from photoshoot today in my wineyard i took 91 shot of flowers, i picked this one because of nice compo and story :-)
exif:
Camera
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Orientation Upper Left
X resolution 72/1
Y resolution 72/1
Resolution unit inches
Date/time 22.4.2006 15:29:26
Image
Image description
Artist
Copyright
Exposure time 1/3000 s
F-number f/1.8
Exposure program Aperture priority
ISO speed ratings ISO 100
Date/time original 22.4.2006 15:29:26
Date/time digitized 22.4.2006 15:29:26
Shutter speed value 1/3000 s
Aperture value f/1.8
Exposure bias value 0.00 eV
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal length 50 mm
User comment
Pixel X dimension 3456
Pixel Y dimension 2304
Focal plane X res. 3456000/874
Focal plane Y res. 2304000/582
Focal plane res. unit inch
Custom Rendered Normal process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Scene capture type Standard
Miscellaneous
Exif version 2.21
FlashPix version 1.0
White balance Auto
Flash bias 0.00 EV
Canon Maker Notes
Macro mode Normal
Flash mode Flash not fired
Continuous drive mode Continuous
Focus mode AI Focus
Image size Unknown
Easy shooting mode Manual
Contrast High
Saturation High
Sharpness High
ISO Unknown
Metering mode Evaluative
AF point selected Unknown
Exposure mode Av priority
White balance Auto
Flash bias 0.00 EV
Image type Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Firmware version Firmware 1.0.3
Owner name Goran Konjich
Camera serial number 78BF-019A6
postprocessing: none except invert
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I am not sure I can do as well as you did for me by way of comments ("Return to Civil War?" in photojournialism) but I thought I at least owed a shout.
First, I think your score for this shot is absurd. I would give it at least a 8 or 9. Here's what I like:
The painterly feel and monotone colors work exceptionally well. It is surreal but not impossible. Warm shapes and cool colors work well as contrast for me. The simplicity of only one subject also works well.
I would try with even less focus on the foreground flower to see if that let's the entire image take on a painterly feeling. What if it is all a blur and the color and shapes become the entire subject. I have been playing with blurred images to make color the subject and occassionally enjoyed the result. My only other thought would have been to clip away the closed flower.
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