10/22/08 Updated: Wow! I'm stunned and flattered by the ribbon! I've been submitting for almost a year with an occasional decent showing, but I never imagined my first ribbon would be a blue. I'm also very surprised that it was this image. When I submitted I imagined it could be one of my lowest scores. What a pleasant surprise to watch the voting this week. Thank you all for the wonderful comments and feedback on this and all previous images. I learn more with each challenge!
Original Post: These are giant fake flowers, about 3-4 feet long with flower heads about 10 inches across. They are inside a large round garbage can about 12-15 inches in diameter. My intent was that it would appear to have been shot from inside a normal vase. The large flowers and garbage can allowed me to get the camera with the 10-20mm lens inside (shot at 10mm), yet play with your perception of scale.
I have no idea how it will go over. I thought it was an interesting way to look out from an unusual "inside". The other circle in the frame is a light fixture on the ceiling. I should have gone for a more fancy chandelier but I didn't have the right set up for it. Lighting is natural window light.
Post Processing:
Camera Raw - exposure, blacks, clarity, vibrance, sharpen, noise reduction, white balance, saturation - desaturate all colors except those of the flowers.
CS3 - sharpen, curves, crop, add border, save for web
Statistics
Place: 1 out of 114 Avg (all users): 6.9903 Avg (commenters): 7.7273 Avg (participants): 6.6977 Avg (non-participants): 7.0675 Views since voting: 7696 Views during voting: 360 Votes: 206 Comments: 48 Favorites: 5 (view)
So brilliant! Isn't it awesome when a photo does better than you expected :) This is about as good as it gets :) Congratulations, you really nailed this! It is so deserving of first place!
VERY clever, I really like this, both in concept and execution. I really like your assymmetrical composition and the colour of the flowers against the monotones of the vase and ceiling light.
Nice colors and perspective, I am not sure I like the light in the shot though and likely would have scored it higher without it. Still it one of the better shots I have seen.
Great colours and superb idea.
i really like the way everything is framed by the vase neck & the flowers and lamp being off centre. Really nicely balanced picture
I like this perspective. Daisy colors are good & bold. Not sure about the light fixture on the ceiling - would have been better if it were centered with the vase opening IMHO. Still a great photo.
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