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Strawberry time
Strawberry time
Rino63


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Challenge: Macro Without Bugs or Flowers II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Pozzuoli
Date: Apr 19, 2008
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Food and Drink, Children
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2008

 develop the raw with dpp. In photoshop: levels, curves, selective colours, dust and strarches, denoise with neat image, clone out something on the hand, on the strawberry and between the fingers, usm.

Statistics
Place: 163 out of 258
Avg (all users): 5.2403
Avg (commenters): 5.4286
Avg (participants): 5.1341
Avg (non-participants): 5.3611
Views since voting: 796
Views during voting: 273
Votes: 154
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/02/2008 03:37:53 AM
Hello from the Critique Club,

I didn't vote the macro challenge so this is the first time I've seen your image. My first impressions are that the lighting and composition are well done and the shallow depth of focus helps the strawberry look like it is coming out of the frame (slight 3D effect). Overall, it looks like a fairly standard set-up that the voters have seen many times. This would provide a "I could have easily shot that" feel instead of a "I wish I had thought of that" feel. I also think that your score suffered a little bit for not being "macro" enough. A very solid, technically strong image that might have scored closer to 6 if entered into current healthy food challenge.

Feel free to send me a PM if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2008 05:05:34 PM
Great focus. Nice composition.
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 04/22/2008 08:42:41 PM
nice contrast between the berry and hand
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 04/22/2008 06:48:03 PM
Not a bad photo. Not sure if it's "macro" enough...
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 04/22/2008 11:37:48 AM
wow...thats the biggest strawberry i have ever seen....lol and i want to eat it.
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 04/22/2008 10:37:09 AM
That's a big strawberry! The surface looks a little unattractive to me - perhaps a bit of selective blurring to smooth out the details?
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 04/22/2008 06:20:48 AM
Nice lighting and colors.
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 04/20/2008 11:19:25 PM
I'll bet that glowed in the dark!
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 04/20/2008 10:03:09 PM
nice photo, but for macro you would have needed to get closer to the subject and focus on 1 spot.
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