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Ornamental Plum Blossom
Ornamental Plum Blossom
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Flowers in Garden & Field (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: my front yard
Date: May 17, 2011
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: May 17, 2011

 I haven't entered a challenge in a while but my ornamental plum was blooming so I figured what the heck! Probably end up with another sub 5 score but I like the shot anyway.


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[May. 23rd, 2011 07:09:43 PM]

I am getting lots of comments about cropping out the statue during voting. I left it in as I thought it showed that this was a garden flower (complete with garden statue) outside as per the challenge. Oh well, I am still scoring higher than I had expected.

Statistics
Place: 92 out of 220
Avg (all users): 5.5412
Avg (commenters): 5.7000
Avg (participants): 5.4353
Avg (non-participants): 5.6471
Views since voting: 855
Views during voting: 258
Votes: 170
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/23/2011 03:37:46 PM
you have great focus on the flower...but to ME the figurine in the BG distracts and you could easily have cropped that out and still had a nice balance to your picture (NOT A CENTERED FLOWER...sigh)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/23/2011 07:30:26 AM
Nice focus, disturbing statue.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 05/22/2011 07:22:59 AM
Pretty flower and interesting dappled light. I think I might have cropped MUCH tighter, particularly to get rid of the white statue.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 05/21/2011 02:25:19 PM
I like that there's a lot of texture in your photograph... with the leaves and the wood and everything. Is different from a lot of the images in this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/21/2011 02:12:50 AM
Lovely bloom, but the statue is very distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 05/19/2011 05:14:54 PM
Gorgeous plum blossom and buds! I would have liked this even more without the white statue on the left.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 05/19/2011 09:57:05 AM
nice softness. May have benn even better if you'd cropped it closer
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 05/18/2011 10:58:19 AM
Very pretty flower. The white statue in the background detracts more than it adds.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/18/2011 09:25:40 AM
Lovely diffused light on the flower, nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Tamron AF 18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 05/18/2011 05:11:00 AM
I find the white statue on the left a little distracting but I like the flower.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 05/18/2011 12:36:55 AM
Sweet shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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