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Challenge: Flowers (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Devonian Botanic Garden
Date: Jul 2, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2006

 Raw conversion - DPP
* Red histogram 253
* Green histogram 207
* Blue histogram 188
* Colour saturation 101
* Sharpness 35
* Contrast -5

Photoshop -
High pass filter 2.5, blend with hard light
curves - maximize monochromatic contrast
levels 4, 1.18, 255
save for web

Statistics
Place: 185 out of 375
Avg (all users): 5.5000
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 5.4453
Avg (non-participants): 5.6316
Views since voting: 746
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 194
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 07/11/2006 09:43:20 AM
This is beautiful. Should have placed much higher IMHO.
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 07/10/2006 01:46:13 PM
Ha, my first thought was "how the hell is this qualifying as 4.5-5.5?" but I see you just made it in.

It's a quality photo. I think that can be noted by the average commenter vote of 7.28. Those that took more than 3-5 seconds on the picture appreciated it. I bet the largest factor was simply voter fatigue. Look at all those 5's...

I have very little to say about this photo because I like it. I would have given it a 7. Likely not higher because it does lack that "holy cow" factor. That doesn't mean it's bad at all; I've got lots of shots I like a lot that don't have that, but "holy cow" (otherwise known as "wow") does rule here on DPC.

Don't change anything. OK, clone out those two tiny dots on the front petal. There. Nicely done. Should have been a 6+ for sure. Come on! Ursula gave it an 8, what more do you need?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2006 09:46:42 AM
Delicate and soft.....A very nice feeling to this image.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2006 05:02:08 PM
Great photo. Colors are really nice. Great job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2006 04:38:46 PM
Such pretty light and subtle bokeh...nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2006 12:49:53 PM
Nice simplicity with perfect lighting for the mood of the photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2006 08:32:49 PM
Good capture (evening?) of a red poppy. Brings out the delicacy of the petals. (8)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2006 04:54:12 AM
Very pretty and I love the DOF. Bumping up the score.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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