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Spring Dance
MaryO


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Apr 22, 2008
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 22, 2008

 I love the quirky way some tulips grow, and this pair caught my eye with the one in front seeming sort of flirtatious towards the one in the back. Also like the simplicity of this composition, and the way the stem leads my eye through the picture and the flowers are complemented by the greenery. Catching them just as they open says "spring" to me in all its realized and potential beauty.

PP - converted from RAW 3x and merged as HDR, cropped slightly, levels, "healed" hole and defects in the front tulip, cloned/blurred apparent glow on rear tulip and cloned/blurred out cyan patch on ground, dodged/burnt highlights and shadows on flowers, added border, 2nd layer (gaussian blur, lightened, merged in multiply mode), resized, sharpened with noise reduction, increased saturation slightly on front tulip.

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Place: 151 out of 468
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 05/07/2008 11:51:41 PM
I love the curved line, dof and complementary colors. 8
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/07/2008 09:56:27 PM
So so delicate, and I love the DOF.....
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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 05/03/2008 12:06:52 PM
Lovely tonal range on this shot. love the curves you have going on here, the colours just make it pop, not over sharpend, and an interesting shot well done
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/02/2008 01:37:44 AM
beautiful!
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 05/01/2008 06:20:50 PM
This reminds me of a note card. I love the artsy feel to it, and your detail and dof are beautiful. Nicely executed too!
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Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 70-200 /2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM II
05/01/2008 01:47:56 PM
nice flower composition like your depth of field.
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