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White Oldfield Aster
White Oldfield Aster
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Challenge: 47 Steps (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Nov 4, 2009
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2009

 I think this is Aster pilosus, a.k.a. Symphyotrichum pilosum. I looked it up ;-) Close to the very edge of my yard, almost buried under a shrub, and technically a weed.

Had the 36mm extension tube on.

Since I'm playing with tonemapping tonight I decided to use a little here. New toys are addictive ;-)

PP - qtpfsgui (default HDR conversion; tonemapping: pregamma 0.848, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.858, saturation factor 1.146, detail factor 6.9), opened in PI, cropped, white balance, increased saturation, shifted yellow/green greener, tinted one orangey patch a bit greener, decreased gamma to deepen color a bit more, resized, sharpened, blurred background noise, added border.

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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 11/15/2009 07:09:34 PM
Beatifully done.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 11/15/2009 07:56:24 AM
Lovely
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 11/14/2009 11:13:07 PM
This is just lovely. I like the almost gray of the green background. Lovely DOF. The rich emerald stems make a nice linear statement. 8
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/14/2009 12:32:08 PM
beautiful picture love the shallow dof and colors 7
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/09/2009 03:05:10 AM
Pretty flowers, could have been sharper in focus to bring out the details better.
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