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Challenge: Flora II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Norwich, England
Date: Oct 4, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 9, 2007

 Flower, taken from underneath facing up toward the sky. Light wasn't right, so couldn't get the dark blues in the evening sky and still have decent exposure on the flower.

Processing:

Aperture Priority's "Tone Mapping Emulation" method
Black and white layer
Curves
Neat image
Photo filter
Healed a couple of dust bunnies
Resized
Border
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 325
Avg (all users): 5.8024
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.5753
Avg (non-participants): 5.9787
Views since voting: 756
Views during voting: 216
Votes: 167
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/24/2007 03:07:42 AM
Beautiful shot!
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 10/24/2007 12:44:05 AM
I love the holes in the petals. All to often flowers are "perfect" when photographed, yet the ones we see every day have imperfections.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/21/2007 12:10:32 AM
beautiful specimen
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/20/2007 10:40:33 PM
The imperfections of the petals is precisely what makes this shot interesting and unique - this is no ideal specimen, this is a capture of a single individual, at a moment in its lifespan that cannot be revisited. Really nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/17/2007 04:47:10 PM
In reference to the comment below about not having perfect petals. WHAT in life is perfect? I think reality, portrayed beautifully is GOOD. Nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/17/2007 08:25:09 AM
The background is absolutely perfect for this shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/12/2007 11:33:03 AM
This shot would be rated higher, by me at least, if the flower didn't have tears in the petals. This is nicely done though, I like the transition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/12/2007 09:14:22 AM
flowers shots great background distracts.-1 for that
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2007 05:27:23 PM
Very brave to go for a BW shot in this challenge, but with loads of similar shots you need to do something different to stand out, and this stands out.. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/10/2007 05:48:22 AM
classic, nice tone and subject
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 10/10/2007 12:42:42 AM
beautiful
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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