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The Warmth of Spring
The Warmth of Spring
Melethia


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Challenge: Warm Colors (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Home
Date: Mar 30, 2008
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2008

 Yep. A flower. I'm entering another flower. I think I'll be the only one with a flower in either of these challenges, too! Not. Oh, and a cheesy title to go with the flower. Bonus points??

Mostly I'm entering a flower because it was there in my backyard begging to be photographed. Really. It was practically preening, bending this way and that in the breeze, showing off its gorgeous warm vibrant color. So I obliged. Thomas will be very upset if a flower outscores his free study mug from last month. It's one thing to have Emma of the blue eyes beat him out all the time, but a flower? I'll never hear the end of it.

Almost all the editing was done in Lightroom. (Yay me!) I used the color vibrance setting to tone down the reds and oranges - this much red/orange tends to "blow" in saturation. I did a few other minor tweaks but really don't know how to find what I did (I'm open to input on that, by the way.) In CS3 I did a pass with Neat Image, then a sharpen, then a resize and small border.

Post challenge: Thomas is bummed. Good score, but perhaps I should have picked the flower, brought it inside, set up lights, ironed the one wayward petal, and perhaps spritzed it a bit? :-) (Just kidding - pleased it did well. The flower is now but a memory.)

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 04/09/2008 09:28:53 AM
I only stopped in for the mini-essay :P

Anywho, beautiful job of catching the warmth of the tulip. I am soooo ready for spring now! You were joking about the studio lights and all but I tell you I think a flower like this would look amazing against a dark background. Not that I really know what I am talking about. But in my head it looks pretty.

I'm very glad for you that you got a 6+ score!
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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/09/2008 08:35:48 AM
Excellent , Deb- no doubt about this being WARM -LOL !
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K200D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 04/07/2008 03:43:23 PM
maybe it is the shape of the front petal but it feels kind of flattened
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Nikon D4s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/05/2008 08:50:36 PM
Beautiful colors
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G
 04/04/2008 10:37:04 PM
Beautiful macro. Tack sharp --- with great color.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 04/04/2008 10:35:22 AM
Nice close up of the inside of a tulip. And good DOF.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/03/2008 11:28:22 PM
Nice capture.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 04/02/2008 02:40:01 PM
Lovely. I'd have liked a closer crop (especially at the right) but that's probably the macro fiend in me ;-) Good luck.
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Samsung TL500
Sony DT 16-105mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/02/2008 12:33:30 PM
wonderful... beautiful... what more can i say? this is a 10
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/02/2008 04:37:03 AM
Nice composition, subject and exposure that fits with teh theme.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 04/02/2008 03:43:30 AM
lost details
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