Floral Day 1
by JeniY

Comment:
That thing needs a shave!!
Certainly a unique approach to your PP.

Bestest Friends :)
by ShannonLee

Comment:
darn those horses without tripods.
;)

Nice shot Shannon. Memories to cherish, that's for sure.

7/2 - A Pretty Bouquet
by Rebecca

Comment:
Very, Very nice.
This is the kind of shot greeting cards are made from.
Add some mushy Valentine sentiments and Hallmark move over!

Cabaret
by banmorn

Comment:
I think the horizon is off a bit - have you seen the tutorial fo rthat?
LOL - just kidding!
Nice color contrasts and 3 different focal planes.

Day 2: Waiting To Open
by skasuba

Comment:
This is perfect time-lapse material!
I like the replication of shapes here - gives a 3D effect.

day2.jpg
by superdave

Comment:
Nice contrasting colors - they work well together.
Conveniently fell off huh? OK.

Fly on the Mountain
by lynnmarie

Comment:
What do you mean ooops it was set to 400? 400 is fine on the 350D/400D.
The tones & levels here look good, as is the sharpness.

The more I looked at this, the more I saw could be done with it:
- to ->

(open each in a new window and switch
between them to see the changes easily)

What I did to it was to make a new layer and select the fly and bring some shadow detail out, then history brush everything back that wasn't the fly. Then made a new layer via copy, used the selective color adjustment, yellow, and added 20% yellow, and erased back all teh leaves to make sure I didn't change their subtle tones. Flattened. Then using the color picker tool (eyedropper), I selected a rather bold yellow (hex#faee2e), and using a soft-edged brush in color burn mode at about 6%, painted over the yellows in the flowers, repeating a few times until it looked plausible without over-saturation. Overlay mode would work as well, and would not alter the base pixels. When done, I flattened and went to selective color adjustments and bumped the whites just a touch.

Day Two
by Tuckersmom

Comment:
Funny thing is, he didn't even have to ask why.
Classic! ROFL

Besides the color gradient in the stem looking cool, the whole compost composition with the offset works.
No clue why, but it does.

IMG_8836 flower.jpg
by TheresaA

Comment:
Nice complimentary color for the background.
Polarizer & auto-level? (been there)

Floral Day 2a
by JeniY

Comment:
Wow - I've shot these before in all stages, from a tight spiral looking like a Unicorn, to full-blown blooms, yet never did quite get mine this clean on the detail. Nice!