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Late Bloomer
Late Bloomer
Rob O


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Challenge: Transitions II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Location: My foyer
Date: Jun 6, 2007
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1sec
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 6, 2007

 Had a bouquet of these which were in various states of bloom. When the 'Transitions II' challenge came up I immediately thought of trying something that showed bud-to-bloom. I originally envisioned three flowers lined up left-to-right progressing from bud to slightly open bloom to bloomed ... kind of a floral "home erectus".

Unfortunately, many of the blooms are bound to a single stem ... which is great for visually tying them together as part of the challenge theme, but none had all three stages. Luckily, this one had a full bloom and new bud, so damning the "compose using odd numbers" rule, I went with what I had. Note the nearly square composition to make up for the use of an even number. ;-)

Set up on a construction table with full northern light to the right, then used bounce flash (-1 1/3 FEC, 12' ceiling). That's it.

Post processing was equally straight forward: RAW conversion using ACR (minor tweaks) then in PS CS3 I flipped horizontally so the bud would be on the left (couldn't get it to stay in that position when shooting, so shot with the flower on the left knowing I could just flip it), boosted blacks using Selective Color adjustment layer, to fully blacken the background, slight boost to saturation (+10, Master) then very mild Smart Sharpen (200% @ 0.3 radius). Resized per challenge requirements, added very subtle frame, convert to 8-bit sRGB ... save as jpeg.

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Sony DSC-R1
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 06/18/2007 05:48:08 PM
love it
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
 06/17/2007 11:33:30 PM
nice capture and great clarity
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 06/17/2007 09:54:56 PM
love this...great lighting
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 06/16/2007 08:35:44 AM
Very nice. 9
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 06/15/2007 09:45:33 AM
beautiful, one of my favourites
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Olympus PEN E-P3
Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7
 06/14/2007 08:21:37 PM
nicely lit shot, great clarity
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
 06/14/2007 01:37:43 PM
Awesome shot. My favorite so far.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 06/14/2007 02:18:16 AM
Beautiful exposure. psart
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