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Critique By:
John Barclay (K:3650)
4/16/2006 10:47:22 PM
Mary Sue this is SOOOO wonderful!! This is pure perfection and delicious...  Thank you so much for your very kind comment on my dahlialishous piece... You are always so nice.
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Mary Slade (K:40338)
4/1/2006 3:05:31 PM
Just an amazing close up- the textures and colours marvellous Mary.
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Critique By:
Giuseppe Guadagno (K:34002)
3/27/2006 6:52:44 AM
It's splendid Mary!
Bravissima!
Cheers.
Giuseppe
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Critique By:
Andre Denis (K:66327)
3/25/2006 3:34:36 PM
Mary,
I just recently read a book on Photo impressionism and was inspired to experiment with some images similar to this one.
I think I had varying degrees of success with a similar method. Check out my images "The Old Mill Lane" "Tangled Up In Blue" and a few other recent shot if you like.
I found there is always some second guessing when you decide to post something like this, for fear of people thinking you are too pretentious.
Lots of fun experimenting though and a lot of people seem to like the results.
Andre
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Critique By:
Mary Slade (K:40338)
3/25/2006 3:25:19 PM
So full of life and colour-can almost feel it- brilliant!
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Critique By:
Mary Slade (K:40338)
3/25/2006 3:23:29 PM
Wonderful to see glass and this is so light, rich and textured.
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Critique By:
Mary Slade (K:40338)
3/25/2006 3:19:04 PM
Well, I just love it- my favourite flowers at their best. Unlike a still shot, I can feel the breeze. It is just beautiful.
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Critique By:
Mary Slade (K:40338)
3/25/2006 3:13:24 PM
Just a stunning picture- the colours, shadows and dream like atmosphere- wonderful.
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Mary Slade (K:40338)
3/25/2006 3:10:27 PM
This really is captivating. And so warm and shadowed in a welcoming way. Makes me think of family history.
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Critique By:
Mary Slade (K:40338)
3/25/2006 2:35:55 PM
Just a stunningly wonderful picture. So full of life and movement. The colours and textures so real and dramatic. Gorgeous.
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Silvia Castañeda Puchetta (K:342)
3/25/2006 4:27:44 AM
Is incredible!! We have the flower with de same title: "Blue"!!
http://www.usefilm.com/image/1064145.html
Congratulations for BIP-SC-POD!!
Best regards!
Silvia
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos (K:91109)
3/25/2006 12:30:14 AM
Congrats for FP today,march 24,2006! All awards well deserved for this high impact floral image,Mary Sue....such warmth with the palette and the petal edge detail is very appealing...wonderful vibrant image and hope you blow this one up HUGE to hang on your wall!
regards,gayle
(Thanks for forum and image comments)
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Critique By:
Doyle D. Chastain (K:101119)
3/22/2006 7:13:50 PM
Amazing. You are very talented.
Regards,
Doyle I <-----
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Critique By:
Doyle D. Chastain (K:101119)
3/22/2006 7:10:55 PM
A beautiful location and a brilliant capture. Looking at your awesome portfolio makes the comment you made on mine so much more meaningful. I'm not sure what TSA refers to in Hugo's comment and would love to know what program he's referring to with layers as well.
Regards,
Doyle I <-----
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Critique By:
Doyle D. Chastain (K:101119)
3/22/2006 7:03:45 PM
Simply Stunning.
Regards,
Doyle I <-----
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Critique By:
Len Webster (K:25714)
3/22/2006 5:20:15 PM
This is a wonderful series. You deserve to have far more comments than you've been getting..
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Critique By:
Steve Aronoff (K:18393)
3/15/2006 1:04:54 AM
A lovely photo, Mary. Congratulations on its selection for two awards. Well done!
Steve
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Giuseppe Guadagno (K:34002)
3/13/2006 1:28:34 PM
Original, beautiful idea; perfect the capture and PS work.
Bravissima Mary.
Cheers.
Giuseppe
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
3/13/2006 6:23:00 AM
Hi Mary Sue,
Nice to see you uploading in the CC area too... Reading your about, I'll let the noise for what it is. Concidering you shot this at 1600 ISO, the amount of noise isn't too bad either!
