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Sometimes life's circumstances seem utterly disproportionate--for better or for worse
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Challenge: Miniature II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon
Location: Home
Date: May 16, 2009
Aperture: 3.22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/32
Galleries: Persuasive, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: May 17, 2009

 Tied the miniature tea pot with a transparent fishing string. Cloned out some bad spots on the pot, rotated a bit, level, curve, sharpen, vibrance, crop, border, save for web

Statistics
Place: 68 out of 115
Avg (all users): 5.2143
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.1842
Avg (non-participants): 5.2297
Views since voting: 973
Views during voting: 263
Votes: 112
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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 05/31/2009 07:33:11 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

I am sorry that this image did not score a bit higher for you in the miniature challenge. I personally thought it met the challenge topic very well.

From a technical point of view, the mini tea pot is quite out of focus which I do not think is very helpful when trying to score high in these challenges. Other things that have likely contributed to a lower score are the background and the border.

It was mentioned already in the comments made during the challenge that the background was somewhat distracting, and I do have to agree with this. A plain background would likely have worked much better.

Then we come to the border. I have observed that heavy borders such as the one you have used here, hurt rather than help scores here on DPC. Typically a border should enhance the overall image presentation and in this case, I do not really believe it does. Something a little less in your face may have worked better.

At the end of the day, I still gave this a 6 as I felt the subject worked well in this challenge. A better focus would undoubtedly have increased my score.

 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/24/2009 07:07:10 PM
Nice idea and well captured. I like the caption too! This photo would merit contending for the ribbon if the background is a little farther away (giving it more DOF) or if it had a complete black background.
 05/18/2009 08:51:26 PM
Beautifully done. Great job
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/18/2009 08:19:34 AM
Could be a tiny bit sharper, but it's a cute setup.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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