Challenge:Clichés (Classic Editing) Camera:Sony DSC-F717 Location: My Kitchen in Lexington, Ky Date: Jan 30, 2003 Aperture: 8 ISO: 100 Shutter: 2 secs Galleries:Still Life, Macro Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2003
Taken in my kitchen. Brought home some flowers from the grocery and took pictures. Used overhead light and placed them in a paper bag for background. Used PSEII to crop, turn up levels, and sharpen. Used Neat Image to clean up some noise around the paper bag area.
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Place: 14 out of 246 Avg (all users): 6.5759 Avg (commenters): 7.0909 Avg (participants): 6.5086 Avg (non-participants): 6.6800 Views since voting: 1704 Votes: 191 Comments: 23 Favorites: 2 (view)
Composition - Nicely arrange flowers for this shot. They didn't have anything more colorful? :) Brilliant colors, jumping off the page but not oversaturated. The green buds on the left side are my only complaint about the picture itself. I'm not so sure about the border but the image is a whole is very very strong except for the flower buds on the left. Not much else to say but well done!
Photography - If there was a camera just made for taking still shots with strong colors, you have it. Good crisp image.
Processing - Looks good. Color is strong but not too strong. I think cropping the buds on the left would've helped this picture possibly into a ribbon. Also good
Overall - Good good good good good pic. I don't know what else to say. Its hard for someone like me to be of much help on a pic like this. As I said many times before, crop the buds out of the left, and lose the border and you might've had yourself a ribbon. Very well taken pic. I can't believe you took the pic in a shopping bag to be honest though. Nice Job! - Bob
Composition: I like the green thing in the bottom left, but I would be very tempted to crop it out and make the flowers more central.
Technical: Excellent focus and colour. I really like the border too, although it seems to have a different width on each edge?
Overall impression: Lacking slightly on the above for me personally but excellent technically. 8
Excellent color and clarity. This photo is just beautiful. My only nit is the border, probably one of those love it or hate it things. I'm afraid I'm on the hate it side. - 7
This is such a beautiful photograph, and I hope you don't get me wrong, everything about the photograph is right. The only reason I am removing 1 point is the border. It's just wrong, and I hate saying it, but the border is so distracting and takes away so much from an otherwise perfect photo! 9 -Annida
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