This is a rare (and poisionous) flower in Hungary, she's called "Helleborus Purpurascens" in Latin (Pirosló Hunyor in Hungarian, Purple Lenten Rose in English) and lives in the northern forests of our country. She's really rare in Hungary and is not bred here artifically. Though, this one lives in our garden, so I am really lucky and rare in my country to have her. :-)
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NeatImage: noise reduction, sharpen
PhotoShop: healing brush tool on some blow-outs on the edge of the petals, crop, resize, contrast, USM and blur on a few leaves in the background (really small area) to compensate my poor experiences finding the optimal DOF-sharpness formula. Brightness (-3), contrast (+3) and selective colour (neutrals/black +2%) applied, too.
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It's been ages since I've done a CC, so here it goes...
Looking at this image I see a very nice shot of a flower. I think that your exposure is good as well as your post processing to bring out the detail in the shadows without blowing out the highlights. That being said, that's about all I see, a good photo of a flower. I think that compositionally the image is kind of static. The straight centered composition of the flower kind of leaves me without any main focal point of interest. Sometimes a centered shot can work out nicely, but in this case it not only makes it harder to believe that it is a magazine cover, but it just doesn't grab me. Technically the shot is almost flawless, compositionally, you may want to try some different angles to make the flower have more interest.
Lovely picture! Beautifully sharp and the texture of the petals is really palpable. Congrats for this shot and good luck!
P.s.: this flower must be really rare, I've never seen it before your photo!
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