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Challenge: Rule of Thirds in Blue (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2011
Camera: Sony Alpha a55
Lens: Sony 50mm f/1.4
Date: Jul 17, 2011
Aperture: F4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2011

 Background is bit blotchier than I'd like...oh well, tired of reshooting for different results.

Post-processing with PSP X3

NI noise reduction
Hue & Saturation (decrease yellow)
Hue Map (adjust purple ranges to blue)
Color Balance (slide to cool to offset tungsten light bulb used for lighting)
Crop
Resize
Sharpen
Resize
USM twice
Save as JPG

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 124
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Views during voting: 248
Votes: 165
Comments: 3
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
 07/26/2011 01:14:01 AM
Beautiful lighting, crisp detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 07/21/2011 10:10:28 AM
If this had been a bird, it would have been a perfect Audubon image. As it is, it's still darned perfect!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
 07/20/2011 10:25:30 AM
The bottom left leaf detracts a bit from the picture, and the blue background is quite strong. But that's only my opinion!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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