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Critique By:
Linn Currie (K:24426)
6/7/2004 8:00:06 AM
Good going girl!!! You are going to have a LOT of fun with the macro shots :-)
May I give some constructive critique? :-) The out of focus white petal in the foreground should not be there, and neither should the in focus part of a stem/leaf (?) in the top left hand corner.
I would also have liked to see less of the white background on the left hand side of the image.
Your focus is spot-on and you got a great DOF in the image.
These Fuschias are like obstinate spoiled little princesses! They swing in even the slightest of breezes, they "dance" and turn away from you - and it takes a lot of focus efforts to get them in a very good "pose". I know - I have tried shooting them many, many times and my most successful image was when Robert (hubby) lifted some interfering branches and leaves away from the flowers.
You also need to lighten up this image. The Fuschias have exquisite colours, and the tones are so beautiful to capture.
But dear Anne, I give you a High Five! for your efforts!
Linn
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Critique By:
Brendon Cordero (K:3524)
6/7/2004 2:03:21 AM
Ann,
Thanks for your comments.
As a native Calfornain, I never been to Yosemite Park. By this photo, I need to go. This photo reminds me of a calendar photo. Job well done.
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Critique By:
John Williamson (K:1145)
6/6/2004 8:03:58 PM
My God your portfolio is amazing! It is reminiscent of how I would like mine to be, open country side shots. But I am trapped in the city. I do not think that the wires need to be removed at all, your composition is perfect!
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Ferran Lacruz (K:5466)
6/6/2004 4:32:59 PM
Very nice atmosphere and great reflection on the water.
Tank you for your comment
Regards Ferran
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Critique By:
Mark Beltran (K:32612)
6/5/2004 12:03:48 AM
This is one of the few places in California that I've never yet visited. You've captured the grandeur; that gut feeling you get when you step out of your car or walk out to the clearing and just get knocked out of your socks at what's in front of you. Truly an awe-inducing sight.
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Critique By:
Anne Bogardus (K:2875)
6/4/2004 9:21:43 PM
Harry,
Thanks so much for your comment and advice. Manual focus with the Fuji seems to be fairly straightforward, so I'll be interested to see the results.
Regards,
Anne
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Critique By:
Harry Jasper (K:2913)
6/4/2004 7:03:00 PM
I had the same problem with my Nikon 5700 it was very difficult to get a sharp close up.
What you can try is to focus manually. Hopefully you have the possibility to see trough the lens and not as whit my 5700 what had a mini lcd screen whit a matrix in it. That was just awful. And almost impossible to focus by hand. Otherwise it might help if you take some more distance form the opject probably the camera focus easier than. You can crop the image later in ps or any other program.
Best regards
Harry.Jasper
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Critique By:
Anne Bogardus (K:2875)
6/4/2004 6:39:17 PM
Peter,
Thanks for taking the time to give me some pointers on this. It's been puzzling to me. I'm going to be trying some new images in the next week, and I've made note of your recommendations so I can use them as well. I've recently been playing with the manual focus and have used the Focus Check in a few cases as well, but I don't always remember to do that since I'm usually so focused on composition. Maybe eventually it will all be second nature to me!
Many thanks,
Anne
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Critique By:
Anne Bogardus (K:2875)
6/4/2004 6:34:57 PM
Thomas,
Thanks so much for your pointers on this. This was taken last year, so I don't recall all the details, but I think I probably was too far away. I'm going to try some more using your speed/aperture recommendations.
Thanks!
Anne
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Critique By:
Linn Currie (K:24426)
6/4/2004 6:32:35 PM
Or in your bed!
Have a wonderful weekend Anne - mine will be busy busy busy - but hopefully will get some time in for shooting as well. Expecting snow in the most Southern part of South Africa but the cold weather has hit us already! I've just made some hot water bottles for my boys, even though they got thick fur coats :-) Hopefully we will have a bed full of cats tonight - I will need the extra warmth :-)) See, there IS an advantage to the number of cats one can have
Linn
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Critique By:
Anne Bogardus (K:2875)
6/4/2004 6:27:48 PM
Thank you Teunis.
These grow very well where I live as well. I love the blues in the garden.
Regards,
Anne
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Critique By:
Anne Bogardus (K:2875)
6/4/2004 6:10:32 PM
Linn,
These slugs are EVERYWHERE right now. I've been hiking in the mountains around my home and see them all over the place. eeeuuuwwww. At least they aren't showing up in my yard! lol
Regards,
Anne
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Critique By:
Ferran Lacruz (K:5466)
6/4/2004 6:09:34 PM
Wonderful landscape
Saludos Ferran
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Critique By:
Anne Bogardus (K:2875)
6/4/2004 6:08:35 PM
Thanks Gregory! I did have it printed at 11x14; it looks great, so now I'm thinking of going even larger! lol
I'm going back to Yosemite on Tuesday (I hope . . . I've been trying for two weeks, but that darn work keeps getting in the way). I plan to hike to Wapama Falls on the Hetch Hetch reservoir--I'm very excited to go again. This'll be my last trip until the fall since I just can't handle all the crowds during the summer.
