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Impending Glory
Impending Glory
MaryO


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Collection: 2008-08 30 Days of Flowers
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Aug 7, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2008

Viewed: 373
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

 Day 8 of 30 Flowers

Back to the Morning Glories for a couple of those wonderful twisty buds. These flowers just fascinate me; in all their life stages they're lovely.

12mm extension tube in midday sun.

PP - converted from RAW, levels, white balance, dodged buds, 2nd layer (Gaussian blur, lighten buds, merge in multiply mode at 30% transparency), desaturated yellows and yellower greens, increased saturation on blue-magenta, gradient dark green filter on background, added border, resized, sharpened.

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 08/22/2008 12:24:55 PM
The lines of this with that lighting is wonderful.
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 08/11/2008 05:58:18 AM
Great use of light and color.
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 08/10/2008 11:51:23 AM
Great title for a beautiful image.
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 08/10/2008 07:17:27 AM
Just stunning.....
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 08/09/2008 08:21:55 AM
SO, SO, SO PERFECT~
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 08/09/2008 08:20:57 AM
wonderful use of low key here - it really shows the details in the greens
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 08/09/2008 02:22:18 AM
That is just wonderful. Thanks for the detailed processing steps as well.
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 08/09/2008 01:30:10 AM
Really great spiral and excellent background. I like all the shades of green in this, with just a hint of purple peeking through the not-yet-opened blossom.
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 08/07/2008 09:57:09 PM
Everything about this is beautiful1
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 08/07/2008 08:22:09 PM
I love the unfurled blossom. It is glowing~ so pretty!!
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 08/07/2008 08:10:31 PM
Excellent, love those patterns. The gaussian blur gives it a great touch of glow.

I have a bunch of these on the side of my house but they are blueish. Been thinking of shooting them and now I'm inspired.
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 08/07/2008 06:42:13 PM
Beautiful shot!
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 08/07/2008 05:38:36 PM
Heavenly, Mary !
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 08/07/2008 03:54:41 PM
Beautiful. Everything about it is superb.
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 08/07/2008 03:05:50 PM
Oooo... I love that spiral. Flowers are so facinating.

Great lighting here too. Even the background has an interesting green marble texture. The tiny bit of pink poking out is pretty cute, heh.
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