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Surounded By Flowers
Surounded By Flowers
dirkjan_denelzen


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Challenge: Framing (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon Digital IXUS 400
Location: Government buildings, The Hague, The Netherlands
Date: Aug 28, 2004
Aperture: F4.5
ISO: auto
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Water
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2004

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Sony DSC-F707
 09/05/2004 07:32:05 PM
This is a nice shot, but all of your 'action' is in the top and left of the image. The lower right quarter is entirely empty, and it gives this image a lopsided, top-heavy feel. A couple things would have really helped here. First, you could have taken this shot (assuming no interference) from a slightly higher angle to bring the fountain and buildings off the top edge. Then, a bit of greenery peeking out of the right (even if it's just a couple blades of grass that you snatch up from the ground, and hold in the composition while you take the picture) would really complete the balance.
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Nikon D70s
Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Nikon
 09/04/2004 11:51:39 PM
I just didn't find the composition of this photo very appealing. It seemed like a stretch to try to find something to frame for the challenge.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/03/2004 08:24:10 PM
Beautiful. Good luck on the challenge!
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Nikon Coolpix 5700
 09/03/2004 01:24:31 PM
nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/02/2004 06:16:39 PM
I'd have liked for there to be more flowers - this way they're perhaps more of an occasional intrusion than a framing device. I also wonder whether you might not have placed that fountain slightly differently within that frame of flowers - there's rather a lot of open water, and it doesn't have the interest to hold the eye, for me. Approaching a good shot though.
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Sony HX400V
 09/01/2004 01:13:46 PM
Beautiful picture, I love the red flowers. They help bring attention to the fountain.
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