A photo of a cacti dahlia. Image taken from above. The flower was placed about 25 cm above the yellow background. The flower was supported using a piece of wire. Light from the top of the image, reflected from the bottom plus light from above.
Sharpness 90
Luminance Smoothing 0
Color Noise Reduction 25
Lens:
No adjustments
Curve:
Tone Curve
Input; Output values:
18;32
63;51
150;102
192;200
Calibrate:
Shadow Tint -45
Red Hue -13
Red Saturation -50
Green Hue -40
Green Saturation +15
Blue Hue +6
Blue Saturation +33
Opened in Photoshop CS 2
Cropped
Cloned out dust specs
Smart Sharpen, 3.5px radius, remove lens blur
Canvas resized by 100px, very dark green #123508
Resize to 640 * 451
Saved for web, 96% quality, 146Kb
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