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Challenge: Abstract III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Sony Alpha a55
Lens: Sony DT 1.8/50mm SAM
Location: Botanical Garden
Date: Sep 22, 2011
Aperture: f8
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Abstract, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Sep 22, 2011

 Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill

I expect to receive a very low score because 90% of the abstract-ness of this squash blossom is in the color created in PP. But...

There is an abstract quality to squash vines & all their details that is very attractive to the designer mind. I used PP to enhance & illustrate the abstract qualities rather than the realistic, documentary ones. Topaz DeNoise, CS4 sharpen, auto adjust tone, contrast, & color. A layer of SEP2 BW, blended in Difference mode (& flattened) was blended back into the stack in Pin Light mode. I turned the BW layer off & then added a top layer of Curves adjustment, blended in Overlay mode. Flattened, cropped, & saved for the web.

Statistics
Place: 129 out of 182
Avg (all users): 5.2521
Avg (commenters): 8.3333
Avg (participants): 5.2911
Avg (non-participants): 5.1750
Views since voting: 487
Views during voting: 198
Votes: 119
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/08/2011 09:44:58 AM
Oh I was one of your 7s. I loved the electric blue.
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 10/03/2011 12:34:44 AM
I was one of your nines. I can taste it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/02/2011 01:17:23 AM
I will miss you.

I'm hanging this in my abstract gallery

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 09/27/2011 03:44:34 AM
simply beautiful
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 09/26/2011 01:32:35 AM
Surreal pp'ing.
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 09/26/2011 12:12:01 AM
A psychedelic fairy tale. Excellent.
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