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Deceptively Delicate
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Challenge: Dead Flora (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: Dec 18, 2013
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Dec 18, 2013

 These guys survived an ice storm that toppled great, big tree branches. And various wind storms, and rain, and etc. Weeds are tough ;-) These are wild asters in my yard in the morning sun. The ones in the background made great bokeh.

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, levels, CEP (detail extractor, reflector efex in silver), fixed some dust spots, resized, Nik Sharpen, added border.

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 83
Avg (all users): 6.0396
Avg (commenters): 6.7273
Avg (participants): 6.1509
Avg (non-participants): 5.9167
Views since voting: 536
Views during voting: 192
Votes: 101
Comments: 14
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/29/2013 10:03:16 PM
The bokeh is lovely - really sets this off nicely.
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Canon EOS-50D
 12/29/2013 06:02:03 PM
Nice bokeh
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Nikon D750
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 12/29/2013 02:45:02 PM
deceptively beautiful! this would have done well in STARS also. lover the bokeh
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 12/29/2013 07:05:28 AM
Beautiful bokeh and colour.
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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 12/27/2013 11:31:19 AM
Lovely image, enhanced by the bokeh. A lot of space in the background, but that's an artistic choice.
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Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/26/2013 07:15:20 PM
Nice bokeh
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Sony Alpha NEX-6
Sony E 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3
 12/26/2013 12:16:41 PM
I like the brokah and repetition of pattern.
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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 12/25/2013 04:13:15 PM
Lovely colors, bokeh is very pretty, flowers are nicely delicate - I wish they were sharper, though. Voted earlier; back to comment.
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 12/25/2013 03:26:06 PM
I really like how the circles of bokeh work here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 12/24/2013 09:21:27 PM
....good one,,,,6
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/23/2013 11:11:10 AM
Best bokeh of the challenge :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 MZuiko Digital ED EZ
 12/23/2013 08:42:33 AM
I like the background
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 12/23/2013 08:11:33 AM
Your bokeh is glorious.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH
 12/23/2013 12:19:46 AM
Beautiful bokeh.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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