I do like the composition in this photo, as well as the subtle textures and high level of details in the sharp areas. Due to the shallow DOF, there's, relatively, a small area in focus. Normally, I would suggest it's a bit too shallow, but as you've placed all dominant subjects in focus, I do think it works well here. Even more so as the out of focus areas wouldn't offer much more information, as the texture of the apples' skin must've been pretty consistent all over, and the infocus area provides einough information already. In fact, the longer I look at it, the more useful the shallow DOF becomes, as it creates a subtle feel for the geometry of the apple.
The green tone of the apple, including the "condensation" on it is very life like, juicy and fresh. I'm not sure about the colour of the stem, though. IMO, it looks a bit too red. Perhaps desaturating the red levels a notch would solve this.
The lighting is nice and soft; any softer, and I think the water drops would no longer have been visible, although it would reduce the (already subtle) shadow of the stem. A bit stronger lighting might've emphasised the waterdrops, but would also increase the shadow as well as create a blown out area, which is by no means an improvement.
To be realy pricky, I think if you'd cropped just a wee bit off the bottom of the image, the composition would be closer to the rule of thirds, but then again, who cares about that anymore?
Very good capture, MS! High quality stuff!
Basically, I'm with John, with one difference. It takes me more words to say exactly the same. But on the bright side, that's even cheaper per word...
Cheers,
Hugo
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Critique By:
Sheila Carson (K:5924)
3/13/2006 4:28:00 AM
Wow! Your photos are really amazing. I love all of the beautiful colors. I really like the different point of view and the lighting on this photo.
Sheila
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Critique By:
Leo Régnier Я£ (K:67696)
3/13/2006 2:20:44 AM
Nice one, something sensual... Good macro!
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Critique By:
Mary Sue Hayward (K:17558)
3/12/2006 6:55:17 PM
John, thanks for your detailed analysis. The stem was my biggest challenge. I was working with an old file, and wanted to crop it so that the stem pointed into the image, but was placed at the 'rule of 3rds' intersection in the lower left, with the stem pointing toward the image center. I was limited by the file itself (or actually by poor planning on my part back when I shot it). I'll keep your remarks and the remarks of the other commenters in mind for the next shoot. THANKS!
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Critique By:
Susie OConnor (K:34798)
3/12/2006 6:45:11 PM
Looks good! I love the selective focus the tight tight crop. Nice job.
Susie
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John Bohner (K:8368)
3/12/2006 4:56:15 PM
"One blemish was cloned out", soon we will all come to expect everything be visually spotless, not ripe/unripe. Be that as it may, I do it to so don't worry. This is the sort of simple image that begs for people to chime in and offer all sorts of opinions. We will see if they do. First is the issue of depth of field, do you have the right amount or not enough here? I like things in focus so I should want more but the blur leads the mind to understand the depth and curvature so I say leave it alone. More DOF would flatten the image and detract. Next is stem going up or down. My instinct is they way you have it. Lastly where is the stem in the frame. I might have put it a bit higher if I thought about it. There you have it - my $0.02 (what ever happened to the cent key?)
Cheers - JB
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Critique By:
Rashed Abdulla (K:163889)
3/12/2006 3:42:49 PM
very interesting work and very beautiful and pleasant image to view , all of the best my friend
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Critique By:
Debasish Ghosh (K:5526)
3/12/2006 3:35:32 PM
Lovely composition and details. A bit gradual blurring might capture your beautiful visiualizations more vividly.
Nice work.
congratulations.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti (K:209486)
3/8/2006 2:14:42 PM
wooww mary sue.. an old shot but fantastic amosphere!!!.. i see new time.. is aalways a big pleasure..
congrats for the "old" POD!!!
cheers
roby
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Critique By:
Domi Domic (K:584)
3/4/2006 11:13:50 PM
Hi - Your pictures are soo bautiful and interesting.
And I want to thanks you for your comment about my pictures.
I did that and I have now my portfolio
Thanks again
See you sometimes - By
Mido
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Critique By:
Roberto Okamura (K:22851)
2/26/2006 7:54:22 PM
Excellent composition Mary!
Beautiful colors and dof!
Congrats!
Roberto.
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Critique By:
Patrick Ziegler (K:21797)
2/26/2006 5:17:32 AM
Great stuff Mary! Thank you for your comment. Love the light and shodows and terrific color
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