Photo taken “upside down”.
Post-processing first step, Invert 180 degrees.
Rotated to about + 30 degrees.
Crop to approximate finished look.
Clone Background to fill white corners due to rotation, and some “lighter” black
Background, due to 5 second exposure time.
Some clone, burn and dodge on flowers to fix up imperfections.
Adjust Selective Colors.
Smart Sharpen 6.0 (Lens Blur)
Resize.
Save for web
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Quite striking. I wonder if the light were a tad more subtle, if it would have been more interesting, skimming over areas here and there on the orchid. I like the black background. The diagonal sense is interesting to the eye as well.
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