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Challenge: Cool Colors II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Apr 6, 2011
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 9, 2011

 A purple hyacinth in my garden in sunlight filtered through a shrubbery. I did move the flower ever-so-slightly to get those two flower heads in the light. I rather like how this one blooms rather more sparsely than it probably would in the full sun. It lets me appreciate the shape of the individual flowers more.

Love the DOF and the light and the rich colors so I like it no matter how it scores.

Had the 36mm teleconverter on, as best I recall.

PP - tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.029, detail factor 1), lightened both layers and merged with original at 20% transparency in multiply mode, slight crop, levels, increased saturation and contrast, toned down a few brighter areas in the background, dodged main flowers a bit more, resized, sharpened with noise reduction, added border.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 105
Avg (all users): 5.9943
Avg (commenters): 6.4286
Avg (participants): 5.6222
Avg (non-participants): 6.1240
Views since voting: 991
Views during voting: 264
Votes: 174
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/18/2011 05:10:53 PM
The tones almost look metallic
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 04/16/2011 06:51:26 PM
Very nice macro.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/16/2011 02:02:03 PM
This looks a bit like urfathegreat's processing - nicely done!
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Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R LM WR
 04/15/2011 07:36:08 PM
The opposing directionality of the two primary subjects keeps pulling my attention from side to side. Love the colors, though!
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Nikon D3s
 04/14/2011 08:36:42 PM
Lovely flowers, I like how they are coming out of the darkness.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 04/14/2011 01:45:16 AM
moody, and oh so beautiful. I love how hyper-sharp the left flower is, and how the DOF creates several variations of the same flower. Black is a bit heavy for this challenge, I would typically associate white as a cool color. I'm nit picking, I really don't know what to say.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS
 04/13/2011 08:59:45 PM
Beauty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 04/13/2011 12:12:05 PM
Wow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3100
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR
 04/13/2011 02:31:49 AM
Very cool!
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 04/13/2011 12:17:59 AM
This is extraordinary, you'll have to tell me your secret in how you achieved this later. My pick for the blue.
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