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by Ja-9

Comment by Alicia:
Like!

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by Ja-9

Comment by love:
The background is lovely!!

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by Ja-9

Comment by onepurplerose:
Love the bokeh circles!

DSC_8578-Edit1_edited-1
by Ja-9

Comment by roz:
this is fantastic janine ... love the photograph and love love love your processing .!!. :)
hope you're having a great easter break .. :)

Coral Bean
by Ja-9

Comment by digifotojo:
Beautiful Janine, I gave this an 8... should have done better!

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by Ja-9

Comment by npasel:
What are these? They're near my house too. Good bokeh entry.

DSC_9648-Edit_edited-1
by Ja-9

Comment by Alicia:
This is exquisite.

DSC_9430-Edit
by Ja-9

Comment by glad2badad:
I'd pass on this effort. Red is tricky. It appears that many details have been lost and the image seems strongly manipulated.

DSC_9520-Edit
by Ja-9

Comment by glad2badad:
Subject is somewhat unique with the chosen flower type (lower right one may be slightly over-sharpened). I think circular bokeh (from bg highlights) are stronger when the lens aperture is wide open and circular rather than showing edges from a stopped down lens.

This is my first reaction.

DSC_9430-Edit
by Ja-9

Comment by Alicia:
Hey - this is a good start, but it has a few challenges:

The background flowers on the left have odd blotches of red.
The reds are pretty flat looking - I mean, no depth in the areas that are red.
And even when making room for your frame obsession, I find this one pretty heavy in relation to the delicate subject.

Let's see what else you have. I know red is very hard to process so it looks natural. I usually do some adjustment on the color channels with levels to get it there. I'm sure there are other ways.