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Rudbeckia's End
Rudbeckia's End
jaysonmc


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Challenge: S-Curve (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: Front Y ark
Date: Sep 25, 2007
Aperture: 4
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/160
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2007

 Literally, I just got my camera back 3 hours before deadline. My sister-in-law was borrowing my gear to see what type of camera she might buy.

While I don't deem this as a DNMC (there is a flow going on), not sure if it will do well 1) It might be hard to see the lines, 2) It is a flower shot, 3) No central subject

It's a okay picture, nothing I would print out. Though I am not a person typically into floral. More of a stock image than anything.

Post Done in Capture NX:
-Auto Levels
-Unsharp Mask
-Resize
-Unsharp Mask
-Convert Color Profile
-Slight saturation and warmth boost.

Oh yeah, I'm renting this bad boy lens (70-200mm 2.8) for two weeks. Actually, received it a day before I got my camera back. Have some fun stuff to shoot this weekend, hopefully it is freestudy material.

Post Challenge Comments:

I think I need to take out a red marker and draw some lines. :) Just kidding. It is a dyslexic "S". I guess macros/frame filling are not conducive to the S-Curve.

It's a boring photo at any rate. Live and learn.

Statistics
Place: 130 out of 147
Avg (all users): 4.7184
Avg (commenters): 3.5000
Avg (participants): 4.3673
Avg (non-participants): 4.8280
Views since voting: 602
Views during voting: 291
Votes: 206
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 10/05/2007 04:50:25 PM
I love the colors and the feeling of this photo, the last hurray before winter. The colors are classic autumn and the wilted petals echo this feeling. I agree with most of the commenter's, the S curve may be too subtle for some of us. In spite of that I gave this a 7 during voting.
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 10/03/2007 06:19:27 PM
It's a subtle s, and backwards to boot, but it is there. Nice saturation in this shot - all those yellow flares punctuated by little black puffballs. Have fun with that lens!
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 10/02/2007 08:21:06 PM
lol and why on earth did you not throw this into "S"oft focus? It's a very pretty photo and I love the contrast between the ones that are still blooming and the ones that are dying.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/02/2007 12:49:26 PM
Not seeing the s-curve in this one
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/28/2007 03:24:03 PM
I don't see the curves.
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 09/28/2007 03:12:14 PM
Autumn has fallen upon these lovely flowers. There is a lot of depth and the S seems implied more than visually to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/27/2007 10:42:34 AM
Very nice photo but is there an S-curve?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/27/2007 03:39:31 AM
I see no S-curve.
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 09/26/2007 05:36:49 AM
Maybe if you macro'ed just like a couple pedals the S would be obvious...
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