Copy background - paste as new layer
- Noise Reduction: Edge Preserving Smooth +28
- Select (circle) Rose center area - promote to layer
- Invert selection - promote to layer
Non-center layer
- Gaussian blur +5
- Noise Reduction: JPEG Artifact Removal (med @ 50%)
- Neat Image
- Noise Reduction: JPEG Artifact Removal (max @ 50%)
- Digital Camera Noise Reduction
- Clone/Burn dust line on left rose petal leaf
- Digital Camera Noise Reduction
Rose center layer
- USM (.50,75,0)
- USM (.50,75,0)
Merge all layers (flatten)
Brightness & Contrast: (B +5,C+5)
Brightness & Contrast: HMS (5, 5, 0)
Digital Camera Noise Reduction
Crop
Select seam bottom right of rose - promote to layer
- Gaussian blur +10
- opacity of layer to 52%
Good use of DOF. Normally, I'm against centered focal points and I'm not sure you've convinced me here. I think a tighter crop would have worked a bit better. Overall, good evocation of mood.
Interresting DOF. The single light part of the rose is a nice touch. I like the overal dark tone of it. This could work for anniversary, birthday, just general as well. I usually don't like centered subject matter, but this one seems to work.
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