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Challenge: Macro VI (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Home
Date: Oct 14, 2007
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 14, 2007

 Not as close as other people get. But i thought it had some interest.
Prediction 5.1

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Place: 201 out of 248
Avg (all users): 5.1888
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1467
Avg (non-participants): 5.2353
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/22/2007 07:20:52 PM
I like the lighting and the focus. The composition is very symmetrical, and a different angle might produce a little more variety and interest.
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/22/2007 05:08:22 PM
no comment. :P j/k

Technically it is very good I think. Aesthetically, the colors are nice. Compositionally though - same comment as others and yourself. Lacks interest - maybe a different angle or something. A 5.1 from me so as not to surprise or disappoint. :)
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 10/22/2007 04:52:38 PM
I can't believe you didn't get ANY comments! Shame on us.

I didn't vote on this challenge, but I'd probably have given it a 5 or 6.

The rich tones and sharpness are nice, but I find myself longing for more to look at. Does that make sense? The extremely shallow DOF leads the eye to a spot, but there isn't a whole lot to see there. Where's jutildawhen you need her? She always says these things so much better.

I also think the composition might be more interesting if it were somehow less symmetrical and straight-on. I'm sure you wanted to break away from the same-old rule of thirds thing, but in this case I feel it might have helped.

Overall, a fine image and surely deserving of some comments.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/22/2007 04:49:20 PM
You are quite the apt score predictor!

Very nice detail in the little sliver of the image that is in focus. one of the big challenges with macro photography is using an aperture that gets as much of your subject in focus as you want/need to make for an interesting photo. That usually means going with a very narrow aperture, which in turn requires buckets and buckets of light so that you can properly expose the shot.

Not a lot going on in this shot, but were more of it in focus and if it were shot from a different angle, it might have been a bit more interesting.

Good luck.
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