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Narcissus 'Ice Follies' - Early Bloomer, 3rd Most Popular Daffodil in the World
Narcissus 'Ice Follies' - Early Bloomer, 3rd Most Popular Daffodil in the World
MaryO


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Product Shot II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Mar 21, 2010
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 21, 2010

 And they are all those things ;-)

Shot this about half a dozen times from different angles and with different lenses till I got something that showed the early spring flowering aspect of them.

I don't expect much from a flower shot in this kind of challenge, but I just couldn't make myself stay inside much at all this week. Spring was calling, loudly.

PP - tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, Mantiuk mthod, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor, 1.107, detail factor 1), vignetted (mostly blur) and merged with original at 20% transparency, cropped, burnt background some, white balance, shifted yellows a little oranger and increased saturation on them, resized, sharpened, blurred background some more, added border.

Statistics
Place: 93 out of 124
Avg (all users): 4.7338
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.5319
Avg (non-participants): 4.8370
Views since voting: 1117
Views during voting: 289
Votes: 139
Comments: 7
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 03/28/2010 06:18:10 PM
Pretty shot of the flowers, nice focus selection
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OM System OM-1 Mark II
OM System 50-200mm f/2.8 IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
03/26/2010 02:03:20 PM
Really not sure what the product is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/24/2010 07:45:38 PM
The blur looks added in post - whether that's the case or not, it looks that way, and it can be a bit disconcerting. I do like the idea of real daffodils in place used as the ad! (Commenting only.)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
 03/24/2010 07:11:50 PM
Nice flower shot. (Bump)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 03/22/2010 05:11:03 PM
i would like to purchase a dozen of the blurry ones, please.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 03/22/2010 07:17:36 AM
I like your composition. I think you are going to suffer with the voters because this isn't a studio-type setup, which is a pity.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2010 02:57:32 AM
A beautiful daffodil! Love it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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