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05/10/2007 07:06:30 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
Isn't it nice to see the spring flowers again? Daffodils and jonquils are some of the first to appear and with their unique shapes are fun to watch develop.
I like the way you placed the flower in the frame and I wonder if a different exposure would have made this image more successful. The background is a bit too prominent, and since I can't understand your stated settings, I'll just suggest a low number ISO with the same f4. Or blur it out in Photoshop, since this was Expert Editing. Your flower seems to have lost color as well with, perhaps, some of the original yellow still visible around the center of the petals.
Just a little tip: In a situation like this, I usually try to bracket my shots, and in addition, in the bright sun, carry an umbrella or some shading device so the subject matter is not in the full light.
You're just getting your feet wet at DPC, and I look forward to seeing more of your work in future Challenges. |
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05/07/2007 08:11:26 AM |
| lovely flower - but the image is quite pixelated - especially in the lower left petal |
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05/06/2007 09:44:53 PM |
| A tad oversharpened in my opinion, leading to the appearance of areas of granularity |
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05/03/2007 12:36:26 PM |
| Very pretty flower, with nice colors... The backbround and composition are not doing it any favors, and the lighting's pretty harsh. You also have some compression artifacts in the petals that are unfortunate, but forgivable. |
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05/03/2007 10:21:11 AM |
| Too much sharpening. The picture looks dead or something. Was this taken at night with flash? You need the warm yellow/orange colours of the sun at 30 degree angles to the horizon. Or the full on bright 90 degree heat blast of the noon into afternoon hours. Okay basically anytime the sun appears in the sky, take a picture of a flower then. I guess a flower would not open up at night but it looks like it was night with a flash. Maybe that just comes back to the contrast as the problem. Cheers! |
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05/02/2007 07:31:24 PM |
| The flower is very well shot. Unfortunately, tyhe busy background is distracting. |
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05/02/2007 01:02:50 PM |
| super noisy stamen & petals ruin this for me. too much saturation? |
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05/01/2007 06:06:33 AM |
| seems a little oversharpened to me, but I like the composition |
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