I started by placing the flowers on a windowsill with the sun directly behind and above, then used the spot meter on the darkest area of the flowers. This resulted in a very high-key exposure. No raw adjustments. In PaintShopPro I applied the Buzz Simplifier filter on a layer reduced to 20 percent, then the Fade filter from Virtual Photographer on a layer reduced to 50 percent, then a burn layer at about 20 percent. Then the photo was cropped, reduced in size and USM applied.
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Beautiful and effective use of High Key. One of my top picks for the challenge. On the critical side: I am not sure the vase isn't a distracting element here.
Lovely and romantically played. Alstromeria was my wedding flower choice--so I'm endeared by your photo. Quibble with the upper left corner where the one blossom is too dark for the rest of the composition--it pulls the eye out of the frame.
Lots of high key images in this challenge. I'm not entirely sure the effect works for me in this one. What is in color looks nice though, almost like a watercolor painting.
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