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Early Daffodils, Clearing Storm
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Challenge: Something New III (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Brewster, Cape cod, MA
Date: Apr 17, 2006
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Apr 17, 2006

10-22mm lens extreme closeup, shot without viewfinder from ground level.

Multiple passes of contrast masking, selective color, levels, hue/sat. Sky masked and leveled separately. Image cropped tight.

Resize image, USM, borders.

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 247
Avg (all users): 6.1853
Avg (commenters): 7.2222
Avg (participants): 5.9571
Avg (non-participants): 6.2698
Views since voting: 1009
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 259
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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05/06/2006 06:15:08 PM
Nice light on these, interesting to see a stormy sky behind them instead of the usual sunny blue.
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05/01/2006 02:35:54 AM
I love wide angle macros, and the sky in this one is great. Excellent colors in the flowers too.
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04/26/2006 10:27:54 AM
Wow! This is STUNNING with that dramatic sky behind that vibrant yellow! Wow again!!!

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04/26/2006 03:55:29 AM
I love that grey sky!
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04/26/2006 03:19:55 AM
Gee Robert, I missed this one, but gee, I really love it. It is so refreshing, and such a strong colorful image, and of course a great composition as well. It is definately one of "my favorites".....
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04/26/2006 03:05:03 AM
Wonderful colours, Robt.
I truly likes how the yellow flowers are so bright and clean in front of that gloomy greyish sky in the back. And also, the way the light "rakes" (been picking up tips from your landscape tutorial) the petals of the flowers.

If there must be something negative that I gotta say, well... maybe just that grey outlines among the petals - my guess is a by product of the USM?

Great work!

UPDATE: the "grey outlines" among the petals are actually the result of the light - yes, they are shadows. I stand corrected!

Message edited by author 2006-04-26 04:41:54.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2006 10:10:22 AM
Great color and composition.
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04/22/2006 11:39:41 PM
The use of colors on this seems pretty dramatic to me, good job.
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04/22/2006 10:26:27 PM
Awesome shot, but is this a product of "selective coloring"? If so, is that in accordance with the rules?
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04/21/2006 09:37:38 PM
I love the colors and the perspective of the shot. Nice job!
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04/20/2006 07:53:49 PM
Nice depth of field in the daffodil cups. Not the easiest flower to photograph - although certainly the easiest to find in spring.
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04/20/2006 05:06:06 PM
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04/20/2006 09:40:09 AM
great work here...good edit, nice perspective. I would like to haved seen the whole flower on the left
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04/20/2006 09:22:25 AM
I really like your original composition on these daffodils. The lighting is great and really accents well. Great photo!
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04/19/2006 11:06:40 AM
Nice lighting, shame the left side is cut off.
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04/19/2006 09:42:55 AM
very nice angle. the background really makes the flowers stand out
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04/19/2006 07:39:57 AM
very nice! Good luck!!
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