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Challenge: Flowers (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Location: Guam
Date: Jun 27, 2006
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/6th
Galleries: Traditional Art, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2006

 This was shot on my wooden dining room table with a black background. I hung the flower from the ceiling by a string. The 'smoke' is actually the reflection of the flower on my dining room table, I flipped the image.

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Raw Adjustments
Crop & Rotate
Healing Brush to remove dust spots from table
Curves
USM
Noise Ninja
Save fow Web

Statistics
Place: 63 out of 375
Avg (all users): 6.1515
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 6.1544
Avg (non-participants): 6.1452
Views since voting: 1617
Views during voting: 276
Votes: 198
Comments: 11
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Canon EOS-10D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 07/12/2006 12:06:19 PM
Great setup, gave this shot top marks.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 07/09/2006 07:06:20 PM
How clever! :) A really nice image, and the negative space works well here.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/08/2006 07:19:46 AM
Stunning.....
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Nikon D50
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 High-Speed for Nikon
 07/07/2006 01:31:45 PM
Interesting take on the challenge. Love the red against the black. Nice work!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 07/05/2006 09:09:45 PM
Every time I look at this picture I adjust my screen to see how the reflection was done. Regardless, nice execution and original. Good job.
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Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 07/05/2006 06:23:25 PM
Really nice lighting.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 07/05/2006 03:57:30 PM
Wow, very nice!!! Great photo. Colors are really nice. Great job!
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 07/03/2006 09:25:18 PM
Very creative...is that the flower's reflection causing the "smoke and fire"? well done.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 07/03/2006 11:06:30 AM
Wow! Awesome effect of that red smoke coming up from that firey red flower. Very striking composition.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/03/2006 03:01:51 AM
very well taken and processed
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Canon PowerShot S50
 07/03/2006 01:50:42 AM
Good Job!
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