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Raindrops on Narcissus
Raindrops on Narcissus
MaryO


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Challenge: Centered Composition III (Basic Editing)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Apr 4, 2008
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/350
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 4, 2008

 A Barrett Browning Narcissus, picked up and revived after a rainstorm (the water makes them flop face down on the ground). I did clean it up and spritz it ;-) I like this angle to show off the rather compact ruffled cup on this particular type of daffodil. The flower normally is perpindicular to the ground but I propped it on some leaves and bent the stem a bit to get it to face up.

This variety also lent itself well to being interesting when centered without feeling off-kilter, as opposed to the more prominently cupped varieties or those that have multiple blooms on one stem. I do have a lot of nice shots of my various daffodils now, though; at least those that have bloomed thus far. Still have a couple more varieties to go.

PP - converted from RAW, rotated, cropped, white balance, levels, increased saturation on yellow/green, increased overall saturation slightly (had to be careful not to get bright orange haloes), decreased gamma, increased contrast, resized, sharpened with noise reduction.

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/12/2008 05:56:47 AM
I love the angle and water droplets most. The colors are so pleasing as well. Very pretty.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/11/2008 06:27:24 PM
great focus here.
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 17.5-45mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/11/2008 12:08:36 PM
very nice
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/11/2008 11:33:56 AM
Yes, well centred and a less usual angle for a flower.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/10/2008 11:50:04 PM
Great DOF and perspective in this image. Nice work.
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Nikon D50
Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4.0 EX DG Aspherical HSM for Nikon
 04/09/2008 07:18:04 PM
Focus need a bit of sharness and the lighting needs to compliment it a bit more. nice idea though.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/09/2008 11:05:55 AM
Good selective focus.
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