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Place: 168 out of 200 Avg (all users): 4.9351 Avg (commenters): 6.0000 Avg (participants): 4.7097 Avg (non-participants): 5.0870 Views since voting: 801 Views during voting: 240 Votes: 154 Comments: 6 Favorites: 0
I like the textures and bold color in this one..... For the 'Point of Color' challenge, it may be just a tad to busy, but I still like it very much.....
Color, Saturation, and Hue: Colors are obviously manipulated for effect, but work well for this composition.
Brightness and Contrast: Both are very good. Plenty of great detail is visible, with nothing overly bright or overly dark.
Focus and depth of field: Focus is very sharp, depth of field is appropriate for this image.
This image is quite interesting. The background is very busy, and it competes with the leaf like crazy. At the same time, the color manipulation makes things look a bit out of focus, unless you look close. Centering the subject is the kiss of death to the rule of thirds purists, and likely hurt your score quite a bit.
I think the biggest problem is that this is the wrong medium for this image. The presentation on the computer screen for voting isn't large enough to do this image justice. As I sat here looking at this and trying to figure out what was really grabbing me, and what I wanted out of it, I realized I want to see this image BIG! You've moved the leaf from straight photograph to art. I could see this blown up on a wall in a bank lobby or a gallery. If this image was about five feet tall, I think it would really come into its own.
This looks just slightly out of focus, and also, the composition is a little weak. Perhaps if you moved the leaf off to one side or corner of the photo, the photo would have more visual impact.
This is nice in that the color of the leaf actually matches it's surroundings as well. It looks natural in this environment, yet stands out as to make a statement.
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