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Still bright in the midst of it's on death
Still bright in the midst of it's on death
albc28


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Flowers (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Hopatcong, NJ
Date: Jun 29, 2006
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2006

Camera effect:
Capture only orange

Post Processing:
Broaden color of flower (add reds and yellows)
Darken and contrast flower
Add color to stem (green)
Darken Stem
Blend edges using blur
blur end of stem into colorless leaf
Tighten crop

Statistics
Place: 370 out of 375
Avg (all users): 4.1022
Avg (commenters): 3.5000
Avg (participants): 4.0000
Avg (non-participants): 4.3333
Views since voting: 1133
Views during voting: 239
Votes: 186
Comments: 7
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AuthorThread
08/03/2006 11:45:50 AM
What might have worked better for you here would be to not totally desaturate the whole image, but to leave a wash of color. Maybe set the saturation slider at -65ish, and then mask out the single flower, as you did, and boost it back up to full, or even a more than full (+25ish?).
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/08/2006 12:12:29 PM
I think the selective desaturation would have worked better if the subject that is in color were a bit less saturated so that it did not look neon. I like the idea and title for the picture though.
07/07/2006 07:31:43 AM
The flower is not very pretty, I guess that's why it doesn' make this image great, otherwise the desaturation would work really well IMO.
07/07/2006 12:20:27 AM
orange jewelweed (Impatiens capensis Meerb.)
a lovely little bloom.... awash in a morass of gray desaturation.
07/05/2006 05:50:54 PM
I'm not sure the selective coloring works for me here. It makes it look really overprocessed. Maybe if the rest of it had not been completely desaturated it would work better.
07/05/2006 04:51:20 PM
Great photo. Colors are really nice. Great job!


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