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Flower Picking
Flower Picking
BeckyT


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Image Grain II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
Location: In the woods
Date: Mar 11, 2007
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250sec
Galleries: Emotive, Nature
Date Uploaded: Mar 12, 2007

 Took this photo out in the woods. Bought an old looking dress, straw hat and some fake flowers. Borrowed my mothers red basket. My daughter was my model. Had her sit among some ferns and act like she was picking a flower.
Shot in Raw
Converted to PSC2
Displayed around with Shadow/Highlights
Selective color adjustment layer. Tweaked various colors
USM twice
Channel Mixer adjustment layer to convert to B/W
Photo filter adjustment layer set to sepia to try and give it and old feel.
Cropped
Added noise using the Add noise filter and set to Gaussian.
Played around selective color again.
Resized
Saved for Web.

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 399
Avg (all users): 6.1033
Avg (commenters): 7.7778
Avg (participants): 6.0000
Avg (non-participants): 6.2209
Views since voting: 1011
Views during voting: 267
Votes: 184
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/21/2007 12:19:29 AM
Another nice finish, Becky!!! WTG! Such a nice photo should have finished even higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/20/2007 12:18:53 PM
i love this! great use of grain!!!
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 03/20/2007 11:16:20 AM
I like the coloring to the image.
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 03/20/2007 11:05:23 AM
love this shot! Great composition and color.
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 03/17/2007 11:51:13 PM
Absolutely beautiful! What a great feeling I get from this! 10
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 03/16/2007 12:42:11 AM
Very nice
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 03/15/2007 09:34:56 PM
I love the lighting and sepia in this picture.
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 03/14/2007 11:10:43 PM
Such a lovely image with so much going for it! I love it!! It looks like you used grain properly (to enhance the image) and is a great example of a vintage type photo. What a nice photo to hang on the wall! It's so relaxing to look at. Can see it doing very well in this challenge!
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 03/14/2007 01:57:32 PM
This is nice! One of my favorites in this challenge!
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 03/14/2007 01:16:34 PM
i like the tones.
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 03/14/2007 12:51:59 PM
This is great! The grain enhances this photo beautifully to give it a nostalgic look. Beautifully done.
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 03/14/2007 05:09:15 AM
This appears to be a very sharp photo,the jury is out as for grain impact...6 Back later
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