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Formal Balance Fountain
Formal Balance Fountain
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Balance (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Olympus C-8080
Location: Dallas Arboretum
Date: Jul 17, 2004
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2004

 I decided to focus on a layout that featured formal balance. This was taken July 17th at the Dallas Arboretum. I'm still learning how to take photos... I wish the fountain wasn't blurry. I did adjust the colors a little, just to make it pop a little more. :)

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 08/26/2004 05:56:53 PM
I think a ND filter would have helped the water have less blur. Not sure if we can use those on challenge shots though.
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 08/01/2004 09:36:37 PM
I like the composition a lot. I don't know why it's so blurry though. Part of it is probably that the JPEG compression is too high. The image is about 50KB, while you can use up to 150KB for your image. If you raise the quality setting when you save to the JPEG file, there will be much less loss of quality.

This is a very difficult scene to capture properly, though. The contrast between the bright fountain in the sunlight and the dark trunks of the trees means you'll have sacrifice either the dark areas or the bright areas to the hungry demon of lost details. You can use the exposure compensation feature of your camera to reduce the exposure and make the fountain more clearly exposed.

You have a good eye for composition! Practice, practice, practice! 8-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/23/2004 05:51:21 AM
this has the potential to be such a great pic....it appears soft
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 07/21/2004 09:51:12 PM
Very pretty setting. It's too bad the site only allows a 640 pixel sized photo, because this one would have a great impact if seen in full screen. I like the composition and DOF here. The colors seem a tad bit washed out from the bright lighting, but that may just be my monitor. Nice work : )
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 07/21/2004 06:18:31 PM
Good symmetry that shows balance just let down with the overexposed fountain.
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 07/19/2004 03:05:34 AM
The centred composition really works for me. The fountain does seem a little overexposed in that the water has no detail or shades to it.
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