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Look to the East, and the Dawn
Look to the East, and the Dawn
MaryO


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Challenge: Off-Centered Subject IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Sep 11, 2012
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Sep 16, 2012

 Totally fanciful title based on the way the Monarch seemed to be pointing. Love the bokeh and light here, and this MAY be one of the 8 Monarchs I watched grow from caterpillars to butterflies in my garden this summer. Magical experience. Made me even more fond of Monarchs :-)

PP - cropped, tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.029, detail factor 1), reduced noise and merged in luminousity mode, white balance, slight color shift towards oranges, sharpened, resized, sharpened with noise reduction, added border.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 108
Avg (all users): 6.6200
Avg (commenters): 7.8889
Avg (participants): 6.7000
Avg (non-participants): 6.5400
Views since voting: 1007
Views during voting: 220
Votes: 100
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/24/2012 05:07:34 PM
This was one of my favs of the challenge; beautiful lighting and bokeh. Your images are always beautiful.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/24/2012 02:49:52 PM
I really like how you handle macros. You bring life to them, which is rare at dpc.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/24/2012 03:30:08 AM
This was one of my top two and I gave you a 9. I think it is just lovely.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 09/23/2012 10:44:19 PM
Pretty! The bokeh is so beautiful.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/23/2012 10:42:14 PM
lovely
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/23/2012 08:41:13 PM
Beautiful - both subject and background.
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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 09/22/2012 11:29:30 PM
I love the light here - bokeh is beautiful and how cool to see the flower through the wings. Not so crazy about the stem on the diagonal in the upper right corner, but still a top pick. 9 Voted earlier.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 09/21/2012 09:46:17 PM
ANOTHER FAVOURITE AND I AM GOING TO SHARE MY SHERPET 'YELLOW' STAR AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FROM ME... ENJOY



CONGRATULATIONS FROM SHEZ
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 09/20/2012 01:47:42 AM
Very Painterly looking
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 09/18/2012 04:21:12 PM
Great composition, beautiful tones in the background.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 09/17/2012 03:08:59 PM
i can almost feel the warmth of the scene
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 09/17/2012 02:34:27 AM
On first sighting a lovely image but your compression ratio has let it down I think. Also the antennae are very crinkled and the wings frayed and dishevelled so it leads me to believe the BF is a dead specimen, bolstered by the one errant lone foreleg grasping at the sky and not a purchase point on the plant. The "Bokeh" is very pretty.
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