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3 blooms & a bud
3 blooms & a bud
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Oregon
Date: Jun 26, 2008
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Black and White, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2009

Viewed: 304
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

 This is an oldie, an accidental dark background. Frankly, I don't know why it is so dark because all of the other flower images I took at the same time at the same place weren't this dark and many even had shorter exposure times.
Processing in CS3:
Crop
Color Efex Pro tonal contrast
Orton effect (make copy on new layer set to screen, combine them, then make a copy of that layer set to multiply and apply gaussian blur)
Silver Efex Pro to convert to B&W
Color Efex Pro tonal contrast again
Copy layer, apply diffuse glow, set opacity of layer to 25%
Original

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 06/15/2009 09:01:04 PM
Wonderful glowing tones. Nice composition and editing.
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 06/02/2009 05:46:39 PM
I love the composition, and the sort of pillowy feeling of the flowers, but they look just a bit too "dreamy" for me.
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 06/02/2009 02:17:39 AM
Beautiful texture and detail. Were the other flower colours as light? Maybe the bg is darker because the very pale flowers are so perfectly exposed.
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 06/01/2009 11:16:33 PM
The soft whites work beautifully against the black in this one.
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 06/01/2009 02:19:49 AM
Nice composition Colleen - love the look of the Roses.
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 05/31/2009 09:09:07 PM
How pretty!!!!! It's all creamy and velvety.
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 05/31/2009 06:23:02 PM
This is beautiful, the flowers have a satin or silk feel about them. Gorgeous.
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