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Challenge: Macro V (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Olympus C-740UZ
Location: Clarkesville, GA
Date: Jun 27, 2005
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 81
Shutter: 1/60 sec
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 3, 2005

 Gerbera Daisy

The color and flare of the petals and the ruffled center reminded me of the colorful dresses worn by female Flamenco dancers.

Processing: adjust levels, adjust bright/contrast, adjust saturation. Crop and rotate 90 deg CCW. Sharpen, USM, Gaussian blur RLE. Resize for web with cubic interpolation.

Statistics
Place: 252 out of 374
Avg (all users): 5.0940
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.0191
Avg (non-participants): 5.2468
Views since voting: 904
Views during voting: 301
Votes: 234
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 07/09/2005 09:53:52 PM
Interesting flower pic. A different crop is pleasent to see
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/09/2005 09:25:59 PM
A really nice composition and great colours. The repeating spiral pattern of the petals makes it for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 07/07/2005 06:52:13 AM
Nice colors. Good capture and nicely focused with close attention to texture. Interesting perspective in a challenge full of simular shots.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D4s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/06/2005 07:31:59 PM
Beautiful colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/05/2005 01:06:23 PM
The images that always suffer from a lack of comments are the ones that are right in the middle ground. Everyone comments on the awesome shots. Some comment on the bad shots. But the middle ones, very few people say anything. So here I am to explain why I voted a 5:

This shot is fine as far as the subject matter goes. I do like the cropping and the angle. The sharpness seems okay (perhaps a tad over sharpened?). I think my main fault with it is the subjet matter itself... I'm sure you and others will disagree so this is probably more a matter of choice. I'm just looking for a little more "pizazz" to set an image apart from the rest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 07/04/2005 07:11:16 AM
Looks a little oversharpened and overexposed, would like to see this flower complete..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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