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A taste of Spring
A taste of Spring
aliqui


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 100 Meters (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Outside my apartment
Date: May 29, 2011
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100sec
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 29, 2011

 This is a Rhododendron bloom outside of my apartment. Dusted off my macro flashes that I haven't used for a year. Yay, Spring!


Lightroom
Crop
Flipped horizontally
Slight exposure reduction
Removed a spot of dust

Photoshop CS5
Topaz Denoise
Levels
Cloned out a piece of pollen that was falling
Resize
Sharpen
Resize
Smart Sharpen
Selectively sharpened some bits
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 141
Avg (all users): 5.6250
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.6000
Avg (non-participants): 5.6508
Views since voting: 1774
Views during voting: 230
Votes: 128
Comments: 4
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/25/2014 02:24:28 PM
This is my favorite kind of flower shot. Frame filling, bold, verging on abstract. Nice.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/30/2011 05:04:48 PM
Nice abstract. The colors are so bright and vibrant it's a bit much for me, but the focal depth is great and the hint of details is excellent. Not voting, just blabbing.
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 05/30/2011 12:41:34 PM
Delicately beautiful, bright and breezy. 9
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 05/30/2011 03:10:46 AM
Too many objects in the frame. Very nice colors.
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