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Another Few Mums
Another Few Mums
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Challenge: Duotones IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jun 14, 2009
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/13 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2009

 Well I did not expect to do mums again but they had them at one of my florists and since the others were closed because of festivities near and far I was stumped. Of the 4 subjects I shot, I felt these came out best. I also learned another method to assimlate the duotone look that you can see in the post.

Shot with camera on tripod and cable remote release. Use 4 clamp lamps each with a 100w energy saving bulb.

Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation.
Adjust sharpness.
Color selected a brownish gold hue.
Made new layer and filled with the above color.
Changed blend mode to color.
Selected background layer and removed color to lighten.
Merge down.
Resize.
USM.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 253
Avg (all users): 6.2636
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.9398
Avg (non-participants): 6.8478
Views since voting: 1226
Views during voting: 221
Votes: 129
Comments: 5
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/20/2009 03:16:32 PM
Awesome! Just beautiful. Such good light!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/16/2009 11:43:23 PM
Oh wow. Lovely. This just screams "notice me" with that black background and almost glowing tips. I really like this. (not voting)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/16/2009 04:56:47 PM
Amazing effect on the flowers... great tones... Raj
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/15/2009 12:42:33 PM
This is simply lovely. The duotone really works well here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/15/2009 12:40:10 PM
IMO you have pushed the tone a bit to much...you have a pretty good shot, might have straightened it a bit more and cropped to "fill" the frame with the flowers but to me I personally don't like how "far" the tone was taken...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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