So, I definitely don't expect this to win. After all, much of it is out of focus *gasp*. But I had fun playing around with it and decided to enter it instead of my other photo which definitely would've done better.
Basically, I put the yellow flower on a yellow piece of cardboard, set the camera to the lowest ISO and then zoomed in on the flower during the exposure.
Post-processing: crop, levels, contrast, adjust colors, resize, unsharpen mask, frame. I wish I could spot-edit those specs. I have no idea what they are. I deliberately centered the flower in the photo, I felt that an off-center shot was not appropriate for such a symmetrical entry.
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This feels like tissue paper - there is a softness to it that I can't describe well. The image has been growing on me (and rising in score) since I first looked at it.
8, Kavey
Very nice effect! I think it would be a little better if the flower was slightly more separated from the background, colour-wise, but I like this a lot :)
The first flower shot that's come up for voting for me ... and what a cracker! Absolutely beautiful. I really like the extreme tight composition so that the flower becomes it's own background, and the square frame works really well. Colours & lighting are spot on. Well done & good luck!
Is this a zoom picture? Neat effect. You lose some detail in the middle - but I dont think the middle of the flower is the interesting thing here. Nice work.
Nice job. How did you get the color to spread out from the flower like that? It looks very nice and adds a lot of color and pattern to the image. Good job.
Looks like a definate winner! Can't think of a single thing that would improve this photo. Great job. Meets challenge, great composition, focus, color, etc. I am giving this photo a 10 and wish you good luck in the challenge!
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