Technical (Colour and light):
the edges of the flower appear sharp and in focus, but the center appears to be a little on the soft side .. I am not sure if you used manual focus or auto focus ... but it would be that the apperture was a little too narrow or that the camera was focused on the edge o the petal.

To grow its vote?:
I think trying different crops would help ... that is not saying this isn't a beautiful shot in itself. Also, black and white has worked .. but does the flower have more impact from the single light source in the colour shot?

Summary:
This is a fantastic first entry .. I see great things in your future.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari
 06/09/2006 12:00:51 PM
coming soon from the critique club ...

Message edited by author 2006-06-09 16:01:54.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2006 06:24:01 PM
This contrast is nice.
 06/05/2006 03:01:06 PM
beaufiful
 05/31/2006 11:08:34 PM
Strong composition, sharp focus, well lit, and exposure values look well executed.
 05/31/2006 09:43:49 PM
I like black and white shots and this one is nicely done, hope it does well.
 05/31/2006 08:51:54 AM
Wondeful picture, it should be hanging on someones wall for sure, but I don't think it accurately shows "an artificial light source." But honestly, you should try selling this one. :)
 05/30/2006 10:15:18 PM
I like the simplicity.


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