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The Color Purple
The Color Purple
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Challenge: Movie Titles II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 55-200mm F4-5.6 LD Di-II for Canon
Location: My livingroom
Date: May 14, 2008
Aperture: 1:5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2008

 I used PhotoShop3 and simply added some warmth. The composition struck me as i was sitting on the couch. The image was shot using natural lighting. I am new to this and I am looking for all the advice I can get. Thank you.

Statistics
Place: 241 out of 246
Avg (all users): 3.1345
Avg (commenters): 3.5000
Avg (participants): 3.0746
Avg (non-participants): 3.1731
Views since voting: 795
Views during voting: 254
Votes: 171
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/28/2008 03:39:08 AM
Glad to see you participating here. It tends to be a tough crowd, but that makes it all the better when you get good comments from people.

I like what you "saw" - the shape and position of the orchid is nice.

With non-DSLR cameras, you'll want to avoid higher ISO settings - these add (typically) too much grain (noise) to the picture. I try to shoot everything for DPChallenge at ISO 64 - as low ISO as I can get.

While people here tend to like out of focus foregrounds, your shot has too much out of focus foreground. They generally like the in-focus area to begin in the bottom 1/3 to mid-point in the picture, and then have the background out of focus as well. The non-DSLR cameras (at least my experience) have a tendency to focus on the background (wall in your case), and not on objects in the foreground.

Again, glad to see you participating here, and looking forward to seeing more of your work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/27/2008 06:13:16 PM
this is not purple
 05/24/2008 12:40:46 PM
Very grainy. Looks like it was shot at a high ISO setting.
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 05/24/2008 06:42:20 AM
too noisy, DOF doesn't work here
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 05/24/2008 04:43:36 AM
A little soft and grainy.
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 05/23/2008 09:31:59 PM
It looks like it was taken with a cell phone :( ?
 05/23/2008 11:10:15 AM
this photo has a very grainy appearance on my monitor which makes it appear washed out.
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 05/23/2008 07:37:34 AM
maybe if one of the petals was in focus this would have scored higher with me
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 05/22/2008 06:27:49 PM
The fuzziness of this image kind of distracts me. And yet, it makes it almost like a painting, so I'm on the fence. :oP
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 05/22/2008 10:58:09 AM
Out of focus and a bit noisy, also it looks pink not purple
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 05/21/2008 09:21:50 PM
The focus appears to be too far back, and the only purple I see is in the stems.
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 05/21/2008 05:06:24 AM
i dig the colors in this one and that everything in the forground seems out-of-focus. i don't care for the color noise tho
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