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Posted by Kelly on Mon Sep 08, 2003 10:01 pm

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I really was trying to show the feeling of a forest completely filled with mountain laurel blooms, as is the case here in mid-June. This shot doesn't really show that, but all the others were too cluttered. The slide shows the actual blooms much sharper.

Canon Elan 7e, 28-135 IS, Velvia 50, 1 second, f19. Thanks!
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by thapamd on Mon Sep 08, 2003 10:06 pm
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Kelly, this image looks plenty sharp to me. The subtle pinks again the different shades of green are lovely. This was a difficult subjct, I'm sure, and I think you've done a nice job of capturing the scene. Sometimes what looks pretty to the naked eye just can't completely be duplicated on film...I've found that out the hard way :-)
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by Ken Cravillion on Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:13 pm
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I like this too. You have do a wonderful job composing the flowers with the forest. I the light is really nice on these as well.
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by John Zinn on Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:22 pm
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Very nice Kelly. I know how hard is to capture such a large scale view as you had intended, especially when in the woods. Perhaps it would be possible to build on a shot like this. Get close to the flowers for a strong foreground, but also instead use a higher viewpoint so you are looking down on them with the tops of the bushes receeding into the forest. Good luck and keep shooting.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:40 pm
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I really like this one a lot. The colors are good and it has excellent sharpness and depth of field.
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by Alexandre Vaz on Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:24 am
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Actually I imagine what you were looking after but I IMO the image isn't abstract enough to work as a pattern, and not strong enough to work a solo subject. I fell the lack of point of interest to hold on.
Hope you don't my my sincere critic. The image is technically Ok and has a certain beauty but I feel my eyes browsing around, no knowing were to "rest".
 

by Svein-Frode on Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:48 am
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Very nice capture Kelly. The only thing I miss is a little more light and detail on the tree to make it stand out more.
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by Dan Baumbach on Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:57 am
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You gave yourself a difficult task and I think you did it well. The image as posted here looks plenty sharp and the composition works well too. Well done.

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by Eric Fredine on Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:55 pm
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They are beautiful flowers and I like the texture in the trunk. I've also been trying to do shots like this (in anticipation of fall) but frankly without much luck - I find it very difficult to capture an image that is 'clean' enough for my tastes. I think this is a nice image, but it needs to be cleaner or with a more ordered composition to make it really strong (though FWIW I think it's better than what I've been accomplishing!).
 

by robert hasty on Tue Sep 09, 2003 8:01 pm
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Beautiful image Kelly, i think a touch less dof would have made this one perfect. Still a very nice image. I like it!!

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I think you've captured this quite well. There's a lot going on here and yet it doesn't appear too busy.
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