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Old 12-20-2010, 06:20 AM
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Beautiful.

My only critique would be maybe to bring the sky out a little more, but that's just me. It's fantastic the way it is.
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I like the use of the plants as a foreground object, but I wonder what it would have looked like with a lower focal length and smaller aperture to achieve a deeper depth of field? That way you could have both the plant and the sunset in focus
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Try and ask something more specific. Gives us a direction to go in
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Beautiful.

My only critique would be maybe to bring the sky out a little more, but that's just me. It's fantastic the way it is.
Thanks.
You mean fill the frame with more sky or expose it more?
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I like the use of the plants as a foreground object, but I wonder what it would have looked like with a lower focal length and smaller aperture to achieve a deeper depth of field? That way you could have both the plant and the sunset in focus
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I'll definitely give it a try next time.
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I like your framing and the silhouette is nicely done. I think to make this be a really stunning image, though, you'd want to have one more compelling piece of subject matter in there to give it a sense of place/time/mood/location. One thing that comes to mind is a bee on the plant, or something else in the background or foreground to give it that added sense of interest.

Nice job!
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