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Pink to make the Boys Wink
Pink to make the Boys Wink
glennc


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Backlighting IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: The Netherlands
Date: Nov 24, 2008
Aperture: f13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8s
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 24, 2008

 Single flower held by crockodile clip against black velvet background. Single flash held by hand (don't have sync cables) at 1/16 power. Close flash behind and one into the facing wall to light the face of the flower.

Post processing in PS.
- crop
- rotate
- resize
- sharpen

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 239
Avg (all users): 6.1801
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.9636
Avg (non-participants): 6.2925
Views since voting: 1069
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 161
Comments: 5
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 12/09/2008 09:04:36 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

First of all congratulations on a good score.

I think this is a very well composed photo. Choosing to turn the flower upside down (whether it was flipped in PS or not doesn't really matter here) makes it stand out. The use of negative space works extremely well.

The lighting here is effective and certainly creates some nice backlighting. Personally, I would like, as somebody else has commented already, to see the front of the flower a little brighter, but overall I think this is very well exposed.

One small thing I did notice, and that is perhaps being a little bit nitpicky, but the border you have used appears to be unevenly placed in the frame. The top margin is slightly wider than the other three. I think I would prefer this image without the border.

I got a kick out of the title too!

Overall, a very nice shot and certainly worth the 6+ score you got.

Well done.
Regards
Sarah
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/28/2008 07:23:33 PM
Beautiful flower shot. I love the layered petals and the fuzziness of the stem.9
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 11/28/2008 04:34:28 AM
Nice colors and I like the way the center of the flower is not so underexposed that it isn't visible. I might have kept the shape of the crop but closed it in on the left and the bottom still keeping the flower toward the upper right. 6 ;)
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 11/26/2008 11:28:23 AM
Nice composition, really pretty
 11/26/2008 06:49:35 AM
Very nice. I wish the other side of the flower would have been just a little bit brighter.
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