single exposure converted to TIFF and opened in Color Efex
-glamour glow
-classic soft focus
resulting image opened with Capture NX2
-darken background
-lighten upper right area of flower
-increase contrast
-spot healing to remove remaining light spots in background
-unsharp mask
-crop, size, and save for DPC submission
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Instant fav! You took full advantage of the natural visual elements of this pretty Iris & made a really nice abstract that would look good hanging on the wall. Looks like natural light, or at least slightly directional light. WTG!
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