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Challenge: Free Study 2012-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot G12
Location: Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Date: Apr 18, 2012
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2012

 I'm sure this is going to get slammed. Shot through a plastic lens from a flashlight, it is an extreme close up of the edges of begonia petals.

Crop
Select some central petal area
Topaz Detail
Brightness/contrast
Lasso select a few bits of rainbow fringing
Hue/saturation (desaturate)
Clone tool - remove a little bit of rainbow fringing on a petal edge around the thirds intersection top right
Image size
SFW

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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/12/2012 03:06:48 PM
it's lovely
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM
 05/07/2012 11:10:11 AM
I can't decide whether the grain is good here or not. It's very soft grain. I kind of want to reach out & touch these cool, soft petals.
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