Hoping that the flowers and the bright colours are uplifting.
Didn't do much except adjust curves, applied USM (61% 1.5pixels). Cropped. Added border.
File Name
IMG_4304.JPG
Camera Model
Canon EOS 20D
Shooting Date/Time
06/10/2005 13:32:39
Shooting Mode
Auto
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/125
Av( Aperture Value )
5.6
ISO Speed
400
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The colors are very vibrant but the whites are dingy making the photo off and not as cheerful as probably intended. However upon opening it I thought of the 4th of July!!!
i'm finding that my eye has a hard time focusing in on this picture. it is so colorful, with the reds and blues so saturated. my eye wants to focus in on the red flower about two thirds of the way up on the right side, but the detail in the flower has been swallowed up by the red. then i find my eye wanting to focus where there are no flowers--in the large bap between the two white stalks. i would like to see how this image would have turned out with a shorter dof, so that the rear flowers would soften yet with that same strong impact of color.