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Prickly Pear Bloom
Prickly Pear Bloom
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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
Location: Tucson, AZ
Date: May 16, 2007
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1500 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2007

 bloom is just beginning to open. Cropped, took out the green of the prickly pad, bumped the saturation and contrast just a tad.

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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 06/02/2007 10:12:44 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Cactus blossoms are always so beautiful to find and to photograph. The obstacle course getting to them is sometimes half the fun.

I like, very much, the selective desaturation on the base of the flower. It gives the impression of an inward glow that is quite pleasing.

But my overall impression of this very nice image is that it is fuzzy. It's usually helpful if somewhere in the composition there is something that is tack-sharp to give the viewer something to stop at, and get bearings.

I like the idea very much and a little sharpness would make this image really zing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 05/21/2007 09:18:21 PM
Pretty flower. The crop feels a little odd to me, but I can't quite put my finger on why...
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Kodak Z710
 05/21/2007 07:37:51 PM
Of the many, many, many flowers in this challange this is one of the more interesting ones, so good job for that. However it looks like you might have used the erase tool to do your colorations, which is fine but the upper edges of the flower aren't as precise as they could be. I can see some of the green of the cactus. Also, I personally don't understand the dots of color on the "stem". Could be quite nice with some re-editing.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 05/21/2007 01:38:04 PM
not very sharp
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/21/2007 09:56:22 AM
a little bit out of focus, IMO
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