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Flames of Passion
Flames of Passion
dswann


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fire IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Home
Date: Oct 4, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 4, 2009

 Photo taken in my driveway at night. Rose was soaked in camping stove fuel (a form of kerosene I presume) and is actually burning. Bounced flash off of a white board on left side. Positioned a white board on right side to reflect some light back on right.

Processed RAW file in ACR
Import into PSE6
Crop
Noise Ninja
USM (10%, R60, T0) x 2 times
Duplicate layer
High pass filter, hard light blend mode
Shadows/Highlights
Hue/Saturation (adjusted hue to darken flame)
Flatten
Cloned out small stray flame on left side and stray greenery on right side.
Noise Ninja on entire image
Noise Ninja on flame only
Resize

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 96
Avg (all users): 6.1382
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 5.7391
Avg (non-participants): 6.3766
Views since voting: 1735
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 123
Comments: 7
Favorites: 2 (view)

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/12/2009 02:06:01 AM
Perfect rose bud and nice job with the side lighting.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/11/2009 12:41:49 PM
Front pager! Well done, very creative and perfectly executed. The only thing i'd have liked to see is maybe a bit of burn on the tip of the petals.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4
 10/09/2009 10:24:12 AM
i'd like to see a red rose instead the pink one...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/06/2009 11:33:36 AM
Interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-620
Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
 10/05/2009 06:06:42 PM
I like your picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/05/2009 01:10:56 PM
Very Pretty. I like the concept.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 10/05/2009 06:25:43 AM
Nicely lighted & the flame is nicely captured , 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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