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Love in Bloom
Love in Bloom
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Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 4, 2008

Viewed: 296
Comments: 17
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 Even young love is in bloom this spring. :)

I used a different technique to bring emphasis to the kids...I selected them with the elliptical selection tool, then feathered the selection 75 pixels. I inverted the selection, then applied the "rough pastels" filter (tweaked the settings a lot but I don't remember what the final numbers were), then flattened the layers. I kinda like the result.

I used the gradient map for the conversion to b/w.

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 04/14/2008 10:34:38 AM
From a technical standpoint, this is a really nice shot and the B&W is well done. But what makes this something special is the candid moment you've captured. As I look at this, I get the sense that their world consists of each other and nothing else, those rare moments in a relationship that fade all too fast. Their age only adds to this, and I get the impression of inexperience from the way he has his arm tentatively around her. Great find.
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 04/08/2008 10:53:51 PM
Great capture to get the exact moment he goes for her purse - works nicely in black and white
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 04/07/2008 04:46:05 PM
Great capture. They look so happily in love. Nice job on the processing.
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 04/07/2008 03:11:54 PM
I really love the blend of the real and the processed, adds to the sense that they are in their own little world!
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 04/05/2008 02:13:48 PM
I think the b&w adds to the sweetness of this.
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 04/05/2008 01:21:32 AM
awww, spring love. I hope you walked over and warned them that this too will eventually come to an end. :P
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 04/04/2008 11:53:33 PM
beautiful.. beautiful .. love the shot and love the process .. :)
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 04/04/2008 09:18:02 PM
This would have made a great shot in the intimacy challenge. Love the B/W processing.
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 04/04/2008 01:32:11 PM
SO perfect for Spring- great capture & your editing is wonderful/
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 04/04/2008 12:35:39 PM
such a darling image..do you know them? maybe they'd love a copy of this great image?

I like the B&W how it lets the shadows' play come into view.
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 04/04/2008 12:18:54 PM
Spring is arriving and love is in the air... great capture!
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 04/04/2008 10:28:05 AM
Very nice bw. Good capture.
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 04/04/2008 10:06:22 AM
This is really neat - I like the background effect and the bw conversion - have to learn how to do that (this month I'm doing b&w pix). I don't like the tree trunk on the far left, it detracts from the picture and doesn't give an interesting foreground, imo. I like the sharpness of the people.

Message edited by author 2008-04-04 10:07:10.
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 04/04/2008 09:49:25 AM
Oooooh, I like the effect too! Thank you for explaining how you did it. I want to try that. It's subtle, but it really makes your subject stand out almost 3-dimensionally. What a sweet photo too. They look so unaware of anyone else in their world, don't they?

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 04/04/2008 09:10:45 AM
Don't you almost feel like you're spying when you use your zoom? hee hee Nobody even knows you are watching them. LOL
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 04/04/2008 08:12:17 AM
This is SOoooooooooooooooooo EMOTIVE as you have captuted that special moment in time.....
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 04/04/2008 07:33:42 AM
Such innocent looking love - sigh!

Great B&W.
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