First pic since retirement from judging !

Raymond Lin · 30 Jan 2006 at 17:38

Feel free to crit away and free from reprecussions

I can see some faults and would take the picture again but the sun has set now so no light to retake the image.

Colin_da_Killer · 30 Jan 2006 at 17:43

Blue background would make the image stand out a lot better.

Nice pic though.

Reidy · 30 Jan 2006 at 17:51

Colin_da_Killer said:
Blue background would make the image stand out a lot better.

Yea.... I agree

KIMMETT · 30 Jan 2006 at 18:30

Looks a touch underexposed to me, methinks the large area of white confuddled your camera a little, easy enough to twiddle with in photoshop/equivalent tho.

Also looks a tad noisy on the backdrop, I assume there wasnt much light around?

Kimmett

TerraS · 30 Jan 2006 at 21:23

Technical : 7
Theme : 8
Impact : 7

Oh wait.. I'm not a judge any more.

ranarama · 31 Jan 2006 at 00:04

KIMMETT said:
Looks a touch underexposed to me

I wouldn't agree there (but what do I know

) I think exposed as it is means you can still see the detail (at least in the in focus bits) in the petals. A longer exposure would have blown that out. Looks about spot on to me.

MrSix · 31 Jan 2006 at 08:03

It looks like it could do with a touch of unsharp mask to me, and perhaps a little boost in contrast and saturation as the flower doesn't "pop" from the image.
I'm not sure about the composition, I can't decide whether it's good as it is, or whether it would look more balanced if the stigma was slightly lower in the frame, just above the bottom third line.

Perhaps use a reflector next time you can get out, just to illuminate the petals a little more - that would give it the "pop" and possibly make it look a little more vibrant. It'd also solve the noise issue due to the high ISO.

MichaelG · 1 Feb 2006 at 13:20

I'd prefer this photo if both the front and rear petals of the foreground flower were in sharper focus, with the background flower thrown out of focus as it is (although I think its a reflection isn't it, which would mean moving the mirror :confused:

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Raymond Lin · 1 Feb 2006 at 13:37

That's no an reflection, the most important point is to get the center in focus.

DizMatt · 2 Feb 2006 at 00:00

I quite like it but to make it stand out from the backgound, a longer DOF..?
not sure if that's what you wanted to achieve so...

Ugley_Matt · 2 Feb 2006 at 11:45

It seems slightly out of focus to my eyes, i would try to sharpen the stigma more as that seems to be your focal point. Possibly play with the lighting to try to pull out the yellow and green from it to provide a greater contrast.