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Photo posted by Gary Yeoh in the Flora gallery on 09/06/12 at 10:03 am EST
Registered on 09/01/09, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Post last edited by Gary Yeoh on 09/10/12 at 06:10 am EST
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Comment posted by Morgan Casey on 09/06/12 at 10:33 am EST
Registered on 11/16/10, 22 Posts, 269 Comments
Beautiful! The detail is amazing and those petals look like silk. 
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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on 09/06/12 at 10:58 am EST
Registered on 07/27/11, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments
I like the delicate look of this shot and the way the yellow shines through the petals. 
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Comment posted by Morris McClung on 09/06/12 at 12:09 pm EST
Registered on 05/07/07, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
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Love the inner glow. Also, the translucent look, color, and pattern of the petals is great. Well done.
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Morris McClung
Parker, Colorado
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on 09/06/12 at 12:35 pm EST
Registered on 07/24/06, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
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Very, very nice. I would be tempted to lower the sat and luminance of the yellow center. Worth looking at, anyway.
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Phil Hodgkins
Savannah, Georgia
NPN # 1998
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“The task is...not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees.”
― Erwin Schrödinger
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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on 09/06/12 at 12:45 pm EST
Registered on 12/13/11, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments
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This is super elegant! I love the see through petals & the way they are flowing so gracefully & the glow at the center!
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Eirini Pajak
Florence, AZ
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Comment posted by Joana Roncero on 09/06/12 at 12:58 pm EST
Registered on 08/27/12, 17 Posts, 70 Comments
I love the delicate and fragile appearance of the petals. Great work!,
Congratulations
Joana
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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on 09/06/12 at 1:53 pm EST
Registered on 08/16/06, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments
Gary, this is extraordinary. Love the light in this, though the center looks a bit too... too... Maybe a touch of burning and dodging in there is all it would take?
Thanks for passing on the trick. I'll love to give it a try. Thanks to Gigi, too!
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Catherine Reilly
Seattle, WA
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Ad lucem quam inhabitas--
To the light wherein Thou doest dwell
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Comment posted by Mark Windom on 09/06/12 at 3:35 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 176 Posts, 2302 Comments
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Love the central glow! Very creative, once again.
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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on 09/06/12 at 7:59 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments
Gary, - this is wonderful. Love the processing which is bringing out all the textures and also the glorious glow at the center 
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Comment posted by Ken Smith on 09/06/12 at 8:17 pm EST
Registered on 09/05/08, 449 Posts, 2444 Comments
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Well worth a second look to enjoy. The petals are terrific...for reasons already mentioned. The center is a solid focal point. I join Phil and think a slight desaturation to quiet the center a bit would keep a the viewer on an even platform. Wonderfully done!
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on 09/06/12 at 9:45 pm EST
Registered on 11/25/08, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Hi Garry  Excellent use of light. the luminescence in the center, and the sharp, but delicate petals and edges, make this a winner
Albert Darmo
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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on 09/06/12 at 9:50 pm EST
Registered on 11/12/10, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 09/06/12 at 10:45 pm EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
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Expertly and professionally done, Gary, and a gorgeous result. I like the subtle blue tone with the yellow glowing center. Just beautiful.
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scott lanz
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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on 09/07/12 at 01:34 am EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments
Stunning Gary! I really struggle with the lisianthus. The translucency of the petals is beautiful I love the yellow in the center too. Great work!
Nathan
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Nathan Buck
Lehi, UT, USA
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on 09/07/12 at 10:49 am EST
Registered on 02/16/11, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
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Stunning image, Gary! Your processing makes this beautiful flower take on a very delicate and translucent look. Great detail and love those wavy petal edges. I like the progression of lighting from darker to lighter in the middle. Agree with some other suggestions on a wee bit toning down on the center brightness though. On my monitor I notice some white web-like lines below the flower; easy fix. Great stuff, Gary! Keep 'em coming.
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Carolyn Derstine
Bucks County, PA
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Allow yourself to be fascinated by the beauty in ordinary things,
so all things will prove to be extraordinary.
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Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on 09/07/12 at 9:47 pm EST
Registered on 06/28/10, 47 Posts, 590 Comments
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This is fabulous, Gary. The textures of the petals are just divine, and those colors are perfect. Really, really nice.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
--Henry David Thoreau
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on 09/08/12 at 09:57 am EST
Registered on 07/24/08, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
You do some innovative & creative work Gary, always interesting.
I especially like the progressive translucence of the petals, and the warm glow that radiates from center.
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Howard Cheek
Kempner, TX
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"Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better" ~ Albert Einstein |
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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on 09/08/12 at 11:12 am EST
Registered on 10/27/05, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments
This is wonderfully composed, captured and processed Gary. Art at its finest.
Bob
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Comment posted by Shrinivas Sharma on 09/08/12 at 12:39 pm EST
Registered on 01/24/12, 33 Posts, 164 Comments
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Beautiful, Gary. Well done.
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Comment posted by Elizabeth Arellano on 02/05/13 at 1:45 pm EST
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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on 02/05/13 at 2:55 pm EST
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