one of the first shots i took with my XSI (my first slr) and probably my favorite shot of mine to date. a different version is in my portfolio already but i spent some time doing some extra stuff to make it look nice for this challenge...
crop
levels
curves
sharpening
noise reduction
convert to jpeg
dodge and burn
clone out dust mark
levels on background (brighten)
vibrance on flower
selective sharpening on flower details
border
POST: thanks for all of your suggestions it REALLY helps to have so many comments on a picture i now have so many opinions of what i have to improve on. thank you all :)
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Great DoF - the background really adds to this photo. The flower is captured well with good focus. Also like how your border is inside the frame. Nicely done.
Beauty fades with time. Nice point. It's an interesting composition, with the subject way off on the side and a fair amount of negative space on the left, but it works for this one. A bit shallower on the DOF than I am partial to (Hey, it's a macro of a very small flower!), but that fine fuzz on the flower is nice and sharp. I like the fine fuzz.
I really like that border. Did you try changing it to a different layer mode? Might have had an interesting effect in luminosity or lighten or multiply, or applied as a combination of more than one.
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