Colorado columbine, Duotone of black and Pantone 2645 lavender
Wow, a top ten. I'm psyched! There were so many great shots and photographers in here I can't believe it did so well. Thanks for all the great comments, votes,favorites and my first ever wishlist! Not a super original subject I know, but I was shooting some Columbines and tried a B/W conversion and really liked the tones. The color is so often emphasised with these, the tones alone were really appealing.
I reshot one for the contest, converted to greyscale and did the duotone conversion, great learning experience as I've never done it before. Thanks again everyone!
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I came back to this several times during the challenge. Lovely and the delicate texture and how it blurred into the background was gorgeous indeed. And there is something about a hint of lavender in a duotone. Nice finish. Congrats.
Congrats on a top ten finish! And my favorite Colorado flower, too! Not sure we can still be friends if you keep getting top tens and I keep getting browns--lol! Great job here. :-)
This is lovely...nearly something sci-fi about it. The way the bloom shoots forth from the nebulous background...and the steely purplish tones, also very pleasing.
Methinks you'll get a few "hate the border" comments...I'm personally a fan of borders, but I think in this case a simple white one or none at all would have served the photo better. However, because I'm not into lowering scores because of a silly border, I'm still gonna give out a 9 for this. Really well done.
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