Challenge:Rusted (Basic Editing I) Camera:Canon EOS-10D Location: New York City West Side Highway Date: May 4, 2004 Aperture: 1.8 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/4000 Galleries:Nature, Floral Date Uploaded: May 2, 2004
The out of focus areas are so out of focus it make it seem photoshopped (I see that it wasn't). My eyes are drawn to the rust color on the left, but I can't all make out what it is (yet I keep staring at it rather than the flower). Still, I gave you a 7.
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 7
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 6
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 4
How well does it meet the challenge: 4
Total Averaged Rating 5.25 Dick
Your rusted pipe is lost in the picture with the flower taking the lead part.
Lovely colors. The only thing in focus is the dandelion and it's very frustrating to look at the picture - my eyes would like ti to clear up so I can see the whole thing.
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 7
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 5
How well does it meet the challenge: 3
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 5
Your DOF is too shallow to show much else than the flower. The rust is not very visible. As clichéd as it may sound, Rule of Thirds would have made it a better picture, in this case placing the flower where the axis of the right third and the lower third of the picture meet.
That is one very tight DOF! Unfortunately it looks like you may have removed too much of the texture of the rust. This is one macro shot I think would have worked better with a larger DOF. As it is, the green and yellow on the left are simply distracting.
the focus is so shallow that it's hard to make out much rust. I see what your concept was, but think it's weak with this style focus. the light is very nice as is the color.
I love that you experimented with DOF here. I would have maybe had a bit more past the flower in focus - not much, only a fraction. however, lovely idea. -7
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