Shot with aperture priority, multi metering, vivid color. Used 70mm focal length and exp. compensated +0.3 steps. Post processing - first layer, adjusted brightness, contrast and added a soft edge border. Second layer, working with background, desaturated, adjusted color balance to create a beige look, and added back pink tones to the old blossams. Third layer, worked with leaf and morning glory flower. Lightened leaf and adjusted color balance to a paler green, then adjusted color balance to antique slightly. Lightened flower and dodged a bit to enhance the white of the bloom. Burned the shadow of the stamen. Fourth layer, adjusted entire image with a lightening to pale out further and then added back some color to the flower to make appear a little less washed out. Resized and sharpened.
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I like the effect but I find the bits of the plant on the top and right to be distracting... I think this would have worked better had they been cloned out.
This is really lovely! I love the flow of the blue petals. I can almost see it super imposed on a twirling dancer as her flowing skirt. The background is mildly distracting but the angle of the branch works. I like the softening effect you used on the edges.
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