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Flower Burst
SandyP


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Challenge: Burst of Color (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Who-Cares Challenge Entries
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: A grocery store
Date: Jan 7, 2006
Aperture: F4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 7, 2006

 This type of picture is a stretch for me -- because normally I'm a photo-purist type -- liking to do as little editing as possible to my photos. But one of my New Year's resolutions is to try new things. . .take more risks and be okay with the consequences. . .so here's my "new thing" :) To create the effect, I just made a duplicate layer and blurred it. Then I created a layer mask and erased through to the sharp layer underneath in portions.

I can't decide if this will be well-received or dismally rejected, but I like the way it turned out, so it will be okay either way.

Statistics
Place: 75 out of 244
Avg (all users): 5.7531
Avg (commenters): 6.5417
Avg (participants): 5.4911
Avg (non-participants): 5.9843
Views since voting: 910
Views during voting: 342
Votes: 239
Comments: 27
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/18/2006 03:26:05 AM
Sorry it did not do better, as always simply a pleasent shot... awesome use of DOF, great colors!

Message edited by author 2006-01-18 08:26:34.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/15/2006 06:31:19 PM
This looks like you applied a selective blur to the non-flower portions of the arrangement. The effect is very nice, but the irregularity of the boundaries is a bit disconcerting.
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 01/15/2006 12:46:37 PM
Beautiful treatment which reinforces the challenge real well. I would just lose the blurred white vase a little more as it distracts a lot.
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 01/14/2006 05:02:28 PM
I really like the idea and direction you are going with this shot. The colors and different elements add alot of interest here. IMHO the masking/blurring effect you've used detracts from the shot somewhat since the evidence of the post processing is apparent around the edges of the flowers. It lends a somewhat 'artificial' feel to the photo. I think a similar impact could have been achieved in-camera using shallow DOF and/or multipoint focus and selecting areas to focus on. Just my opinion, nice shot nonetheless
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 01/14/2006 12:50:59 PM
the colours jump out at me as if it's 3D. nice job though.10
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 01/14/2006 10:25:09 AM
The post processing blurring should have been evenly applied, or not at all. A good example is the light colored rose just above and to the right of the main pink flower in the foreground. There's a very hard edge where the blur goes from full to none at all, and the line is in the middle of the flower.
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 01/14/2006 09:19:46 AM
Oh yeah.
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 01/14/2006 09:08:46 AM
A very nice suspended like feel.
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 01/13/2006 12:31:23 PM
I might be wrong but this looks like a very heavy handed photoshopping blur session, detracts from what may have been a pleasant shot.
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 01/13/2006 05:54:00 AM
Wow, Your flowers are just exploding with color. I love how you used the glossen blur to create that effect. You did some great editing there. I think that this is such a beautiful image, absolutely love the colors and arrangement of the flowers. Very, Very professional looking.
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 01/12/2006 12:47:36 PM
That's different. I like it!
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 01/12/2006 07:36:34 AM
nice DOF 8
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 01/12/2006 04:41:50 AM
Wow, Very nice. I love how those flowers seem to "Pop" out at me. The colors are so lively, Well done!
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 01/12/2006 12:27:25 AM
I think this may have been a pretty good image that was over edited, or just not edited well.
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 01/11/2006 08:34:46 PM
Flowers are always pleasing to the eye and these are just lovely...
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 01/11/2006 04:29:46 PM
The blurred and focused sections seem to inconsistent and with very harsh edges.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/11/2006 11:40:03 AM
First - the blur effect is horrible. Maybe your photo was good, but you have edited it into something bad.
Second - The challenge say "Use a colorful impact to offset your subject from the rest of the photograph". What is your subject, and what is the rest of your photograph exactly? Is your subject the pink flower in the middle? the yellow flowers on the top? There is nothing that draws my eye except for the sloppy blur. For me this is not meeting the challenge.
 01/11/2006 08:55:11 AM
I like the glow, just a bit too much blur in many spots.
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 01/10/2006 03:38:58 AM
i think maybe this could be improved by having just the main pink flower in focus- the image looks over processed and a DOF like this isnt possible i dont think, flowers at the 'back' of the bunch are in focus while leaves at the front are not. looks like it could have been a clear image with good focus to begin with though, nice colors, i just think the processing detracts from the image quality
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 01/09/2006 12:25:29 PM
Good execution of color, shows color bursting from deep to outer....10
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 01/09/2006 12:17:01 PM
Interesting, the flowers sure pop. Not sure I like your use of selective blur, though, you seem to have been sloppy with it in places and some of the flowers are partially blurred.
 01/09/2006 07:46:08 AM
The effect you have applied here makes your photo fit the challenge description very well, but I find it too unnatural to enjoy it.
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 01/09/2006 04:45:06 AM
This is just me, but I would have gotten rid of the white vase. The blob of white detracts from the dramatic impact of the flowers and green on the black background. Really reat shot.
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 01/08/2006 08:22:15 PM
Indeed the best thought out flower arangement, the way you have blurred the leaves makes the flowers burst out like a 3-D movie, well done.
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 01/08/2006 08:09:55 PM
I gave this a lower score at first due to the shallow dof. But the more I look at it, the more I like it. Wonderful colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/08/2006 07:26:50 PM
This is so pretty. I like the floating feeling of the blossoms. Really brilliant and vivid!!!! What an image- and your post editing is excellent.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/08/2006 07:08:35 PM
I am not sure I am a huge fan of the selective blurring around the flowers, in many areas it seems overdone, I do like the ide and the bright colors though, 5
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