This is a Bamboo plant, I placed in a glass container and used blue and white poster board as background. Added lighting below the plant and behind the plant to accent the roots, the roots did not have the clarity I was hoping for, I don't know if it was the water or lighting, but it seemed somewhat blurred, if I sharpened the image anymore it was too sharp and looked over exposed.
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This definitely exposes things, but as an image it seems to lack clarity - the roots are all surrounded by jagged edges on my screen, as are the lines of the vase, but the marbles at the bottom are cloudy.... Not sure if that is just the image quality, or is more the lighting.
The idea is good but the shot is over sharpened, too bright and the stones in the bottom distract from the roots. I like the background, the way it reverses through the water in the vase and the lighting is good along with the cropping. This one gets a 5 to start
The lighting looks very harsh inside the vase, either that or too much sharpening or contrast added in post editing. Still a bit of soft focus on the roots, but I do like the blue and white background and the colored stones. Definitely fits the challenge. 5
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