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Backlighting, Bokeh, Shallow DOF
Backlighting, Bokeh, Shallow DOF
MaryO


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Three Techniques (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
Location: Lorton, VA
Date: Oct 21, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 21, 2009

 A weed. Decided to use my default lens for whatever happened to take my fancy today, and this is what I liked best. Some of my favorite techniques to use, too ;-) A little dark but I like it that way.

PP - rotated, cropped, white balance, levels, increased saturation, 2nd layer (lightened, dodged seed heads and a bit of leaves, merged in multiply mode at 30% transparency), cloned to tone down/out bright spots on bottom, resized, sharpened, added border, blurred some edges between background color patches.

Statistics
Place: 91 out of 140
Avg (all users): 5.5396
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.5172
Avg (non-participants): 5.5556
Views since voting: 866
Views during voting: 233
Votes: 139
Comments: 5
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 11/03/2009 08:06:59 AM
HEE HEE - that does look like one I'd do. Sorry it didn't do better. :~(
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM II
 10/28/2009 11:08:17 AM
Soooo pretty. If it's not by Jutilda, it sure is Jutilda-esque.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 10/27/2009 02:29:36 PM
I would really like to know what these are...I just ran across them when I was in MI a couple of wks ago...are they some type of thistle? Could this have been a low key shot as well...trying to understand that better
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 10/26/2009 09:48:50 PM
The lighting seems more up and to the right than backlit, but I'll believe it for voting purposes :D This is lovely and nicely done. -7-
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 10/26/2009 09:15:35 AM
Fabulous low key shot!.....8>) This just has lovely all over it!.....8
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