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Sticky - Ouch! Crown of Thorns
Sticky - Ouch! Crown of Thorns
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Challenge: Sticky (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Backyard
Date: Dec 17, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Dec 17, 2006

 Adusted exposure, brightness and contrast in during processing raw processing, then rotated 15 degrees, cropped, adjusted levels, cloned out a couple of dust spots, (or some kind of white spots) on the fence and saved for web.



Statistics
Place: 81 out of 100
Avg (all users): 4.8492
Avg (commenters): 4.7143
Avg (participants): 4.7059
Avg (non-participants): 4.9063
Views since voting: 983
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 179
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/30/2006 11:59:21 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Very nice white balance choice, yielding great colors and strong tones. The bottom flower looks a little out of focus to me.

Lighting: The bottom flower is also just a bit overexposed. There are also some distraction hot spots on most of the thorns. Shooting at a different time of day might have helped this a bit.

Composition/Content: I like the flow you created with the angle of the vine. It serves well to pull the viewer's eye up and into the image. I think that the content is a bit lacking. While I fully understand your interpretation, it was apparently not what the voters were looking for.

My Opinion: I think that the voters had more of a messy liquid theme in mind. Even still, with a little sharper focus and a little less exposure, I think this capture would have finished much higher.

Eric
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/24/2006 07:46:35 AM
The thorns look to be in sharp focus, but I am bothered by the soft focus on the flowers.
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 12/22/2006 08:51:16 AM
At first I didn't get it...then Googled it. Like the Poinsettia, "it exudes a sticky white sap from any cut surface"...But were's the cut surface? Nevermind, I wouldn't do that to my plant either. So, I put 2 and 2 together and appreciated your interpretation!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2006 07:56:52 PM
Blooms on this plant are always fascinating.
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 12/19/2006 02:01:19 PM
I believe the thorns are more sharp, than sticky
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2006 08:56:10 AM
where does sticky come into this, sorry cant see it
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/18/2006 02:24:11 PM
Beautiful colors
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 12/17/2006 11:59:11 PM
Ouch is right...but great colours.
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