Azalea in Watercolour

Gallery: FloraPosted April 23, 2011187 views12 comments

A Joyous Easter to everyone!

D300
200mm macro
1/125 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 200
AF mode: MANUAL
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off
Nik "Vignette Blur", then Topaz "Watercolour" filter

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on April 23, 2011 at 1:34 AM

Sandy, a beautiful application of the blur and filter. Perfect comp and nice seeing smooth effects. Happy Easter!!

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on April 23, 2011 at 1:58 AM

Oh my...this just might be a favorite of mine. Killer nice job.
Bob

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on April 23, 2011 at 6:15 AM

Love your composition, dof decision and color palette in this Sandy. Masterfully done and a beautiful Easter image. A joyous Easter to you as well.

pat

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on April 23, 2011 at 9:24 AM

Wonderful, Sandy! Superb post processing.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on April 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM

very nice processing, wonderful colors

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 23, 2011 at 2:27 PM

Beautiful, Sandy.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on April 23, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Love the colors in this, Sandy! The soft focus and colors you have achieved in processing makes this a standout picture of an azalea. I would have probably cropped a little off of the top so the flower isn't on the mid-horizontal line but it is stunning as is. Happy Easter to you too! BTW I love your quote under your picture; it is one of my favorites also.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 23, 2011 at 9:45 PM

Lovely shot. High key purple, very cool...no it's actually warm.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on April 23, 2011 at 9:54 PM

Lovely work Sandy ,the processing really works well with this image .Happy Easter !

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Comment posted by scott lanz on April 23, 2011 at 11:22 PM

Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 24, 2011 at 9:53 AM

Nice use of watercolor on this one Sandy. I love how the flower turned out. Still not sure what I think of the pink on pink...maybe it's just more pink than one GUY can handle?

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Comment posted by Bernie Kasper on April 24, 2011 at 10:15 PM

Beautiful piece of art Sandy, the colors in this are so pleasing ,lovely work !!

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