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Challenge: Orange III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: Kitchen/Florida
Date: Nov 26, 2010
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/3 sec
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 26, 2010

 Natural light from dining room window. Used black poster for background.

Raw: curves adj; crop; save as jpg
PS: select flower and invert selection for selective color adj on the background to deepen black; hue/saturation adj on reds and yellows; noise adj; Unsharp mask; contrast adj.; add border; resize; smart sharpen; save for web.
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Thanks everyone for all the nice comments. Very surprised at how well this finished.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 138
Avg (all users): 6.6293
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.4231
Avg (non-participants): 6.7969
Views since voting: 2555
Views during voting: 188
Votes: 116
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 03/07/2011 09:25:36 AM
Didn't remember this one, honestly. Really not bad - late congrats on your HM. A bunch of equipment does make a difference, though.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 12/06/2010 11:36:58 PM
This is wonderful! And... I love it that it reinstates the notion that all one really needs is natural light and a poster board... not a bunch of equipment. Oh well... and some good talent! Congrats on having them all!
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 12/06/2010 04:27:51 AM
Congratz on your top 5 finish with this lovely image.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 12/06/2010 12:28:11 AM
Congrats on the HM! Excellent lighting and details.
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 12/06/2010 12:14:13 AM
Lovely image. Congrats on top 5. I gave it an 8, on the strength of the one, twisted petal :-)
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/06/2010 12:09:21 AM
Congrats on the front page finish. So beautiful.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR
 12/04/2010 12:17:39 PM
nice lighting and complementing subject colors, like the way the flower has been postioned and love the sharpness.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 12/03/2010 12:16:17 PM
love the colour
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 12/02/2010 05:10:27 PM
Very nice.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 11/29/2010 01:10:46 PM
Gorgeous. That one curled petal seems made to order for a beauty shot.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 11/29/2010 12:12:04 PM
Whoa! GORGEOUS!! GORGEOUS! Oh. Sorry. I shouted. (not voting)
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 11/29/2010 09:08:17 AM
Love the ccomposition and that one curled petal.
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