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Challenge: Puzzle Macro II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: In the garden
Date: Nov 13, 2008
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50 second
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 13, 2008

 This is from the flower of a Bottlebrush Tree.

Editing Steps:
Convert from RAW
Minor cloning
Lucisart filter, 40% opacity
Levels
Contrast
Flatten
USM
Add border
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 262
Avg (all users): 5.7586
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.5349
Avg (non-participants): 5.9773
Views since voting: 798
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 174
Comments: 34
Favorites: 0

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 11/26/2008 03:58:06 PM
Gorgeous macro, you got an automatic 7 from me for the great use of borders ;) But you made the subject too easy for the voters!

Something you could try with the white border lines is to drop that layer's opacity to say 80%? I love this style of border (can you tell?), and dialling down the white (or just not having the lines at all) makes it less 'in-your-face' for the haters too.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/25/2008 10:39:27 PM
Flowers of some kind. Nice colors. Not a fan of the white stripe on the border.
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 11/25/2008 09:48:10 PM
stamens, looks good
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 11/24/2008 10:22:24 PM
Flower stamens. Very pretty!
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 11/24/2008 06:24:20 PM
thats a really nice picture
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 11/24/2008 04:23:28 PM
Flower stamen
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 11/24/2008 12:49:02 PM
Very pleasent image, nice colours!!
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 11/23/2008 07:31:34 PM
easy on the eye - obvious what it is - 6
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 11/23/2008 06:15:39 PM
Callistemon (bottlebrush) stamens? They look pretty.
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 11/23/2008 11:23:53 AM
Flower... or more specifically, the anther and filament from a flower.
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 11/22/2008 06:10:22 PM
reminds me of a koosh (I know it's not).
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 11/22/2008 07:22:44 AM
petals
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 11/22/2008 01:52:17 AM
Not exactly a stumper but well captured and presented. I'm not normally a border fan but this works very well.
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 11/21/2008 09:21:54 PM
stamens of a flower but not sure which one
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 11/21/2008 10:25:28 AM
great catch
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 11/21/2008 05:51:31 AM
Bottlebrush? Very pretty.
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 11/21/2008 01:14:18 AM
flower stamen - nice focus on the anther - great color -8-
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 11/20/2008 12:27:17 PM
nice flower
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 11/20/2008 11:48:20 AM
oooo look at all those filaments and anthers. Nice colours.
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 11/20/2008 09:09:02 AM
I know I have seen this flower somewhere but for the life of me can't think of the name. Love the pink.
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 11/20/2008 07:24:20 AM
Flora!!
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 11/19/2008 11:40:36 PM
bottle brush flower?
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 11/19/2008 09:45:03 PM
bottle brush bush ???
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 11/19/2008 09:44:16 PM
Flower. Great composition, but not so much a "puzzle"
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 11/19/2008 05:49:28 PM
Pollen.
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 11/19/2008 01:50:43 PM
Too easy. :=& Flower stamens!
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 11/19/2008 01:38:33 PM
Love this, just beautiful! I am going to guess a wattle flower. I've never seen one, they grow in Australia, but that's what I think it is.
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 11/19/2008 11:54:15 AM
a flower
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 11/19/2008 11:32:48 AM
Bottlebrush flower?
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 11/19/2008 07:28:31 AM
It is a very pretty photo. 8
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 11/19/2008 04:47:48 AM
loVE IT!!!
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 11/19/2008 04:38:23 AM
Stamen
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 11/19/2008 04:29:58 AM
Flower stamens?
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 11/19/2008 01:47:19 AM
No vote, just guessing...

flora
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