Import to Picasa
Change RAW properties in Canon Fileviewer Utility
Export as a TIF
Open in Photoshop
Crop
Fade Auto Levels
Curves layer on the black background
Levels to make it completely black
Crop
Clone a little part of a torn petal
Boost of saturation a little
NeatImage
Border
Levels
Hue/Saturation
And voila!
--
Shooting Date/Time
4/15/2006 8:54:59 AM
Shooting Mode
Program AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/125
Av( Aperture Value )
3.2
ISO Speed
100
Lens
50.0 mm
Focal Length
50.0 mm
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
--
So, I brought my dog's cage outside and put it on my patio. Then, I punched a hole with the stem of the rose through my $1.99 backdrop (oh no!) and put the backdrop on the cage and put the rose down through the wires so I could get a straight shot up and down. Took me a while to think of that, actually, I'm such a blonde. But it worked! Yay!
I hope this picture does well. Meaning above a 5.0. I hope I didn't just jinx myself.
----
AFTER CHALLENGE: Oh my god 7th place!!! *does a happy dance* Thank you for all the wonderful comments I've recieved, and all the great feedback on this image. I love you!!
Statistics
Place: 7 out of 247 Avg (all users): 6.7193 Avg (commenters): 7.8846 Avg (participants): 6.3735 Avg (non-participants): 6.8614 Views since voting: 3475 Views during voting: 416 Votes: 285 Comments: 44 Favorites: 15 (view)
Congratulations on all those high jumpin goals:
Goals for 2006 on DPC
Get above a 5.0 on a photo
Get above a 5.5 on a photo
Get above a 6.0 on a photo
Get above a 6.5 on a photo
Get in the top 100, I mean, COME ON
Get in the top 75
Get in the top 50
Get in the top 25
Get in the top 10
Great lighting, effective border, and the twisting petals really suit the central composition. Deserved the placing. Agree with the comments about a larger depth of field to clarify the edges of the flower a tad more.
Good work! :)
great perspective for a flower shot to really make it stand out above the rest of the flower/plants in this challenge. The only suggesstion i could make to use a slightly larger DoF because the top right petal seems slightly distorted, that usually happens to me when i shoot at widest aperature of my lense. Also your border looks great on your photo, well done. lol, i liked it more as tried to some up with things to comment on, 9
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
