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Challenge: Free Study 2013-10 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot G12
Location: Ballarat, Vic. Australia
Date: Oct 28, 2013
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/400
Date Uploaded: Oct 29, 2013

 Lilies growing in an otherwise unglamourous corner of my back yard.

Open PSCS3
Crop
Select background areas
Brightness/contrast (to darken, making sure the details still exist)
Duplicate layer
Topaz Adjust
Blend mode soft light 70%
Flatten
Topaz Detail
Flip vertical
Gradient to darken bottom of image
Flip vertical again
Burn tool
Lasoo tool select with feather, select inverse
Brightness/contrast
Canvas size border
Sharpen
Image size
SFW

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 177
Avg (all users): 6.4526
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 6.2958
Avg (non-participants): 6.9167
Views since voting: 619
Views during voting: 177
Votes: 95
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2013 11:11:11 PM
Beautiful light! Cute petal curl. :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2013 05:30:26 PM
Very elegant composition and tones. Nice lines. I would have scored it higher if there had been a greater DOF so that more of petal surfaces with the water drops were in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2013 07:51:56 PM
A classic subject. A classic shot. Nicely composed. Nice management of your DOF. Overall, done very well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/02/2013 09:58:37 PM
Beautiful. The water drops make it nearly perfect 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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