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Comment by kiwiness:
Wow that is colorful, excellent capture there. It seems a little blown out at the top though, the birds face kinds of disappears into whiteness and there is something I can't really make out what it is at the top right - 8.

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Comment by svetor:
Very nice work and original!
The contrast is a bit to high though in my opinion and the white is to bright as a result of this. Perhaps this could have been avoided with another backdrop color.
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Comment by Denise Catania:
love those parrots..

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Comment by EJ:
Give'm some color. 8.

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Comment by Gracious:
These are real sugar snap pea pods. I carefully opened this and placed pearls in it.
I tried photographing this under a light tent to soften the glare, but the pearls still took on the reflection of light. They also took on the green tone of the pods. So I desaturated a the whole image a little to eliminate the green on the pearls. Unfortunately it also washed out the green of the pods.
Thanks to all of you who commented.

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Comment by tiff:
i like this image. good work

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Comment by sherryk471:
Wonderful.Detail,texture and color are right on

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Comment by Silver Fox:
what adifferent idea, good color too.

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Comment by DennisF:
Good idea. I think it would have been a better macro shot if you could have moved in and used only 1/4 of this image.

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Comment by sher:
lovely colors and detail...lighting is just a bit harsh on some of the pearls, but, all in all, a beautiful photo.