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Challenge: Motion Blur II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jun 24, 2006
Aperture: f/ 27
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/4 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 25, 2006

 3 Brown Eyed Susans and 3 Cone FLowers...camera Pan.

Post: EC +0.33, Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Sharpen. Crop. Resize. SHarpen.

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Votes: 190
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 07/08/2006 10:29:40 AM
---Greetings from the Critique Club!---

First impression - I wish I had a little for to focus on.

The eyes don't really have a place to go. I'm not talking about focus in the sharpness since. The top most flower is where my eyes goes naturally, but it is too close to the top and doesn't bring me back to the rest of the image.

Also there isn't any context to the motion. Not that there has to be, but I don't know why the flowers are moving.

Technically - The choice of colors and lighting are excellent! The black background works very well. The motion blur has a nice linear fell to it. The exposure looks just right.

If this shot had something more than motion for motion's sake, I think it would have done much better.

I hope this was helpful. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

David

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/02/2006 03:39:03 PM
There doesn't seem to be much purpose to the motion here. Perhaps as an abstract, okay, but it just seems too arbitrary.
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 07/01/2006 07:25:59 PM
Nicely executed. But a speeding flower composition??!!
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 07/01/2006 03:13:22 PM
Very clever use of the colours.
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 06/28/2006 06:32:55 PM
I've given the same basic comment on quite a few shots -- my preference (as I discovered while looking at a number of these blur shots) is for a sharp subject. When there is no sharp subject, my eye wanders around trying to find something to focus on. Perhaps just a difference in artistic preference.
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 06/28/2006 01:24:20 PM
very nice colors!
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 06/27/2006 06:24:33 PM
Really fast flowers! Nice colors.
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 06/27/2006 02:03:36 PM
That's one speedy bunch of flowers racing there.
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 06/27/2006 02:13:22 AM
I like this style really good and meets the challenge well
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 06/26/2006 01:56:36 PM
Fastest flowers I've ever seen.I like how this turned out.
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 06/26/2006 05:06:11 AM
PRETTY!!!!I like what the light does to those colors against the black. Well done.
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 06/26/2006 03:54:57 AM
Nice effect
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 06/25/2006 08:27:05 PM
How cool looking. Abstract. Artsy. I like it!
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