EXIF:
. Model Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
. Date/time original 22.08.2004 13:29:43
. Shutter speed value 1/80 s
. Aperture value f/10
. ISO speed ratings 100
. Exposure bias value -1.00 EV
. Metering mode Pattern
. Flash Flash did not fire.
. Focal length 55 mm
. White balance Auto white balance
Post Processing:
. Crop
. Levels
. Unsharp mask - amount 100%
. Brightness -2
. Resize
. Added border
. Save for web.
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Place: 14 out of 285 Avg (all users): 6.3098 Avg (commenters): 7.3636 Avg (participants): 5.9841 Avg (non-participants): 6.5497 Views since voting: 1817 Views during voting: 446 Votes: 297 Comments: 26 Favorites: 3 (view)
It's wonderful say's Caro,...the shades background really makes the flower stand out. Mike and Caro love the yellow that attracts the eye. Mike thinks the orange complements the flower center.
Oh, the contrasts! Soft versus hard, bright white and colors vs. very dark and blacks, smooth vs. rough, organic vs. mineral, it all combines to make for a really attractive image. Now, ... "Hope"? Without the title I could probably come up with the word "hope" as one of my first ten guesses, but then, "Hope" is a very hard concept to convert into a stand-alone image. And you've done a really great job.
Very good, the contrast of the flower is great. Maybe if you would have cropped a little off the left and the top it could improve, I tried to hold something over those parts and I thought it improved.
i'd prefer to see a full tonal range--the petals on the daisy burned into white. A shorter exposure with more light on the chains would fix this. I'd also experiment with making this image a sepia tone or BW
Maybe a little bit more light on the rusted chain links so that the contradiction is more obvious? Also, this image reminds me more of "perseverance" than of "hope" per se. But then again, I guess one can't persevere if one doesn't have hope. Well, all in all, it's a nice picture.
I hope it's just my monitor, but the dark chains are so dark I can see little detail. I think if I could see them better I could have given a higher score.
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