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I went on a ramble with ~thisisyesterday today, testing various shots with my new camera. Here's a traditional flower shot.Some PS alterations, mostly slight saturation adjustments.
Advanced critique encouraged, I need all the help I can get if I want to become a better photographer
(that means, if you're going to point out the flaws, give me ways in which they would be remedied, 'aight?)
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wow, the colours are awesome... and it looks so unreal...near surreal
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The little bud is just the right size to compliment the big leaves and their placement. Great job!
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ONE word------------------- UUUUULLLLTTTTIIIIMMMMAAAATTTTEEEE
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Great shot, it reminds me of a funeral for a harlett.
The composition is pretty good, and I'll not bother repeating what others have already said about whiteness and such. Decent focus, probably could be a little better. But why would we need comments if everyone's art was perfect?
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i like it, but the shine one the leaves is taking away from the actual flower. at least this is what i think, and unfortunatly i have no idea how to fix this minor defect.
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It is beautiful. O.O I can't think of anything better to say than that...sorry! ;_; But it's still good! ^^
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It's very clear which makes the quality even higher, it's beautiful and it's my favourite flower
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This has to be one of the more "powerful" photo images I've seen of a flower and it's not just because it's color. This flower says "you will look at me". It's being centered carries that even further. It has a realisim quality to it also. I'm not an expert but I think it's a fantastic shot. I love all of your work actually. Glad to see you recognized your gift and are pusuing your talent at a young age.
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This has to be one of the more "powerful" photo images I've seen of a flower and it's not just because it's color. This flower says "you will look at me". It's being centered carries that even further. It has a realisim quality to it also. I'm not an expert but I think it's a fantastic shot. I love all of your work actually. Glad to see you recognized your gift and are pusuing your talent at a young age.
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Heh, now I know how to save money next Valentines Day...
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I think it might be a little interesting to see this where the flower is a bit off centered.
Overall I find this to be very appealing to the eye and beautiful. Its such a lush color I almost didn't recognize it to be a photo until I read your description, simply brilliant job.
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holy hell =-o, thats just amazing.. nice pose with the rose and all.. i may buy that baby =-o
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very beautiful.. soft feel to it.. the only thing i'd've done is do something different with the lighting, the reflection on the leaves near the bottom is a bit bright.. but other than that, very nice
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i dotn know anything about photos, but id say this is perfectly focused, and the colors are perfect
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Personally I'm into photography and I'm somewhat into photoshop (well I try) and I try and not to mix the two. Reason being if I want to be a good photographer I dont want to have to rely on some program to make it look good. I want it to look because I got a good shot. My belief is that being a good photographer you can get that amazing shot by playing around with settings and lighting, not becuase I can tweak it here and saturate it there. Now I'll admit some thing are near impossible to do with a camera that you can do with photoshop so if thats your cup of tea, by all means do it. my two cents.
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great shot bro..
i love the saturated colors in it.
impressive shot man.
mP
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I noticed a lot of people are "more off sentered", "don't focus it so much on the center", etc. I read somewhere that you should use "The Rule of Thirds". I'd thought you already knew this because it shows up quite frequently in most of your artwork, but I'll just run over what I remember from it real fast (take notes
The rule of thirds basically says that you should break up your image into thirds and place your focus point on one of the intersections.
See a scrap I just uploaded for an example ([link] ). I gave a bit more in depth to the rule in the description. Sorry for it being such a small image, it was the only decent picture I had on my computer that followed the rule.
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uh, actually there is not really much to crit here 
hm, the only thing you might want to change next time is to keep the subject a little off the center. apart from that.... great work
dan *waves*
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nice - i always wanted to take a photo like that... lol i have one of a bumble bee [haha! i said bum! 
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the photoshopping is wonderful but the shot is poor
learn to rely on your camera not your program. I keep my level and color balancing to a minimum when I process, I'd say the only thing that should be done almost everytime to a digital photo in photoshop is an unsharp mask
the lighting worked out for you but the the composition is boring
almost never place something in the center of your photo like that
get closer
use perspective
take advantage of lines
keep focals out of the center unless it is particularily useful that way
photography critiquing aside, the image as a whole has a really nice feeling
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If I was in a better mood I'd critique this, right now you don't want me to. Give me some more shots to work with.
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Wow. Wicked good.
I'm a bit with the people on the "plastic" side of this, but it's gorgeous that way. I love how surreal it looks with the lighting and the uber-shiny leaves. However you got that frosted look, keep doing that. It is beautiful. Depth in the rose is a very important part, and you might try taking it from a slightly different angle (lower down, that is) to help improve that. Beautiful.
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there is only one critique I got for this. . .
YOU HAD TO Stress upon the importance of fullviewing this in the description
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You shouldn't stage natural beauty. It's wonderful, and the PS skills give it an additional amount of detail that only improves the picture.
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I like it. It's cool how the dark backround just makes the red and green pop. Nice work ^^
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Nice!!! I really like how sharp the flower looks very nice looks great!
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Such beautiful rich colours. Simply gorgeous. The shine on the leaves is mesmerising. I can't think of much else that could be wrong with this. Though perhaps you can experiement with different colour borders instead of just black. Maybe a lighter colour on the outside to keep ones eye from wandering to the outer perimetres
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First the praise: Omfg that's t3h rox0rsz.
No really it's pretty good. Would like it to be bigger but its my own damn fault that I use 2048 x 1536 resolution...
I love the texture on the leaves that you captured. Alone that makes this picture 20 times more realistic than most. Also I like how the depth blur gives it a mystical, surrealistic affect. I think the Rose needs a little bit darker colors in it. It almost looks like the frosting design they put on cakes. Not necessarily a bad thing though, it looks great.
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I'd go for a more centered composition, with the rose in the very middle, but that's just me
Also - no, I don't mind the shining leaves. They add up to the mood
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As you've said, you've done some PS work on this, and I think it works better for it as long as you were aiming for this heightened vividity. Luscious colours - I like it
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Yeh its nice. However, on a bog-standard digital camera without enhancements, i wonder if this shot would be any good at all. I mean its perfectly sharp and the quality is amazing, and great colours in there. I think it relies far too much on its lighting and touch ups and not enough on its composition. But that said, looking at it, its a great snap. But whether that is because of your digital art skills or your skill in photography remains to be seen.
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Very pretty!
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Teehee this is very different for you 
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Nice vibrant colors. The only critique I can think of is that maybe the shine on the leaves upstage the bloom a little, maybe soften it a bit.
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The plant looks fake imo, I like the colors, but like i said it loks fake
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I'm liking this.
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It's cool, though the intensity of the green around the light on the bottom few leaves is a bit annoying.
Maybe that's just me though, I dunno.
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That's an amazing picture, the water idea sounds kinda cool.
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When you center pieces like that it looses the viewers intrest. It is like looking at something normal and boring that anyone could take. Try off centering the rose in the screen to create a better compostistion. (technicality? due to the color hightening (which I love by the way) the rose is more of a cadmium red hue than a crimson... you probably dont care or need to know that but since I work with oil paint I just thought I would let you know
~Nine
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