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Bridal Wreath Edited
Bridal Wreath Edited
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125s
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 30, 2008

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Comments: 2
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 Crop
Layer via Copy
VP green punch, softer effect
change layer mode to multiply
opacity to 56%
Flatten
Dodge and burn a little here and there in the highlights and shadows
brightness/contrast layer
flatten
layer via copy used PC to convert to B&W set opacity at 89%
flatten
USM 200, 2.5, 2
resize
USM 50, 0.5, 0
SFW

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 05/31/2008 07:22:58 PM
excellent process on your original photograph .. love the crop and the slight desat appearance .. the lighting really gives this a punch .. :)
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 05/31/2008 05:05:34 PM
Nice job on isolating the flowers and making them pop off the dark backdrop. While the white of the flowers really pop off nicely off the dark background I think that unless you are adding text/poem to the left that the flowers seem to be pushed too much off to the side and thus the emphasis of them being the main subject diminishes. You removed the green leaves from the composition all together and I think that doesn't help the composition overall. The flowers seem to hang in negative space - a bit of green would help add some color punch and help 'ground' them a bit. I can't tell for certain which bunch of flowers you took from the original my guess is the bottom ones. May I suggest that the top middle might be better for two reasons. First is that that particular group appears to 'extrude' out towards the viewer rather than lean down to the left like the bottom group. Hmmm, mayhap it is because the cluster is more in a tighter round circle than the bottom one but because the appearance 'looks' like it is coming towards you visually it is more appealing. Second, the leaves surrounding that cluster adorn it in a more appealing fashion for you have them loosely 'encircling' the cluster in a starlike pattern.
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