This one was fun... stuck a cut flower by it's stem into a plastic jar (through a hole). Submersed it in water, along with a small fog-mist pump with purple LED's. In my lightbox, but only lit by a small flashlight directly onto the flower. The glow from the LED's was strong enough for the ambient light. Was going to do a macro shot, but ended up using my 70-200 from about 6' away.
pp (in CS2):
crop
shadows/highlights
contrast
hue/saturation
channels
curves
selective color
resize
smart sharpen
add border
ni
sfw
(seems like a lot, but they were really only minor touches in each)
I'm sure there'll be a ton of great entries in this one... hope it holds it's own! :O)
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Congratulations on a very solid score on this image. Your idea for this challenge was very creative. There are a couple of small technical issues that prevented this from making it into the top twenty. First, the composition looks a little unbalanced, as the negative space above the flower is taller than the stem of the flower. I think the square crop might not have been the best choice for this image. Second, your lighting is very effective except for the flashlight you used on the flower. This produced a couple of hot spots that almost look like pollen or something lying on the flower. If you could have found a way to bounce this light or diffuse it somehow, it really would have given you a bit more flexibility in post processing to bring more pop to the purple in the flower.
I really would like to encourage you to revisit this image now that you aren't handcuffed by the basic editing rules. By changing the crop and tweaking the flower, you will have something worthy of hanging on your wall. Nicely done.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.
Wow!!!!!!! My pick for #1 of all the flower shots. . . in fact, I think this is my #1 pick for ALL of the shots I've seen so far! Flawless beauty. The dreamy bottom just makes this photo. 10
now this floral stands out from the rest for sure...great mist and that background is all perfect....lighting is good and all you needed was a little more texture and clarity..6
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