A daisy, and a chain. The daisy is from some flowers I planted in the front box; the chain is a choke chain collar I picked up while shopping for flowers to plant. Shot on the edge of the sink in the bathroom upstairs, where the morning light is wonderful.
Post - cloned some minor spots on the sink; cropped; levels layer with soft light blending mode; channel mixer with 36% red, 64% green, convert to monochrome. High pass sharpen with soft light blending mode. Brightness/contrast -6/+15. Resize.
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Place: 45 out of 171 Avg (all users): 5.7922 Avg (commenters): 6.5714 Avg (participants): 5.5942 Avg (non-participants): 5.9529 Views since voting: 1044 Views during voting: 362 Votes: 154 Comments: 20 Favorites: 1 (view)
Deb, what a great idea, and beautiful composition as always. Think you got hurt by loss of detail on daisy's surface due to front lighting. Still think it's fab.
This is really good Deb! I love the way you introduced an abstract look and feel to a simple subject. And what a genius idea to create such beautiful light, shadows and kick-butt reflections!
I won't say again that it's ridiculously underrated. I'll just think it, okay?
i liked this during voting but didn't comment. i like the rich blacks and that the chain is separating the light from the dark. very nice as usual, deb.
What?? a score under 6?? that's just wrong!! this should have been top ten!! I think this is just too cool!! The reflection, the concept, the lighting...well congrats on the high 5 score but, it should have been a 6 at least...
Every thing about this image says it should have scored higher,the reflection light & contrast all work well, voters don't spend the time to look at a photo. Congratulations on the strong finish.
I like what you tried to do here. Perhaps the image might be improved by a tighter crop and some more sharpness to the daisy, but overall a good effort.
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