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Challenge: Free Study XI (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Home
Date: Apr 30, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

-Levels
-Selective color (Black +100% - Red +31%)
-Gradient map (Black/White) at 65% opacity set to overlay mode
-Burn a bit
-Crop

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Place: 97 out of 211
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Avg (commenters): 6.6154
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Views since voting: 948
Views during voting: 285
Votes: 190
Comments: 16
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05/07/2006 09:54:41 PM
probably Dax. Lovely colors
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05/07/2006 04:25:21 PM
I like the softness and mood of this image. The colors are so pleasing to look at! The one thing I think would help this most is cropping a bit of the dark space from the left and up a little from the bottom. I think the space on the left adds little and cropping might place the subject a bit better. The contrasty ribbing on the bottom seems to demand undue attention as well.
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05/07/2006 06:48:49 AM
I like the lighting, tones and the shallow DOF. The focus on the texture at the bottom is rather distracting.
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05/05/2006 11:30:24 PM
I really like this. I think I'd crop out the stripes in the bottom left corner as they tend to drag the eye away from the flowers and add a bit of harshness to an otherwise soft photo.
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05/05/2006 03:12:02 AM
It is all about the light and here it all works.
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05/03/2006 10:51:52 PM
Like the Focus here...nice job...arty
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05/03/2006 05:12:20 PM
good shot, perhaps i would have liked a bit more DOF. 7.
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05/03/2006 12:44:47 AM
I like this!
Soft, good control of DOF and the tones! amazing photo.
I dont like your photo's border tho... 9
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05/02/2006 08:35:15 PM
nice softness. has an abstract quality as well.
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05/02/2006 07:02:43 PM
Nice colors and composition. DOF is also very good. Maby losing a little bit to much of the flower IMHO. Good luck -7-
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05/02/2006 06:07:42 PM
The soft focus works very, very well in this image, but it looks like it was accomplished using a blur tool. Looking at it, the bottom left and a small portion of the bottom middle being left in focus looks like tool usage ratehr than lens usage. Either way, nicely composed, and pretty well done. THe focused corner is almost distracting.
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05/02/2006 10:33:00 AM
Really great colors and tones. The techinical aspects of this are absolutely amazing. This doesn't have the same gotcha factor or the mysteriuos enchantment of your other floral abstracts(hope I'm make the right assumption on the who photographer is). But it's still a very stunning & excellent photo!
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05/01/2006 07:22:50 PM
Nice study on the petals. The DOF is probably too extreme for the masses but it works IMO.
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05/01/2006 05:52:55 PM
Soft, romantic, nice light and shadow, nice DOF choice, nice material beneath.
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05/01/2006 02:08:07 AM
I really like the DOF here.
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05/01/2006 12:50:23 AM
the DOF is so shallow it is hard to connect with the subject....i would try ether focusing more in the middle of the subject instead of the close end...or better yet use a smaller apature
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