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Hibiscus Dream
Hibiscus Dream
Brenb


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A540
Location: My front yard
Date: Aug 21, 2006
Aperture: f 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Animals, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 22, 2006

 Saturation upped slightly
Curves
Blurred background slightly
Added highlight to eye by dodging
Cloned out a green leaf top left and a small amount of stray pollen
Cropped
Sharpened

Statistics
Place: 509 out of 684
Avg (all users): 5.1725
Avg (commenters): 6.1667
Avg (participants): 5.1350
Avg (non-participants): 5.3091
Views since voting: 1271
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 255
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
 09/05/2006 01:19:46 PM
The butterfly is a bit to blurred to me.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/04/2006 11:52:43 PM
wow, great macro...love how the red flower overcomes the whole shot!!! 10
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 09/03/2006 07:14:49 PM
-I like the soft effect
-Pretty colors
-Nice framing/crop
-Score: 7
 09/01/2006 08:19:08 PM
Absolutely beautiful!
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 09/01/2006 07:46:57 PM
Thatsa one big ol bloom...! Nice light. Maybe a teeny tad too smoothed.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/01/2006 04:55:48 PM
too OOF. it seems that might be purposeful post processing though.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 09/01/2006 04:59:27 AM
Needed to be a little sharper
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