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"Where flowers bloom so does hope." - Lady Bird Johnson
"Where flowers bloom so does hope." - Lady Bird Johnson
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Challenge: Sunshine After The Rain (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Sep 1, 2010
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Sep 1, 2010

 Some of my favorite cheerful flowers, Orange Cosmos. Morning light. It hasn't rained and isn't predicted to, so I spritzed ;-)

PP - cropped, cloned out a couple of stems/bright spots, levels, increased saturation and contrast, dodged main flower a little, vignette, resized, sharpened, blurred background more, added border.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 119
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Avg (commenters): 8.2000
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Votes: 141
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/20/2010 08:30:09 AM
I had no idea this was yours. YAY !! Top 20. Woo hoo.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/19/2010 09:13:34 PM
A very beautiful photo.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/19/2010 06:49:26 PM
This is gorgeous. The orange circles really make the flower jump out. Thankyou.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/14/2010 10:50:21 AM
very pretty 7
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 09/14/2010 07:27:09 AM
Very nice DOF. The main subject really pops.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/13/2010 08:30:01 AM
Oh this is just stunning. What a beautiful image and sentiment.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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