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"In Dirt you find the roots of life"
"In Dirt you find the roots of life"
Thai


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Dirt (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Sony DSC-R1
Location: Garden room at home
Date: Dec 10, 2006
Aperture: F3.2
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/30s
Date Uploaded: Dec 10, 2006

 My kitten knocked over my plant and I could see all the roots around the earth so I decided that it would be a good photo for the dirt challenge, I hope you find it a good photo for the challange also.

Statistics
Place: 134 out of 144
Avg (all users): 4.6011
Avg (commenters): 3.3750
Avg (participants): 4.6232
Avg (non-participants): 4.5882
Views since voting: 633
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 188
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/17/2006 10:27:10 AM
sorry but out of focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/14/2006 08:31:31 AM
Focus isn't very sharp
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/12/2006 02:15:54 AM
It's sorta tough to find a good crisp focal point here.- amybe stepping back a bit would work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/11/2006 06:30:26 PM
Hmm, some problems here.

You've got something with a zero-thought-required relation to the challenge theme. This is good if you don't want to take any risks.

The subject matter is boring. Very boring. So the challenge for you is to present it in an interesting manner. Dead centered and slightly out of focus with nasty shadows and a pea soup background is not the approach to take.

Perhaps getting in closer, or cropping the image heavily, to present a section of the root ball with the dirt amidst the plant matter - in sharp focus - would work better. There are some interesting patterns in there. Shot from straight on or even slightly below would also work better than top down. Certainly a black (or white maybe) background would also set the subject off nicely and get it to stand out.

A final consideration is the lighting. Try setting this next to a window during the day and let the natural light fall on it from the side. That would accentuate the shadows within the root ball giving the whole thing much more depth and my eye much more to feast upon.

Hope those are some relatively helpful ideas. I imagine this photo is probably not setting a scoring record but maybe you are getting comments so you can make some improvements for the next challenge.

Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/11/2006 04:50:47 PM
Out of focus. I think the DOF is just a bit to shallow to get the entire image in focus. The lighting is pretty harsh and appears to be from direct flash judging by the harsh shadows behind the plant.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/11/2006 01:45:19 PM
A bit too zoomed in. I know what you are going for, but I just don't get enough context. Maybe it is the background that is getting me. It's quite an odd color. 4
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/11/2006 01:14:33 PM
Like the title, nice shot. Really like your idea here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/10/2006 11:33:41 PM
where's the focus?


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