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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Life III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
Location: Alexandria, VA
Date: Jan 6, 2009
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2009
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Very wet, rainy, cold, miserable day. So I went for a walk in the woods and brought the Puffer diffuser for the flash. By the time I took this I couldn't see through my wet viewfinder and glasses so I guessed a little as to where I was focussing, but I wanted (and got) all the raindrops clinging to the branch, and the rest fading into darkness (flash outdoors on a dark day can be a wonderful thing). I like the way the branch meanders through the image and the shallow DOF, but then I am very fond of shallow DOF.
PP - converted from RAW, rotated, cropped, cloned some darkness onto one bright drop, burned a little of upper right branch, levels, increased contrast, added border, resized, sharpened. |
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01/17/2009 05:07:21 AM |
| Lots of bokeh/dof photos going on this challenge. I like your overall composition. |
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01/15/2009 11:09:28 AM |
| I wish the larger drop had been the one in focus. |
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01/13/2009 06:16:17 AM |
| Really beautiful macro. Love the DOF |
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01/13/2009 03:17:18 AM |
Wonderful abstract, the in-focus part of the photo is excellent. It shows the best of the rose branch in colour and texture, and this is accentuated by the rain drops. You were right to choose a black background.
I think you will lose points for the graininess in the top right hand corner of the picture. Some graininess/noise is good if executed correctly, but I do feel there is too much noise and colour pollution in this particular shot. |
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01/12/2009 08:23:37 PM |
| Terrific dof shot. Nice colors. |
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01/12/2009 05:10:16 PM |
Okay, it's alive and it's a really nice picture, but maybe you are pushing it just a bit too much outside the box. I'm afraid it will get voted down because of this. Just my opinion :o
PS, I'm not voting on this challenge, just commenting on some pictures :) |
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01/12/2009 02:26:23 PM |
| Very effective composition and good colour. Would have liked greater focus in the foreground for better impact. |
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01/11/2009 07:25:00 PM |
| Kinda feel like the DOF is a tad too shallow |
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