DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Flowers on a Glass Table
Flowers on a Glass Table
chalice


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Flowers (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Honolulu
Date: Jul 1, 2006
Aperture: f 32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30s
Galleries: Studio, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2006

Shot with natural light and handheld flash with white card behind vase of flowers.

Adjusted in RAW with curves, lightened, and converted to JPEG. Cropped, Levels, cleaned up a few blemishes with healing and clone, Hue/Saturation, Neat Image, USM and minor amount of gaussian blur.

Statistics
Place: 165 out of 375
Avg (all users): 5.6020
Avg (commenters): 5.9091
Avg (participants): 5.5252
Avg (non-participants): 5.7742
Views since voting: 818
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 201
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
07/13/2006 08:42:08 PM
Hi Greetings from the CC
I think you are on to a very cool idea here, I really like the idea of using a mirror. I also really like your compostion, the similar color flowers as in vase is also nice. I think this may have done better if you could of done it with a black background vs white it would of added a lot of drama to your image. I am not sure also about the sharpness here. It kind of looks soft, tho it may be that they are silk flowers? Making them look fuzzy a little.

Hope that helps
Lynn
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/11/2006 09:35:13 AM
Beautiful effect, with a calming composition that really satisfies. I like the understated colours, and the reflectivity of colour in the blossoms and vase. There's a kind of dark band along the left edge that is noticeable to me - I don't know if this was burned in or not, but it may be better if omitted, though it could be argued that it acts as a soft frame for the image. Overall, well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/11/2006 02:59:56 AM
Trading post...
I liked this alot. I gave it a 7 in voting. The colors are soft and it goes with the flowing reflection. I like the way they almost come together. I draws your eye around and around for a while. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/10/2006 02:19:07 PM
Trading Post comment

At the risk of repeating myself, I really do like this composition - the almost-touching shape formed the branch and its reflection is quite lovely. Colors work well, too. About the only thing I'd recommend is try playing with levels a bit to see if you can get the white more white, and if you still like it that way. You can also try "selective color" and take the yellow and a bit of the magenta and cyan out of the white.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/09/2006 12:59:05 PM
Absolutely love the reflection idea here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/08/2006 06:43:36 PM
Interesting reflection effect here. I may have liked it better if you had rotated the image. 90 degrees tot he right. Nice though. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/08/2006 02:43:14 PM
Nice use of reflection. I feel it is a bit washed out though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/06/2006 06:13:41 PM
Very lovely composition and well done not to see the seam of the mirror and the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/05/2006 12:33:24 PM
Great photo. Colors are really nice. Great job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/05/2006 08:41:35 AM
pretty composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/04/2006 10:40:27 AM
Good idea but the focus is a little soft and the colors could have been enhanced, then it would really look great!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/03/2006 06:25:06 PM
great sofl colors on the flowers. I find the pattern on the vase a little overpowering to the belicate tones of the folwers.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/03/2006 07:32:47 AM
Very pretty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/02/2006 08:30:02 PM
good arrngement
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/07/2025 07:18:27 PM EDT.