Regards,
Anne
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Critique By:
Anne Bogardus (K:2875)
6/4/2004 6:04:09 PM
Teunis,
Thanks for taking the time to show me how you corrected with the software! I did not think of doing it myself.
Warm regards,
Anne
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Critique By:
Linn Currie (K:24426)
6/3/2004 10:26:46 PM
Lush, green with new life, beautiful!!
Linn
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Critique By:
john amore (K:14015)
6/3/2004 8:10:23 PM
well done Anne just a super photo bravo John
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Critique By:
Peter Daniel (K:33866)
6/3/2004 8:06:04 PM
It looks like the focus is a little further back on the leaves... Try Center-weighted or Spot Metering. Also manual focus. The auto focus has problems with non solid surfaces, trying to pick a point to focus on.
Macro mode sets zoom to 35-80mm with a range of 10-80cm.
64-zone TTL metering.
Choice of Average, Center-weighted or Spot metering.
On the back is the Focus Check and AE-L buttons. The Focus check is used when in manual focus mode to magnify the central portion of the frame for critical focusing. The AE-L button locks the exposure value, white balance and focus so you can re-compose the scene and shift the subject. AE-Lock is also very handy for making sequential panorama shots with the same exposure values.
The autofocus is quick and accurate with almost no "hunting." The manual focus is assisted with onscreen icons that indicate "too close," "too far," and "proper" focus and a Focus Check feature that magnifies the center portion of the screen. The manual focus ring is a "fly by wire" type of control with a fine range of adjustment and requires several turns to go from near to far.
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Critique By:
Thomas Rubin (K:1251)
6/3/2004 7:44:22 PM
A dramatic picture by it's differences of hard leaves an soft flower - one could point out this more ....
Probabely you had a too log time or it was windy. macros normally need a shutter of less than 1/250. Also may be the aperature was too big, it should be beyond 5.6, in this case of a high depth it need's more then 5.6. Finally you probabely used a high zoom instead of going as close as possible to the subject?
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Critique By:
Linn Currie (K:24426)
6/3/2004 7:22:06 PM
Hi Anne
Was it overcast or in poor lighting spot? Did you have a bit of camera shake? Are you sure your red rectangle was locked on the purple centre? What was your aperture set at?
Can you send me some of the other problem ones to raglin@ragdoll.co.za Maybe I can spot something in other images - but in this particular one, the fault could lie at many doors.
Will check back later.
Linn
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Critique By:
Teunis Haveman (K:37426)
6/3/2004 7:18:31 PM
look
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Critique By:
Teunis Haveman (K:37426)
6/3/2004 7:17:29 PM
Anne, I try whit Photo Paint
This Maria Distle blow in my Garden
Teunis
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Critique By:
Teunis Haveman (K:37426)
6/3/2004 7:10:50 PM
Anne, Beautiful Colours
Nice compositie
teunis
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Critique By:
Ciprian Ilie (K:13571)
6/2/2004 11:11:12 AM
Wow! This is simply beautiful, and too good to miss. Excellent composition and lovely vivid colours.
Regards,
Ciprian
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Critique By:
Paul's Photos (K:35235)
6/1/2004 10:06:06 PM
nice landscape... like the reflection and the colors.. good work
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Critique By:
Anne Bogardus (K:2875)
6/1/2004 5:05:56 PM
Joao--
Thanks so much for all the information you provided on my forum question. It really helps me understand the whole filter issue better. And thanks for taking the time to take the information a step further with your comment on this image--I appreciate it very much.
Your portfolio is really wonderful. Your B&W images in particular are quite striking.
Regards,
Anne
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Critique By:
Joćo Magalhćes (K:2067)
6/1/2004 10:24:18 AM
Regarding our talk in the forum, the 1A would have deepened the blue lightly and dampened to about a half the brownish hue you can see above the horizon, at least with my cameras.
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Critique By:
gregory J. mclemore (K:1810)
5/31/2004 6:00:03 PM
stunning shot
This would looks even more amazing blown up to a really large size
I like this a lot
the woods mixed with the blue sky is beautiful
I went to Yosemite last month for the first time but I hope to go back very soon
amazing place
regards
this is one of my favorites
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Critique By:
gregory J. mclemore (K:1810)
5/31/2004 5:58:26 PM
beautiful scene
the birds really add another great aspect to an already beautiful shot
very nice
good time of day
regards
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gregory J. mclemore (K:1810)
5/31/2004 5:57:29 PM
beautiful twins
great shot
regards
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