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Full Bloom
Full Bloom
Lorene


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bokeh II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Jun 20, 2006
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/5 sec
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 20, 2006

 This is a gerber daisy with blue christmas lights taped on the wall in the background. Used a light shining straight up from underneath the flower, and one shining from the side and slightly above. Sprayed with water (the flower, not the light). Shot in macro mode.

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Adjustment layers:
Curves
Slight yellow to orange hue shift
saturation (bumped overall)

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Thanks everyone for your votes, compliments, and suggestions. I definitely see some ways that this shot could be improved upon and am looking forward to entering many more challenges!

Statistics
Place: 47 out of 432
Avg (all users): 6.1348
Avg (commenters): 6.8125
Avg (participants): 6.1866
Avg (non-participants): 6.0827
Views since voting: 1079
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 267
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2006 07:25:51 PM
blue ribbon... ? hope so...!\
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 06/27/2006 12:26:03 PM
Interesting bokeh. Dont' know quite what it is!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2006 12:17:15 PM
Nice coloring and composure. I think the water drops are a little overdone here...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2006 08:02:34 AM
Nice contrast and shot.
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 06/26/2006 11:11:35 AM
Beutiful picture, but not enough Bokeh for the challenge, in my opinion.
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 06/26/2006 01:34:49 AM
Strong colour. But i'd like to see more DOF.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/24/2006 10:29:55 AM
Beautiful color and composition
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 06/24/2006 05:47:26 AM
Beautiful...a high scorer here.
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 06/23/2006 08:14:43 PM
this is sooo 1970!!!! in a good way of course
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2006 04:09:26 PM
I love this - what is that blue stuff in the BG? I love the bloom, but I am captured by wondering what the rest is. NIce "bokeh"
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 06/22/2006 09:14:14 AM
I already voted, now back for comments. I gave you a 10 on this shot. Lovely vibrant colors, crisp detail, excellent subject and bokeh.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2006 07:33:35 AM
Great contrast colors here.....
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 06/21/2006 06:09:03 PM
A flower shot getting a decent score from me!
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 06/21/2006 11:15:08 AM
Great job with the complementary colors.
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 06/21/2006 11:04:13 AM
Oh wow - I just wispered to myself in my cubicle. The only drawback is the top left corner sharpening effect. Otherwise very, very nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2006 10:27:49 AM
Pretty!
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 06/21/2006 02:49:27 AM
Meets challenge very well: "... take a photograph whose subject is enhanced by the bokeh of the background."
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2006 01:11:57 AM
sweet. drops are always welcome :)8.
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 06/21/2006 12:30:03 AM
too close to the camera there isn't much in the forground or background to be the bokeh. In another challenge it would be awsome, because it's a truely beautiful picture, but not enough for this challenge IMO. 5 (only because it is a beautiful flower pic)


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