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02/01/2004 11:31:45 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
Initial thoughts/My opinion
Fine image, fitting the challenge very well. It has some technical issues though.
Content/Composition
Insects and flowers work always well, especially for this challenge. In contrast to many other "simple" flowers the thistle is something special: due to it's thorns it's a "stronger", less lovely flower. However, you composed it showing how beautiful it is.
Unfortunately the bee is turning its back on the viewer, but there was probably not much to do against this "camera"-unfriendly behaviour.
I thing you cropped the image a bit too tight at the top while the lower border is too low: the bee and colourful part of the thistle are somewhat squeezed in the upper left edge.
Camera work -technically
Focus seems fine, at least when judging it by looking at the thistle. DOF is set well too. Same for light and white balance. That the bee is fuzzier is probably due to its fast movement.
Digital Processing - Technical
Maybe I'm wrong, but the image looks like being a small section out of the original picture. It looks over sharpened, at least at the thistle and the grainy structure of the background might be caused by the sharpening too. Increasing the colour saturation a bit might have been nice too.
Fits the challenge
Yes it does very well fit to NG.
Good luck for your upcoming submissions
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01/23/2004 06:31:41 PM |
Nice shot... lots going on here.
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01/23/2004 10:23:22 AM |
| Great picture, but the bee is a little blury. |
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01/23/2004 10:07:38 AM |
| I would probably have ran from that bee, it probably the size of an eye ball |
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01/23/2004 12:39:06 AM |
| The bee is moving too fast or he isn't in your focal plane. The thistle's pickers seem to be in focus but the bee is too blurry. The colors don't pop like they should either. I'm wondering what ISO this was shot in. |
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01/22/2004 05:34:25 PM |
| Beautiful light and colors, you were very lucky to catch this moment... the dof and focus are great, good work |
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01/22/2004 09:31:06 AM |
| love the thistle but (it may just be me) the bee seems out of focus. Also a shame the bee is facing away from the lens |
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01/21/2004 07:34:33 AM |
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01/20/2004 12:46:23 PM |
| If the bee had been in focus this would have been a winner. |
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01/20/2004 03:43:58 AM |
| The thistle came out well, but the bee is a little fuzzy. Maybe a faster shutter speed if the lighting would allow. Nice colors and composition. |
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01/19/2004 04:16:19 PM |
| Very bright, sharp, and colorful with decent compositon - nice job. |
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01/19/2004 01:28:28 PM |
| bee looks out of focus or blury |
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01/19/2004 07:54:23 AM |
| Good colors and composition. Unfortunately there is some movement blur in the bee itself. |
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01/19/2004 07:53:49 AM |
| The bee is out of focus. It doesn't quite jive with the picture. |
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01/18/2004 11:23:30 PM |
| a real shame it's out of focus a little. But good composition. |
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01/18/2004 07:53:12 PM |
| Nice shot - bee looks a little fuzzy (sorry, couldn't resist!) |
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