Well I did not expect to do mums again but they had them at one of my florists and since the others were closed because of festivities near and far I was stumped. Of the 4 subjects I shot, I felt these came out best. I also learned another method to assimlate the duotone look that you can see in the post.
Shot with camera on tripod and cable remote release. Use 4 clamp lamps each with a 100w energy saving bulb.
Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation.
Adjust sharpness.
Color selected a brownish gold hue.
Made new layer and filled with the above color.
Changed blend mode to color.
Selected background layer and removed color to lighten.
Merge down.
Resize.
USM.
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IMO you have pushed the tone a bit to much...you have a pretty good shot, might have straightened it a bit more and cropped to "fill" the frame with the flowers but to me I personally don't like how "far" the tone was taken...
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