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Gerbera in White
Gerbera in White
MrsFuzzButt


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Challenge: Light On White (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix 3800
Location: Kitchen Counter
Date: Feb 25, 2005
Aperture: f 8.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/294 sec
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Feb 25, 2005

 Gerbera Daisy on white background. Adjusted Highlight (100), Midtone(95) and Shadow(87) to get the background more white because it had a yellow cast to it. Used PSP9's Auto Saturation to make the daisy pop more. Adjusted brightness (-3) and Contrast (+2). Resized, sharpened and added the border (black 6 pixel, white 1 pixel, black 6 pixel). Taken on my kitchen counter using sunlight and 2 white shelves.

~ Added After Challenge End ~

This entry holds sentimental value and it was very nice to see it finish as well as it did. My uncle, Carl Hoffman, chose this photo out of the 100 or so I took for this challenge, as his favorite. The next day (2/26), he was admitted to the hospital. After a few days there, we decided that rather then putting him in a nursing home for the last days of his life, we would bring him home. Everything was set up in one day (3/2) and he was to come home the next afternoon. Unfortunately, he passed away at 2:01 am on March 3rd. I had been avidly watching my score until then. We went right to New Jersey to take care of the funeral arrangements and I missed the end of the voting. It was a wondeful surprise to come home last night and see how well this photo had done. Therefore, I wanted to thank everyone for scoring this so high.

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 431
Avg (all users): 5.7604
Avg (commenters): 7.4444
Avg (participants): 5.5212
Avg (non-participants): 5.9884
Views since voting: 1608
Views during voting: 431
Votes: 338
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 03/07/2005 06:00:51 PM
Nicely done. If the light were better diffused the shadows and overall image would have a softer, smoother look
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Best-Buy Easy Point & Click
 03/06/2005 05:00:05 PM
Like it a lot. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-F717
 03/05/2005 05:20:18 PM
I really like this image,but i am not sure about the black border 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/04/2005 12:10:44 AM
beautiful!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
 03/03/2005 05:49:15 PM
Wonderful shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 03/03/2005 04:12:50 PM
the shadow in the upper left hand portion is a little distracting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 03/03/2005 10:19:00 AM
I like this, especially the dare to show some dark. It actually works quite well for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 03/02/2005 09:56:43 PM
The center and aureola seem to diminish the white petals. The cropping also seems a bit awkward
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 03/02/2005 01:50:32 AM
Lovely picture! Funky border. I really do love the flower, but I find the triple border quite distracting... it just draws my eye right out of the picture, especially since the focal point is so close to the edge already.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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