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Pixie Lily Edited
Pixie Lily Edited
TCGuru


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Aperture: 1.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8000s
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2008

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Comments: 4
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 MY PIXIE LILIES BLOOMED!!!! Lilies are my FAVORITE flowers :)

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Used VP:
Warming filter, contrast
reduced opacity to ~ 50%
flattened
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original filter, softer
reduced opacity to ~ 80%
flattened
Copy layer and clone clone clone
Smudge some to smooth where I cloned
flattened
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Dodge/burn here and there
flattened
Copy layer and use soft brush on overlay 24%, 25% sampled out some of the red in the center and painted it out a bit further, reduce opacity of layer to 87%
Flattened
USM 100, 1.5, 2
Resized
USM 50, 0.5, 0
SFW

Easy today but I am trying to step out of my comfort zone... hence the cloning tool :-/

Will step it up a bit tomorrow as well :)

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 06/15/2008 02:27:41 PM
I love how you have taken out the distracting elements in the background and left us to focus on the gorgeous floating lily!
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 06/13/2008 05:46:34 PM
Well done, Jojo- altho I love the original - you did enhance it !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/12/2008 08:12:33 PM
Nice save! It's amazing what making a change in background can do..lots of steps you took though!!
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 06/12/2008 07:51:20 PM
great shot to begin with, but the edit is fantastic. now what are all the anagrams for? =^)
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