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Dare to be Different
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rule of Thirds III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
Location: Mt Vernon, WA
Date: Apr 20, 2007
Aperture: F8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 21, 2007

 Taken at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Washington State.

* Crop
* Convert to 32 bits/channel, then back to 16 bits to do tone mapping to make the red pop. Many thanks to lesgainous for his DPC tutorial that showed me how to do this.
* Neat image
* Resize
* Smart sharpen
* Convert color profile to sRGB
* Save to web

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 380
Avg (all users): 6.5767
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 6.4667
Avg (non-participants): 6.6705
Views since voting: 1187
Views during voting: 258
Votes: 163
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital
 04/30/2007 07:21:28 AM
Hmm, pretty cool/odd, did you paint that tulip or do dual color tulips excist...? Interesting... :P
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 04/29/2007 11:46:44 PM
Very nice. I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/27/2007 04:09:45 PM
I've been taking tulip images recently... you've captured tulips very, very well. I like this image a lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/26/2007 04:30:51 PM
If this is reality, a great find and use of 1/3 rule....7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/25/2007 10:43:27 PM
This is my absolute favorite! I hope it wins! Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 04/25/2007 08:59:09 PM
This is cool shot... simple, effective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/25/2007 04:24:58 PM
Very nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 04/25/2007 10:15:48 AM
Oh wow... great find! Very, very cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/25/2007 09:13:21 AM
great title...this would make a great stock image...well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A100
Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
 04/25/2007 12:30:37 AM
clever.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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