I knew when I saw PINK that I wanted to do an orchid. I went to a Greenhouse and was given permission to take photos, I started to buy one of their orchids for $45 but decided to wait and maybe come back the next day after I had seen the photos I had taken that day. I hated them all. Then today while shopping at Sam's I found this orchid for $18. I had fun setting up the shot, ironing the backdrop, setting up the lighting, etc.. I learned a few things with this challenge and am very pleased with the final outcome.
Rotated, cropped, levels, brightness & contrast, cloning of some white spots on the backdrop, took a touch of the bottom of the stem off, hue & saturation, sharpened, resized & added border. This was the first time I decided not to use Neat Image after I saw the preview, I might be learning something after all...
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Model - FinePix S5000
Orientation - Top left
DateTime - 2005:02:05 20:14:54
YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited
Copyright - D.B. Hughes
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ExposureTime - 1/4 seconds
FNumber - 2.80
ExposureProgram - Normal program
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExifVersion - 0220
DateTimeOriginal - 2005:02:05 20:14:54
DateTimeDigitized - 2005:02:05 20:14:54
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
CompressedBitsPerPixel - 2.00 (bits/pixel)
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/4 seconds
ApertureValue - F 2.83
BrightnessValue - -1.23
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MaxApertureValue - F 2.83
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
LightSource - Auto
Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 8.40 mm
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 2048
ExifImageHeight - 1536
InteroperabilityOffset - 1104
FocalPlaneXResolution - 3827
FocalPlaneYResolution - 3827
FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera
SceneType - A directly photographed image
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Auto
WhiteBalance - Auto
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Sharpness - Normal
White Balance - Auto
Color saturation - Normal
Flash Mode - Off
Flash Strength - 0.00
Macro - On
Focus mode - Auto
Slow Sync. - Off
Picture Mode - Auto
Unknown - 1
Sequence mode - Off
Unknown - 0
Blur warning - Yes
Focus warning - No (Focus OK)
AE warning - No (AE good)
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Excellent composition and very pretty flower and branch. Good background and low key frame. Minor crits: the flower may be a bit overexposed on the left edge and below, or it could just be that stark white. Also, the stamen area of this flower could be clearer--it seems to have some chroma noise. (Note: I scored this a few days ago, so if a score coincides with this critique, it isn't mine.)
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