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Challenge: Deja Vu III (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Madonna, Maryland
Date: Sep 15, 2007
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/4000
Galleries: Landscape, Floral
Date Uploaded: Sep 16, 2007
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Not exactly what I was hoping for, as it has a loooonnnnggg way to go to match  Nuzzer's Free Study:
I had scrolled through about the first 30 pages of the archives, picking out possibilities. Then my wife called me about an article in the local paper about the guy who planted 60 acres of sunflowers nearby. So I searched the archives again for a sunflower.
Unfortunately, it was late evening when we arrived, do my sunflower is backlit, as opposed to Nuzzer's front lit masterpiece.
This is the first time I have ever used HDR and tone mapping. I'm not really a big fan of it. I'm not sure why I chose to do it. I guess you should try everything at least once. I hope I did okay.
One RAW file, saved as five exposures (-2, -2, 0, +1, +2), and merged in Photomatrix and then tone mapped.
Opened in Photoshop CS2:
Shadow/Highlight
Levels on the entire image
Levels for blue
adjust brightness
Noise Ninja twice
USM
cloned out the edge of another flower and a weed
burn the sky and the leaves
crop
resize
Perhaps a bit overdone. I wasn't going to enter it once I got done editing, but I figured that I spent the time, I should enter. Prediction...mid 5's.
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09/23/2007 08:25:39 AM |
| Nice work. Great colours and lighting. |
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09/21/2007 10:59:37 AM |
| You have some nice color tones that are vibrant and rich hues in this composition. Details and sharpness are really good on this capture. The main flaw I think that takes away from the beauty of this photo is that backlighting on your main subject. The shadows on the petals really do call attention to the flower BUT they are distracting and more importantly we don't get to see the lovely details of texture on the flower petals. A front lighted sunflower would have been a better subject for the light would play evenly across your subject showing us more details in the textures. |
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09/21/2007 10:35:02 AM |
| In some ways this looks better than the original to me; nicer clouds, background, petals, shadow. |
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09/20/2007 09:02:27 PM |
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09/20/2007 07:59:34 PM |
| Nuzzers was ultra sharp, especially in the center of the bloom. NOt sure his was as backlit. However, you have done a good job of capturing the joy! 7 |
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09/20/2007 08:27:56 AM |
| I love this image, the background looks very surreal, GREAT job! |
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09/19/2007 11:59:03 PM |
| A flash would have worked great here |
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09/19/2007 10:27:53 AM |
| I really like this shot as a portrait of a sunflower. Unfortunately it's not a good representation of Nuzzer's shot in my opinion. His shot seemed to capture a lot more depth and feeling into it. This comes across as just a very good photo of a sunflower. I hope that makes sense? |
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09/18/2007 09:23:14 PM |
| A little darker background would have made this closer to the original...but hey, it WORKS! Bravo to you for a splendid revisit! |
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09/17/2007 11:03:00 PM |
I'm flattered! :)
The leaves seem to mimic my shot well and the fact you've got the sunflower so that the petals are not all fanning out. The colours don't seem as saturated, especially the blue in the sky. The back-lighting on the stem is great.
I'm giving you a 10 just for choosing one of mine to emulate :) |
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09/17/2007 09:15:27 PM |
| Too bad this flower is back lit. The light on the other one gives it such rich detail and color. |
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09/17/2007 01:58:29 PM |
| Pretty! Love the perspective here. |
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09/17/2007 01:42:32 PM |
| This is an awesome version! You did great. |
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09/17/2007 10:14:59 AM |
| This would be better if the sunflower weren't backlit! 5 |
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09/17/2007 04:38:16 AM |
| i think this needed to be more head on. |
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