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Challenge: Pink III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2011 challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: Oct 9, 2011
Date Uploaded: Oct 9, 2011
[Oct. 14th, 2011 07:36:14 PM]

So it had been a long, hard week, and I wasn't feeling well again. Of course it was the last day, and I didn't have anything. I had planned on buying a pink calla lily and trying a studio shot, but it wasn't looking promising.

My husband and I went to Lowes to look at flooring (hurricane damage in the kitchen), and then went out to lunch.

On the way to lunch, my husband saw a field of cosmos:



I did a number of shots in the field:



(yes, that last one was in the field -- just very overexposed with a sky for the background.)

And then I pilfered 3 stems and brought them home. This entry is one of the studio shots. The faded flower on the left is just a flower in the background with a shallow depth of field. However, the pink blob on the right is a shadow. It's a pink shadow because I was using a pink gel with my flash to illuminate my white background. Didn't know I'd get a pink shadow, so it was a fun discovery!

A red??? Wow!!!! Thanks so much!!!

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 106
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Avg (commenters): 8.0000
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Views since voting: 4558
Views during voting: 227
Votes: 111
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 10/19/2011 01:07:14 AM
Congrats Wendy...gorgeous soft image with a lovely serene feel to it.
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 10/18/2011 12:14:37 AM
Lovely, and you did it without a squirrel or bluebird! ;)
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 10/17/2011 12:01:16 PM
Congrats to you,super simple but really effective image.
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 10/17/2011 11:11:17 AM
Congratulations. Beautiful.
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 10/17/2011 09:06:47 AM
Quite lovely! Don't know what a gel is, but it makes for quite nice light! Hopefully it doesn't leave goop all over the flash. :-) Congrats on more bling for your profile page. After a while, I think they issue a second page, don't they? Or maybe just a trophy case! Where's you stamp from Ken? He's slacking!
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 10/17/2011 08:37:17 AM
congrats on the ribbon, this is a lovely image
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 10/17/2011 08:19:59 AM
Go, Wendy!! Well done!
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 10/17/2011 08:03:46 AM
Truly stunning!!
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 10/17/2011 05:08:34 AM
Congrats on the red Wendy! Lovely image.
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 10/17/2011 03:28:20 AM
Congrats, Wendy. Seems no matter what you shoot, you finish in the top 3!
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 10/17/2011 02:52:14 AM
Congratulations Wendy! What a great shot! I am really fond of the subtle shades of pink, so creamy background opposed to the sharpness of the subjects works fantastically well. Great job!
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 10/17/2011 02:42:07 AM
Way to go, Wendo! :)
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 10/17/2011 01:44:31 AM
Beautiful Congrats
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 10/17/2011 12:42:10 AM
Congratulations on the red. A lovely shot and well composed.
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 10/17/2011 12:23:15 AM
congrats on a lovely image!!!
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 10/17/2011 12:03:58 AM
Congrats, Wendy. Lovely image.
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 10/17/2011 12:03:47 AM
Congratulations on the pink ribbon, a beautiful shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/16/2011 11:43:00 PM
Beautiful and delicate.
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 10/10/2011 03:39:00 PM
this is very pretty, I like the bg and the faded out flower
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 10/10/2011 10:30:05 AM
Oh I LOVE this. To me, so many aren't pink, but peach or purple and this is truly PINK. Great composition and focus.
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