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Seven Susans
Seven Susans
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Lucky 7 II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jul 7, 2007
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/10 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 7, 2007

 Ever since they started the Rittenhouse Square Farmers Market a few years ago, I have been going and getting great flowers from the Amish family who sells their flowers there. They have marvelous flowers and many are of the type that you might see in a garden or growing wild but not at the florists. There are no roses, no gerbera daisies, no calla lilies. Instead they have Zinnias, Marigolds, Sweat Peas, Nigella, Cosmos, Poppies, Echinacea, Brown/black Eyed Susans. Just great stuff. Now I have seen some of these in florists shops but not with any great regularity. As the elder of the family explained one week, they pick everything in the morning and bring right into the market. I do note that they are not using a horse and buggy....hmmm....but that is just not practical for sure. They have an old van and it does the trick. Oh well....progress, ya' know.

Arranged seven blooms in three vases. Lighting is 4 clamp lamps, two over head on each side pointing down each with a 100w halogen bulb and two on each side pointing up each with a 120w halogen flood light. Tripod mounted, cable remote.

Post: Converted from raw in PSElements 3.0. Layer adjustemts for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Spot editing was just a bit of dodging to the dark center of one flower (second from the right). Sharpen. Resize. Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 98
Avg (all users): 6.1263
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7414
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Views since voting: 1333
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 190
Comments: 17
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/15/2007 12:17:08 PM
Nice! Your background is great for these wonderful Black Eye'd Susans. Congratulations on being in the top 20. This is one of my favorites in this challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 07/12/2007 11:50:51 AM
Good composition, lighting and contrast.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 07/11/2007 08:50:25 PM
Beautiful shot with the black background!
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 07/11/2007 11:17:18 AM
Love the colors
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/11/2007 07:13:29 AM
very nice! Good focus and sharpness. I like it.
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 07/11/2007 07:12:57 AM
nice shot , great colors
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Olympus E-510
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 07/10/2007 09:40:49 PM
Very nice flower capture
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 07/10/2007 01:47:29 PM
Yah don't say, and on a black background no less.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/10/2007 09:34:12 AM
Very nice shot
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 07/09/2007 09:24:21 PM
I like it - the simple arrangement and lighting.
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 07/09/2007 10:31:18 AM
The Black Eyed Susans really pop against the dark backdrop...a good choice for these flowers. Nicely done!
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Fujifilm XP 50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 07/09/2007 12:55:53 AM
Ok, like the color and nice composition, simple and elegant.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 07/08/2007 11:39:18 PM
Nice positioning and lighting. psart gave you a 7
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 07/08/2007 01:31:46 PM
Rather expected but well focused. The lighting seems a tough flat. Hmmmm - what can you do?
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 07/08/2007 07:39:42 AM
Very nice. I like the colors.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/08/2007 03:46:20 AM
Nice... extra nice tones! This is lovely, like a painting. Into my favs!!
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/08/2007 01:29:08 AM
Nice colors and the lighting is also nice.
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