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Salsify Rise
Salsify Rise
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Challenge: Flowers II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: River Heights, Utah USA
Date: Jul 12, 2009
Aperture: f 13
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Abstract, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 12, 2009

 Scorzonera laciniata

These are very common, of course, and is known as a "False Salsify". I've been salivating to participate in DPC again, and now that life is just a wee bit calmer, I hope I can do so once in a while.

For this photo, I turned it 180°, fiddled with levels, saturated it a bit, re-sized for web, and sharpened it. I selected the middle portion of the flower and darkened it a tad. There were also two reddish blobs that I minimized by saturating and darkening.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 255
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Avg (commenters): 7.0000
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Views since voting: 963
Views during voting: 241
Votes: 141
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/18/2009 08:44:04 AM
I saw one of these the other day; quite impressive. Like your DOF and light. Not scoring based on title but I wonder if it would suit the image better if it were flipped so the flower was rising out of the bottom of the image?
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 07/17/2009 05:34:41 PM
8 - Really like the sheerness of this and the colors and processing too. Good detail and such subtle OOF fore.
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 07/14/2009 08:06:11 PM
Very interesting idea. Nice composition and pretty amazing image in general.
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 07/14/2009 07:42:16 PM
Superb detail and lighting.
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 07/14/2009 04:46:05 PM
i am so glad someone tried this, i could get it to work when i was shooting. hope you arent getting too many DNMCs
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 07/13/2009 11:01:56 AM
Wonderful detail here.
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 07/13/2009 08:50:41 AM
Nice POV. Excellent detail
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 07/13/2009 06:11:00 AM
fantastic details!
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