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mariomel


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Challenge: Soft Focus (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: My kitchen, Montreal
Date: Nov 29, 2003
Aperture: F 10
ISO: 400
Shutter: 30 secs
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2003

 Yeah, I know. There are a million pictures of flowers. Well I don't take that many, so I'm entitle to one every now and then.

Bouquet sitting on my kitchen counter. Passed by it and decided to give a soft focus, shallow DOF feel to it. Tried many different combos, and liked this one the best. 30 sec exposure with fill flash at the begining. Created soft focus in PS, using gaussian blur at 5.0, and using edit>fade gaussian blur to 50%.

I'll get blasted for a flower shot, but I like it. One of my FEW flower shots.


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Place: 22 out of 99
Avg (all users): 6.0496
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Votes: 141
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/05/2003 04:27:15 PM
Very nice. One of the best in the challenge. 10 from me!
JD
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/04/2003 02:25:24 PM
I really like this one, seems a tiny bit too bright around the white buds though. Nice and soft, really good detail in the flower petals. 9
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/02/2003 04:27:03 AM
The backgound is a bit busy but the picture overall works for me!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 12/01/2003 01:35:56 PM
Beautiful. You've captured "soft focus" very well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
 12/01/2003 08:31:11 AM
Great job on the softness and colors here. I think I would have preferred a different composition though. Maybe with less around the iris.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/01/2003 03:30:06 AM
Very nicely done indeed.
Sony DSLR-A550
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Minolta
 12/01/2003 12:36:30 AM
Nice flower pic, but background is too busy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/01/2003 12:28:20 AM
Nice compostion, light and fantastic colors. Very pretty. Challenge met!! Good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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