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Autumn Crocus
Autumn Crocus
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Challenge: Rule of Thirds (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Gateway DC-T50
Location: Grandma's House, Buchanan, VA
Date: Sep 18, 2005
Aperture: 1:3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Floral
Date Uploaded: Sep 20, 2005

 Taken in my Grandmother's yard. She has a line of beautiful yellow fall crocus that always appears very rapidly and blooms profusely. They're truly magnificent. I must add that she also decided to surround them this year with an absolutely awful white wire low-to-the-ground fence that the entire family abhors (but that she seems to feel is attractive and is probably another story in and of itself entirely), so that I wouldn't "mow" over them and chop them off - not that I would ever possibly do that. I have a little more respect and appreciation for beauty and other people's property/investments than that! One day maybe she'll understand, but I doubt it... ;-)

[I'm not ragging on my Grandma - she's wonderful and I wouldn't trade anything for her company and generosity - I just had to mention the difference of opinion that she and I have with regard to "tacky" and "tasteful" displays. I'm currently living with her and I think it's actually been good for both of us overall!]

That being said, she has a wonderfully green thumb and I love her to death. She and I have become very close over the last year as Grandpa's health failed and he passed away, and I honestly think that we're not only family, but that we're now very close friends - and that's VERY nice to have.

So, I love you Grandma and here's hoping that your crocuses score well! ROFL

:-)


Not sure that the B/W does them true justice (as they exhibit beautiful yellow tones), but I do think the B/W shows off more detail and augments the "rule of thirds" composition more than the color shots of the flowers did.

PP included:

reduce backlighting
contrast
color sat
curves
exposure
convert to B/W
Neat Image
sharpen
save for Web

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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 07/16/2006 10:55:06 PM
This works surprisingly well in BW. Great focus and detail and perfect exposure. I don't know why it didn't do better in this challenge.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/08/2005 10:44:05 AM
This should have done better. I think it looks good in B&W.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
 10/07/2005 07:12:37 PM
Ooohhh!! Underrated! Maybe the voters didn't see how this photo related to the rule of thirds?? Anyway, nice shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 09/27/2005 11:50:54 PM
i love the black and white here and the bugs definitely add to the photo, however i dont see where rule of thirds fits in here
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Fujifilm FinePix S6000/6500 FD
 09/26/2005 11:54:39 PM
beautiful contrast / clarity!
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 09/24/2005 09:51:11 AM
The flowers really stand out in the B&W, Good focus on the front flower.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 09/23/2005 11:12:20 PM
wow
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 09/23/2005 04:14:19 PM
this looks over prosessed to me like there was to much neat image or USM applied..to smooth and there are some odd artifacts floating around at the eadges of the flowers...otherwise pretty shot.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35
Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
 09/23/2005 07:59:23 AM
fits challenge, good detail, would have preferred to see this in colour
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Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+
 09/22/2005 07:53:07 PM
Fits challenge=5
Color/lighting=1
DOF/focus=1
Wow factor/uniqueness=0
Attractiveness=1

I like the black and white choice here. The flowers are nice and sharply focused.

Good luck
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/21/2005 11:14:51 AM
Very striking and not the typical single stem poking up against a solid background. The contrast is great. You might even could up it a bit more. Also, you might try taking the single color selector and taking all of the black out of the white. Those flowers might really have some pizzaz then. I like the stamens being so visible and the bud in the lower part. Very nice overall -- perfect use of black and white.
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