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Those lazy days of summer......
Those lazy days of summer......
nordic


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: June Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: oxfordshire, england
Date: Jun 5, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3200
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 5, 2004

 Taken during an early morning walk around my village. There are a number of wild meadow areas and I think this is typical image that sumss these up well, the lazy, relaxed atmosphere that is felt by spending some quality time here.

post processing:
1)Duplicated original image layer and applied blur, added a grey overlay with 25% opacity to dull the background, needed to do this for the sepia effect as the background flowers were far to bright and needed less importance.
2)Added 2 adjustment layers for levels and brightness
3)Duplicated original layer to hold the sharpness of the main flower.
4) Ran default sepia action in photoshop.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 384
Avg (all users): 6.0308
Avg (commenters): 6.9333
Avg (participants): 5.9097
Avg (non-participants): 6.3725
Views since voting: 1199
Views during voting: 265
Votes: 195
Comments: 16
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2004 11:07:00 PM
Really works for me. Might have tried tweaking the curve a bit to get a bit more contrast, but that may be personal preference. Good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2004 10:43:04 PM
outstanding tones and composition. this is a great example to show all the people who hate flower images that, when done well. they can be striking!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2004 08:19:56 PM
I usually like to see flowers in color, but this turned out really nice. Very dreamy, I do like it a lot! 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2004 08:10:59 PM
Ooojh lovely - how about just a bit more contrast somewhere?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2004 06:14:24 PM
Doesn't meet the challenge brief. Good luck. ;)
 07/06/2004 11:05:41 PM
love it! great dof. 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/06/2004 02:35:52 PM
excellent choice of composition, dof, sepia -- you've really captured summer. One of my top picks this challenge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2004 11:26:31 AM
I'm a sucker for unusual flower shots, this one is beautiful! The toning works great, and I like that all flowers except the one that draws the eye are photographed from the side and are muted. Very nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2004 04:01:58 PM
A calming and uplifting image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2004 02:24:01 AM
The daisy that is in focus does not seem to be enough to offset the remainder of the picture.
 07/02/2004 01:04:03 PM
Very nice tone and DOF...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 12:24:48 PM
Love the DOF and especially love the sepia treatment. Very beautiful composition!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 11:54:51 AM
Very peaceful atmosphere. Good DOF and nice gradient from top to bottom. Not sure about the bottom left flower adding to the composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 10:44:36 AM
Nice image. I don't like seeing all the weird shapes of patches floating around the image. To me it looks like you have done some major damage to the image.
 07/01/2004 07:58:18 AM
Reall nice idea.
And well excecuted
good luck
i like it a lot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 07:10:59 AM
very athena


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