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Crown of Aloes by Norah Lofts
Crown of Aloes by Norah Lofts
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Book Titles II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: Garden on beach
Date: Aug 8, 2009
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Floral, DPChallenge GTGs
Date Uploaded: Aug 8, 2009

 Crown of Aloes by Norah Lofts

Taken at 10H00 with zoom lens, teleconvertor 1.4 was used, did basic editing, no light added

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Place: 104 out of 130
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Avg (commenters): 5.3333
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Comments: 4
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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 08/19/2009 03:42:39 PM
Hi from the C Club,

At first glance I thought this was a Red Hot Poker Plant, I even looked it up, they are so similar it is uncanny!

I think if you are going to go dead center with a subject, then the whole thing needs to be tack sharp. The background is smooth with pleasing colours to compliment the flower head. I can even spot a piece of a cobweb on the in focus head.

In post processing there is nothing I can think that you can change you are tack sharp on most of the flower, colours are nicely saturated
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/13/2009 03:17:54 PM
So nice except for loosing focus at the bottom. I like the muted blues and greens behind the top part.
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Pentax K2000
Pentax DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL
 08/13/2009 04:15:38 AM
It's a shame that some of the flower is out of focus, otherwise I really like it.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 08/12/2009 01:37:09 PM
Nice idean with background working well. For me I need more depth for bottom of flower to be sharp as well.5
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