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Clone out some annoying yellow bokah
Blur tool beccause some of the yellow stamen were stuck to the pistil
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Clone out some white spots on the fuzziness
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I really, really, really like this picture. Yay! I actually got an idea and followed through with it!
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i gave this an 8 during voting. i cant imgine why it scored lower except for the people who hate flowers. i recently tried to photograph the same exact type of flower in my backyard and my results werent near as stunning as yours. dont beat yourself up about it. its fantastic. the focus, and DOF and everything are perfect to me.
You have a very interesting pic here. At first I wasn't sure what it was but that didnt really matter to me. This has a funky feel to it and works pretty good as a macro shot.
The colors are wild and I think they work well with the composition. THey attack the eyes when you open it up and thats ok. I think my biggest issue with this overall is the focus on the fuzzy five and the yellow inderneath. A crisper focus I believe would have helped them to stand out better. Maybe even a slight desat on the background to give a little bit more separation on the main subject and its background. It just seems a bit too blurry for me. Possibly a little bit of burning to bring out the shadow lines in the background may have been nice as well. Increase the BG texture without really adding any major detail.
The off cenetered position works really well IMO. And the shapes of the flower are very cool. Overall you have a nice shot here. I think some slight changes in postprocessing could have raised your score up a bit more.
Looking at your portfolio I can comfortably say that you have alot of potential here and I really look forward to seeing your future work.
Focus needs to be clearer and color balance is way off. If you were trying to sharpen the image by adjusting contrast, often the result is off colors in the composition. Perhaps stepping back, using an aperture of about 5 or 6, and zooming in on subject to make it get closer would clear up the focus issue.
Oooh pretty! What an interesting "almost-abstract"! Lovely close up, perfect composition, great use of shallow DOF. I wish the main area of focus were a touch sharper though.
Very nice. ONe of the few flower shots that I really find artful and interesting. This is really great. The off center of the stamen really draws the eye to it. Great colors. The pinkish red with the yellow for POW. Nice. 9
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