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Challenge: Free Study 2009-10 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-420
Lens: Olympus 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Chiba Flower Museum
Date: Oct 4, 2009
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Digital Art, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2009

 Pink cosmos flowers in late afternoon sun at Chiba Flower Museum, Chiba, Japan. Digitally enhanced with Photoshop.

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Views during voting: 237
Votes: 164
Comments: 4
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 11/07/2009 09:12:53 PM
In general I love this shot; the colors are very appealing as well as the composition. If I had to pick something that made this shot less than a 10, I would say that I'd like to see at least one of the flowers be in better focus.
Sigma DP1x
11/07/2009 08:57:58 PM
Those Candyland colors are just too appealing. Wonderful.
Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM
 11/07/2009 02:38:35 PM

It wasn't until later that I noticed the splashes of
red-orange in the BG, & the square shape which I can imagine is a bee hive, for honey. There's a wonderful feeling of sunny breezes in this that creates a happy face on me. The color of the shadows on the pink petals is just perfect.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/06/2009 06:43:26 PM
Nice colourful scene. I especially like the background here, it's fun, playful, goes well with the colour of the foreground flowers.

I'm not sure about having the two flowers in the foreground though, they compete for attention, I think having just one of those and keeping everything else exactly as it is would improve this shot.
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