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Gallery: FloraPosted March 28, 2011103 views10 comments

From a couple years ago. I was looking for images to print out and hang in the house and this struck me as a good candidate.

Nikon D60 55-200mm VR @ 165mm HH
f/8
1/1000s
ISO 400
Full Frame

Selected everything but the flower and ran a gaussian blur, on another layer I switched it to "hard light" and dropped the opacity to about 60% and flattened it. Did some minor cloning as well. Flower was sharpened using smart sharpen. All in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 28, 2011 at 10:40 PM

perfect whites and nice comp!
In this case, I think the centering works fine, since the BG pads add interest.
Great ! I'd hang it if it were mine..
Sandy

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 28, 2011 at 11:36 PM

It would be on mine! Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on March 29, 2011 at 12:29 AM

Luke:
Nice exposure on the white and good comp. The image is still a little soft and I would sharpen it more before printing.

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Comment posted by Dan Roberts on March 29, 2011 at 1:05 AM

The flower is beautiful. The darek spots on the pad in BG draw my eye. You may consider cloneing over them. Overall a nice image.

Registered on March 9, 2011, 69 Posts, 501 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lowe on March 29, 2011 at 4:11 PM

I'm with Dan. I would clone out the spots on the pad and then print and hang.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on March 29, 2011 at 7:01 PM

Luke,

My only nit are the spots already mentioned. Great exposure in the whites in this. Best thing about photography is getting to hang your own images. Sort of like bringing things in from shop class all over again.

pat

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on March 29, 2011 at 7:51 PM

I love it Luke, this is for sure a wall hanger in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 29, 2011 at 8:22 PM

Looks great. I especially like how the flower is sharp while the pads are soft.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 31, 2011 at 12:38 AM

Luke: One of your best Flora shots IMO. Excellent whites and DOF management. Terrific image.>=))>

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on March 31, 2011 at 1:09 AM

Beautiful water lily. Nicely done Luke.

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