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Lilies and Gerbera
Lilies and Gerbera
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Orange II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Mar 28, 2010
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/10 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 28, 2010

 Prolly over kill but I was stuck on the 'range of colors from orange to red' in the challenge description and went with it. Oh well.

Post: Same old...spot edit a remaining bit of the vase at the bottom center after the inital crop. 2 more crops. Camera Raw adjustments. Levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Colors curves adjustment. Adjust sharpness. Remove color cast. Resize. USM.

Can't remember if I was in Orange I...let's see...Hmmm...5.6727...well we can hope for better. We'll see.

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 175
Avg (all users): 5.8552
Avg (commenters): 6.9091
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Votes: 145
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/04/2010 12:38:04 PM
Great lighting, unfortunately its on a very common theme in this challenge. Still gets high scores. Is this painted with light?
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Panasonic DMC-FZ8
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 04/03/2010 08:32:02 PM
A very good one: idea + execution.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM for Nikon
 04/03/2010 10:27:26 AM
Nice sharp shot, I think that it would have been more striking if you had left the lilies white to contrast besides the orange.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/03/2010 10:14:31 AM
to me this seems to be over-contrasted...or possibly to much hue/saturation...it just doesn't look natural...but then maybe you didn't want it to...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/31/2010 10:10:20 PM
I really like your lighting here, maybe dial the highlights down just a touch...you've lost some details in the petals that I would have liked to have seen.
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 03/31/2010 04:30:41 PM
Very nice, great capture of the different tones.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 03/30/2010 01:15:56 AM
I think this image needs a little more light to bring out the beauty of these flowers
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 03/29/2010 11:14:17 PM
Excellent Still Life! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/29/2010 06:03:53 PM
beautiful subject composition lighting awesome shot 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/29/2010 10:35:43 AM
Like the underexposed effect. It works for the warm colors. But not sure if the black background will be much appreciated in this case.

Raj
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 03/29/2010 08:40:06 AM
Lovely all around - the lighting is to die for good
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