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Challenge: Flowers for Sherpet (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR
Location: Ballarat, Vic. Australia
Date: Jun 5, 2012
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Jun 5, 2012

 SHEZ, I CHOSE THIS TITLE BECAUSE IT IS YOUR CATCH WORD. I HOPE THAT IT DOES GIVE YOU SOME ENJOYMENT.

It's winter, and wet, and windy, and I thought I had no flowers at all. I went to the hot house at the botanical gardens and they only had cyclamens, cinnerarias and primulas on display. Nothing wrong with that, but anyway the light was gloomy and I wasn't that happy with what I got. (Would have used something if I'd had to, because I wasn't about to neglect this special challenge for Shez.) Then I found that the camellia in my back corner had just started to flower, so I took some shots of the three available choices - all a bit bruised and tattered - and by cropping and spot healing etc. ended up with this.

Open in Picasa
Crop
Soft focus
Glow

Open in PS
Spot healing tool
Clone tool
Duplicate layer
Topaz detail on selected raindrops
Blend mode lighten 40%
Flatten,
Neat image noise reduction
Border
Image size

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 165
Avg (all users): 6.5210
Avg (commenters): 8.3750
Avg (participants): 6.6486
Avg (non-participants): 6.3111
Views since voting: 852
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 119
Comments: 11
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 06/13/2012 06:54:30 AM
SO DELICATE, SO SWEET, AND I CAN ALMOST SMELL THIS ONE... THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND HONOURING ME THIS WAY FROM SHEZ XOX
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 06/13/2012 12:32:38 AM
This is just so elegant and exquisite!
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 06/13/2012 12:10:58 AM
Just lovely, Marion.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/12/2012 09:29:29 PM
Looks like a peonie - can`t wait for mine to open (just about there). This photo makes me even more anxious to see them! Beautiful job.
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 06/11/2012 11:18:18 PM
This looks very much like something Shez herself would do.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2012 01:14:20 AM


HERE IS A SHERPET AWARD FOR YOU FOR ENTERING THE DPCHALLENGE 24 HOUR SPEED CHALLENGE CALLED 'FLOWERS FOR SHERPET'.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/08/2012 09:26:13 AM
soft! She will love it.
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 06/08/2012 06:19:06 AM
Gentle...
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 06/06/2012 09:57:09 PM
Dreamy, beautiful. How can I say more!
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 06/06/2012 04:28:49 PM
Oh that so embodies Shez's work! Beautiful
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 06/06/2012 06:48:03 AM
I think this is one of the better macro type shots in the challenge. Good control of light and detail. Fills the frame wonderfully. 8 for now.
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