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Glowing Bird on Black
Glowing Bird on Black
gerdagrice


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: March Free Study (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE A1
Location: My home in Toronto, ON
Date: Mar 1, 2004
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 23, 2004

 Taken in my home using a piece of black velvet as background and a northwest facing window as the light source. I handheld the camera. I edited the photo in PSE2. I used the clone stamp tool to remove dust specks from the black, and I also used the levels, b/c, saturation and usm tools in editing the image.

Statistics
Place: 136 out of 310
Avg (all users): 5.6720
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.5649
Avg (non-participants): 5.9138
Views since voting: 1052
Votes: 189
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 07/05/2004 03:02:54 PM
I really liked this image and gave it an 8. I can't think of anything technical to improve it, it might have looked interesting with a water drop on the very tip of each petal, but I am not sure how it would have reflected with the black background.

Thanks for putting comments on other images.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/03/2004 04:09:29 PM
This is very strong and very dramatic. The flower looks positively predatory.
and the black background enhances the effect.
 04/01/2004 08:48:39 PM
Well done - 8
 04/01/2004 02:49:09 PM
This is a great capture. Is this a studio shot o rwas it taken outdoors and then edited?
 04/01/2004 01:57:11 PM
Good shot of a bird of paradise. Nicely composed, good color, sharp. What more can one ask! Good luck.
 04/01/2004 10:04:59 AM
one of my favorite flowers -- good choice on the black as the purple/orange really pop. I'd like to see a bit more of the stem as it seems too tightly cut off at the bottom - the center of the flower (the purple/tanish part) is not quite right - could be it's fuzzy "past its peak" look??
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