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| Photographer |
Mary Sue Hayward {K:17525}
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| Project |
N/A
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Camera Model |
Canon EOS 10D
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| Categories |
Still Life
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Lens |
Canon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
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| Uploaded |
12/31/2004 |
Film / Memory Type |
Lexar 1GB
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ISO / Film Speed |
16 |
| Views |
316 |
Shutter |
1/60
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| Favorites |
0
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Aperture |
f/4.0 |
| Critiques |
5 |
Rating |
Critique Only Image
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| Location |
City -
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Country - United States
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| About |
Shot in indirect daylight on sunporch.
Actual info: f4.5, ISO 400, 1/60.
PS used for selective desaturation and slight crop.
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There are 5 Comments in 1 Pages
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Stefanos Kouroupis
{K:3146} 1/2/2005
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Well i do like the bow..but it looks kinda dull from the color point of view. maybe it would look better if it was b/w
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17525} 1/2/2005
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Stefanos, thank you for your comment. I think most people must agree with you because this image has not generated much traffic at all. I appreciate your feedback as it helps me understand a bit more.
My original goal was to create a stark image of a dried flower. I tried to desaturate the image as much as I could but still leave a bit of color, especially in the lavendar flowers. I wanted the end product to look faded and aged.
I'm not sure I achieved the goal. The original is not exactly vivid in color, but certainly has more color than is represented here.
I'll rethink this and consider trying it in b/w.
Thanks again for your insight!
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Ozjan Yeshar
{K:18562} 3/2/2005
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Good shot Mary! Cheers.
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Helen Bach
{K:2331} 1/7/2006
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I rather like this picture. The corner puts me off a little though. My first thought when I saw it was 'a pot of lavender in a corner'. The existence of the corner, with its perfect verticality and definition, is too large in my awareness of this image - it distracts me from the delicacy and subtlety of the lavender, dried grass, wall and pot. Everything else is so right, so balanced - including the colour.
Fortunately it would be a simple matter to modify it from an abrupt tonal change to a more gradual one. I'm referring only to the corner above the lavender, of course.
I do hope that I have not misinterpreted your intention in making this picture. If I have, I aplogise.
Maybe it got few comments because it is a quiet picture. Quite lovely.
Best,
Helen
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17525} 1/7/2006
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Thanks for your comment, Helen.
I totally agree with your assessment of the distracting corner above the lavender. It has been a while since I shot this (but when visiting my in-laws for Christmas, I saw the lavender was still there, moved to a different spot!). If I recall, I was attracted to the stark quality of the lavender against the plain wall, as well as the even light. Perhaps I became too focused on the saturation and sharpness and totally ignored a critical element. Now that you mention that corner, it is all I can see!!
I may play with the image again, and try your suggestion of a more gradual tonal change. Thanks for the good critique.
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