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Challenge: Soft Focus II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Powell Gardens, MO
Date: Aug 20, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 20, 2006

Taken at Powell Gardens in Missouri. Great opportunity to take your butterfly shots at this place. Beautiful butterflies, unfortunately, this one was the most in focus as I was holding my son the whole time while trying to take them. =)

- Adjusted Brightness/Contrast
- A tiny bit of leves
- USM Mask at approx. 3-4px radius
- Apply Gaussian blur, approx. 4px radius x3 times
- Immediately after applying the blur, select Edit>Fade Gaussian Blur and adjust opacity down to 35%.
- Resized to 610
- Guassian Blur 4x radius x3 times
- Immediately after applying the blur, select Edit>Fade Gaussian Blur and adjust opacity down to 35%.
- NeatImage
- Submit

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 252
Avg (all users): 5.6720
Avg (commenters): 5.2222
Avg (participants): 5.4085
Avg (non-participants): 5.7765
Views since voting: 705
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 250
Comments: 9
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08/28/2006 10:11:29 PM
Nice butterfly but seems too focused.
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08/27/2006 09:11:11 AM
Very interesting and colorful... though too much colors doesnt hold the image together. Also the light seems somehow bit unnatural...maybe you used some extra light sources.
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08/24/2006 07:50:36 PM
IMHO Shallow DOF achieved in a macro is not soft focus...
TC
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08/23/2006 04:54:24 PM
the butterfly is gorgeous...I don't like the magenta on the left side corner.
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08/23/2006 04:04:52 PM
Maybe a crop on this would have been better.
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08/23/2006 02:24:19 PM
this shot is too blurry...could be sharper...Just Kidding!!

Great oranges in this. The background is a bit blurry for my liking
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08/23/2006 12:26:20 PM
Butterflies seem to be popular in this challenge. This one would be better with another background. Also you might have positioned the subject more to the left to get a better result. Nice use of soft focus and a fine pic.
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08/23/2006 11:24:43 AM
I like the composition and colours but IMHO this is more the use of DOF than soft focus.
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08/23/2006 06:54:11 AM
perfect for the challenge, love the dof and colours 8
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