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Challenge: Signature Style (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jan 9, 2010
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/6 sec.
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 12, 2010

 I had to go the post office for work this past Friday and checked out another florist along the way and looky what they had! OOOOOOHHHH! Just what I wanted. Style. Full Frame and centered...sort of...and a flower of course and a dahlia especially. Was going to do a net shot but the city was bereft of decent gerberas so I went with this.

Post:
Camera raw adjustments in PSElement 6.0.
Temperatire from 2850 to 2700
Tint from +1 to +5
Exposure +0.25
Fill Light 10
Blacks 8
Clarity 45
Vibrance +10
Saturation 10
Crop
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation
Adjust sharpness
New Layer, color curves adjustment, increase contrast default, Normal blend mode, 55% opacity
Merge Down
Spot edit dust/distractions
Resize
USM
I checked this out on my cell phone and on the computer at worked and thought it should be a bit brighter. I reopened the original edit in Camera Raw and added +0.40 exposure and did one more bit of spot editing. Resized. USM.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 193
Avg (all users): 6.2896
Avg (commenters): 7.9167
Avg (participants): 6.2674
Avg (non-participants): 6.3037
Views since voting: 1080
Views during voting: 390
Votes: 221
Comments: 14
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/20/2010 09:08:26 AM
HEE HEE - I knew that was yours. Sorry it didn't score higher.
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 01/20/2010 05:05:49 AM
of course- banmorn! Wow - I could see this ribboning in many other challenges - this was certainly a tough competition! Great job here!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/19/2010 10:55:59 PM
Janine is this you? Lovely, lovely bright and beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2010 11:20:22 AM
Perfect execution of a classic subject...Beautiful !!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2010 05:27:33 AM
This exploded right in my face when it loaded, causing temporary blindness and when I regained some of my vision, all I could see was a "10".
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2010 05:03:18 PM
sherpet
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2010 11:57:13 AM
Lovely macro! It resembles one of Ja-9's work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2010 05:33:05 PM
ok, another guess -- is this Janine?

nope! Guess I'm wrong! I love the colors and the lines in this. It's like it's on fire.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2010 04:27:02 PM
I'm going to wildly guess at this digifotojo love this flower...it's beautiful
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/15/2010 08:17:06 PM
Awesome reds and yellows in this beautiful close-up. It reminds me of a natural eye opening and keeping watch over Mortality.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/13/2010 04:53:16 PM
Banmorn? Very nice flower shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/13/2010 01:34:51 PM
banmorn? Um.. so many take lovely flower macros but his work was what came to mind first. Nice one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/13/2010 12:53:31 PM
Nice color and crop. 8
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 01/13/2010 09:49:17 AM
nice bright colors
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